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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To recover a deteriorated carrier with a simple configuration.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor, an exposure part, a developing device, an intermediate transfer body 5, first and second transfer devices 71 to 74 and 8, a cleaning device 10, and a controller 34 executing first and second modes. When a two-component developer containing a toner and a carrier is used in the developing device, the controller executes a step for forming an electrostatic latent image on the photoreceptor by the exposure part, developing the electrostatic latent image into a toner image by the developing device, transferring the toner image to a first area of the intermediate transfer body by the first transfer device, transferring the transferred toner image to a recording medium by the second transfer device, and then, recovering the toner remaining on the intermediate transfer body by the cleaning device, in the first mode, and a step for making the deteriorated carrier of the developing device electrostatically adhere onto the photoreceptor, transferring the adhered deteriorated carrier to a second area of the intermediate transfer body by the first transfer device, and then, recovering the deteriorated carrier by the cleaning device, in the second mode.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner and a two-component developer having good fluidity and achieving high picture quality and low temperature fixing. SOLUTION: The toner contains a first toner particle group and a second toner particle group. The volume average particle diameter of the first toner particle group is smaller than the volume average particle diameter of the second toner particle group. The circularity of the second toner particle group is larger than the circularity of the first toner particle group. The two-component developer contains such a toner and a carrier. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide toner which is hardly flocculated and allows fixing at a low temperature, and also to provide a two-component developer containing the toner, and a developing device using the two-component developer. SOLUTION: The toner contains a first toner particle group and a second toner particle group. A volume average particle size of the first toner particle group is smaller than that of the second toner particle group. Only toner particles constituting the second toner particle group, out of toner particles constituting the first toner particle group and toner particles constituting the second toner particles group, contain a crystalline polyester resin. The two-component developer containing this toner is charged in the developing device to perform development. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a crystalline polyester resin fine particle dispersion at high production efficiency, while stably maintaining the dispersion state of the crystalline polyester resin fine particle in an aqueous medium and accelerating uniform crystallization of the crystalline polyester resin fine particle to prevent decrease in a crystallization degree. SOLUTION: The method includes a step of preparing a fine particle dispersion liquid for obtaining a fine particle dispersion liquid having crystalline polyester resin fine particle dispersed in an aqueous medium; wherein the preparation step includes a shearing step and a cooling and pressure-reducing step. In the shearing step, the aqueous medium is added to coarsely pulverized particles of the crystalline polyester resin agitated and conveyed under heating and pressurizing conditions, so as to carry out phase inversion emulsification while adding shearing force. In the cooling and pressure-reducing step, the dispersion liquid conveyed while agitated is cooled and pressure-reduced so as to gradually decrease the temperature and pressure. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner, a two-component developer, a developing device and an image forming apparatus, for increasing image density and improving dot reproducibility. SOLUTION: The toner contains a first toner particle group and a second toner particle group, in which the volume average particle diameter of the first toner group is smaller than the volume average particle diameter of the second toner group, and the glass transition temperature of a binder resin included in the toner particles constituting the first toner particle groups is higher than the glass transition temperature of a binder resin included in the toner particles constituting the second toner particle group. Image density can be increased and dot reproducibility can be improved without degrading low temperature fixability by increasing the glass transition temperature of a binder resin included in the toner particles of the first toner particle group, which is easily aggregated because the volume average particle diameter is smaller as well as by decreasing the glass transition temperature of a binder resin included in the toner particles of the second particle group, which is inferior in transferring heat during fixing because the volume average particle diameter is larger. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrophotographic toner capable of forming a high-quality image having high image density, high chroma (definition) and good color reproducibility in spite of a higher colorant concentration, and effective also in reducing toner consumption. SOLUTION: The toner containing a colorant at a high concentration of ≥6 wt.% and having a determination coefficient (R 2 ) of ≥0.98 is obtained by emulsifying and dispersing a melt-kneaded product containing a binder resin and the colorant in dispersant-containing water under heating. The determination coefficient (R 2 ) is obtained when a logarithmic curve is drawn from cylinder pressures of an elevated flow tester and actual measurements of 1/2 softening temperature of the toner, and then an approximated curve is drawn by logarithmically approximating the logarithmic curve. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manufacture a toner excellent in image reproducibility, which forms a high-quality image of high definition and high resolution, and is free from filming on a photoreceptor due to bleed-out of wax, an offset phenomenon in a high temperature range and the like. SOLUTION: Resin particles containing at least a binder resin and wax particles having a particle diameter of 30-600 nm are aggregated and the resultant aggregates are heated. The wax particles having a particle diameter of 30-600 nm are manufactured, e.g., by a granulation method including a coarse powder preparing step S1, a slurry preparing step S2, a pulverization step S3, a cooling step S4, and a pressure reduction step S5, wherein a slurry of wax coarse powder obtained at the step S1 and the step S2 is passed through a pressure-resistant nozzle under application of heat and pressure at the step S3, whereby the wax coarse powder is pulverized to obtain wax particles, and the step S4 and the step S5 are carried out immediately after the step S3 to prevent coarsening of the wax particles. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manufacture toner superior in image reproduction and forming high quality image of high fineness and high resolution and in which filming to a photoreceptor caused by bleed-out of wax, an offset phenomenon in a high temperature region and the like do not occur. SOLUTION: In a method for manufacturing the toner including a coarse powder preparation process S1, a slurry preparation process S2, a crushing process S3, a cooling process S4, and a depressurization process S5, small diameter toner particles are obtained by passing slurry of toner coarse powder obtained in the processes S1, S2 through a pressure resistant nozzle under heating and pressurization in the process S3 to crush toner coarse powder, and dispersion of a wax component into the toner particles is promoted by providing the process S4 just after the process S3. Furthermore, occurrence of bubbling and coarseness of the toner particles accompanying it are prevented by providing a process S5, thus the wax is uniformly dispersed, and the small diameter toner particles are obtained without generating bleed-out. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrostatic charge image developing toner which prevents image fog and filming, which induces no decrease in charge stability and fluidity even when used for a long period of time, and which is improved in the fixing property of the toner to a recording material. SOLUTION: The electrostatic charge image developing toner 1 comprises: mother toner particles 7 containing a binder resin 2 and a colorant 3; organic particles 4 comprising organic particle cores and a resin coating material coating the organic particle cores and internally added to the mother toner particles 7; and inorganic or organic external additive particles 6 externally added to the mother toner particles 7. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a color toner for electrostatic latent image development which satisfies both of contradicting characteristics of transparency and electrostatic charge stability at a high level and further excels in color reproducibility, colorability, etc. SOLUTION: The color toner which is packed into a developing unit 19 of an image forming apparatus 100 and is used for development of the electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of a photoreceptor 16 is prepared by sticking a pyrolyzable polar group to a pigment surface to uniformly disperse the pigment into a binder resin, decomposing the pyrolyzable polar group by heating at the time of dispersion, and regulating the content thereof to ≤1.0 KOHmg per 1 g of the toner. Since the toner is excellent in both of the transparency and the electrostatic charge stability, the toner is capable of forming an image of high sharpness and high grade having the excellent color reproducibility, colorability, etc., for a long period of time. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI