摘要:
An image fixing method capable of favorably fixing a toner containing a crystalline resin is provided. A transfer medium having unfixed images formed of a color toner containing a binder resin that contains a crystalline resin and a colorant is passed between a heating member heated by way of an external heating unit and a pressurizing member, thereby fixing the unfixed images.
摘要:
An image fixing apparatus and an image forming method capable of favorably fixing a toner containing a crystalline resin are provided. The image forming apparatus passes a transfer medium having unfixed images formed of the toner containing a crystalline resin between a heating member and a pressurizing member, thereby fixing the unfixed images, using a cooling unit that controls a surface temperature of the pressurizing member in which the surface temperature is controlled to a melting point of the crystalline resin +30° C. or lower.
摘要:
An electrophotographic toner having a core-shell structure including a crystalline resin in its core region or a sea-island structure including a crystalline resin in its island region, wherein the toner has 1) a resistance of 5.0×1012 Ω·cm or higher, 2) a dynamic viscosity coefficient of 3×103 Pa·s or higher at a temperature which is 50° C. higher than a melting point of the crystalline resin, and 3) a dynamic viscosity coefficient of 1×105 Pa·s or lower at a temperature which is 10° C. higher than the melting point of the crystalline resin.
摘要:
An electrophotographic toner having a core-shell structure including a crystalline resin in its core region or a sea-island structure including a crystalline resin in its island region, wherein the toner has 1) a resistance of 5.0×1012 Ω·cm or higher, 2) a dynamic viscosity coefficient of 3×103 Pa·s or higher at a temperature which is 50° C. higher than a melting point of the crystalline resin, and 3) a dynamic viscosity coefficient of 1×105 Pa·s or lower at a temperature which is 10° C. higher than the melting point of the crystalline resin.
摘要:
A toner for developing electrostatic images, comprising a binder resin and a colorant, the binder resin including a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous resin. When, in differential scanning calorimetry of the toner according to ASTM D3418-8, the temperature of the endothermic peak derived from the crystalline polyester resin in a first heating process is defined as Tm1 (° C.), the endothermic quantity based on the endothermic peak in the first heating process is defined as ΔH1 (mW/g), and the endothermic quantity based on the endothermic peak in a second heating process is defined as ΔH2 (mW/g), Tm1 is 50 to 80° C., and ΔH1 and ΔH2 satisfy the relationship represented by the following Formula (1). When the softening temperature of the toner is defined as Tf1/2 (° C.), Tf1/2 is 85 to 135° C. Tm1 and Tf1/2 satisfy the relationship represented by the following Formula (2): 0.35≦ΔH2/ΔH1≦0.95 Formula (1) Tf1/2≦205−(1.4×Tm1) Formula (2).
摘要:
A toner for developing an electrostatic image, includes: colored particles containing a colorant and a binder resin, and two or more kinds of inorganic particles that are externally added to a surface of the colored particles, in which the two or more kinds of inorganic particles contain titanium-containing particles and silica-containing particles, an exposure ratio of the surface of the colored particles is about 25% or less, and a ratio of the silica-containing particles that are in contact with the colored particles is about 10% by number or less.
摘要:
A toner for electrostatic charge developing prepared by a production method including aggregating one or more kind of particles in a raw material dispersion including the particles to form aggregated particles, and coalescing the aggregated particles by heating. At least one kind of the particles is resin particles including an amorphous polyester resin synthesized by copolymerizing one or more polyvalent carboxylic acids and two or more polyhydric alcohols; at least one of the polyvalent carboxylic acids is polyvalent carboxylic acid having a sulfonic acid group; two of the polyhydric alcohols are an ethylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and a propylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A; and the following equation is satisfied: 10/90≦BPA(EO)/BPA(PO)≦90/10. In the equation, BPA(EO) represents a total mole amount of the ethylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A used in synthesis of the amorphous polyester resin, and BPA(PO) represents a total mole amount of the propylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A used in synthesis of the amorphous polyester resin.
摘要:
A toner for electrostatic charge developing prepared by a production method including aggregating one or more kind of particles in a raw material dispersion including the particles to form aggregated particles, and coalescing the aggregated particles by heating. At least one kind of the particles is resin particles including an amorphous polyester resin synthesized by copolymerizing one or more polyvalent carboxylic acids and two or more polyhydric alcohols; at least one of the polyvalent carboxylic acids is polyvalent carboxylic acid having a sulfonic acid group; two of the polyhydric alcohols are an ethylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and a propylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A; and the following equation (1) is satisfied. 10/90≦BPA(EO)/BPA(PO)≦90/10 Equation (1) In the equation (1), BPA(EO) represents a total mole amount of the ethylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A used in synthesis of the amorphous polyester resin, and BPA(PO) represents a total mole amount of the propylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A used in synthesis of the amorphous polyester resin.
摘要:
Provided is an image forming method capable of forming an image at a high speed, simultaneously performing a low temperature fusing property and hot offset resistance and controlling gloss. The image forming method includes a developing step of forming a toner image by developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a latent image holding member by a developer containing at least a toner, a transferring step of forming a transfer image by transferring the toner image formed on the latent image holding member onto a transfer material, and a fusing step of fusing the toner image transferred on the transfer material. In the image forming method, the toner contains at least a colorant and a binder resin in which a principal component is a crystalline resin and the fusing step is performed by a fusing apparatus having a heat-fixing roll and an endless belt.
摘要:
A toner for developing an electrostatic image, includes: colored particles containing a colorant and a binder resin, and two or more kinds of inorganic particles that are externally added to a surface of the colored particles, in which the two or more kinds of inorganic particles contain titanium-containing particles and silica-containing particles, an exposure ratio of the surface of the colored particles is about 25% or less, and a ratio of the titanium-containing particles that are in contact with the colored particles is about 15% by number or less.