摘要:
A toner is principally constituted by a binder resin, a colorant and a hydrocarbon wax. The hydrocarbon wax has a hydroxyl value (Hv) of 5-150 mgKOH/g and an ester value (Ev) of 1-50 mgKOH/g satisfying Hv>Ev. Further, the toner has a tetrahydrofuran-soluble content providing a gel-permeation chromatogram showing at least one peak in a molecular weight region of 3×103 to 5×104 and at least one peak or shoulder in a molecular weight region of 1×105 to 1×107.
摘要:
A positively chargeable toner suitable to be carried on a cylindrical developer-carrying member having a resinous surface for developing an electrostatic latent image is formed from a composition including a binder resin, an imidazole compound and a colorant. The binder resin comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of (i) a mixture of vinyl resin having a carboxyl group and a vinyl resin having a glycidyl group, (ii) a vinyl resin having both a carboxyl group and a glycidyl group, and (iii) a vinyl resin having a carboxyl group and a glycidyl group in a form reacted with each other. The imidazole compound is a compound having an imidazo unit represented by formula (1) below: wherein R1-R4 independently denote hydrogen or a substituent as specified. In some cases, two or more such imidazole units can be included in a combined form to provide the imidazole compound. The imidazole compound is effective for promoting a crosslinking reaction between the carboxyl group and the glycidyl group to provide the toner with improved fixability and anti-offset property in combination.
摘要:
An electrophotographic toner is formed of a resinous composition including a binder resin and a wax (A). The wax (A) contains at least 92 wt. % thereof of n (normal)-paraffin comprising a plurality of n-paraffin species having different numbers of carbon atoms, and provides a DSC (differential scanning calorimetry)-heat-absorption curve exhibiting a maximum heat-absorption peak showing a peaktop temperature of 70-90° C. and a half-value width of at most 12° C. As a result of the n-paraffin-rich characteristic and the DSC-thermal characteristic, the wax can exhibit an improved fixability-improving effect without showing an excessive plasticizing effect, whereby the toner can exhibit good fixability as well as good flowability and storage stability.
摘要:
A toner for developing electrostatic images is formed of toner particles comprising a binder resin and a colorant, and inorganic fine powder. The toner further contains: a phenol-aldehyde condensate mixture comprising an acyclic condensate and a cyclic condensate, respectively, of a phenol compound with an aldehyde compound, and the phenol-aldehyde condensate mixture contains 10-80 mol % of condensate components having 4-6 phenolic units. The phenol-aldehyde condensate mixture may be contained in or externally added to the toner particles. Because of the inclusion of an acyclic condensate and appropriate amount of condensate components having 4-6 phenolic units, the phenol-aldehyde condensate mixture may exhibit a good dispersibility in the binder resin and a good charge control performance.
摘要:
Disclosed is a toner for developing an electrostatic image. The toner comprises a binder resin and a wax, and the value of weight average molecular weight/number average molecular weight (Mw/Mn) of the wax is not more than 1.5.
摘要:
A toner for developing electrostatic images has toner particles containing a binder resin and a colorant, and fine titanium oxide particles or fine alumina particles. The surfaces of the fine titanium oxide particles or fine alumina particles have been subjected to an organic treatment and have a methanol wettability half value of 55% or more.
摘要:
A toner for developing an electrostatic image is constituted by a binder resin and a colorant The binder resin is characterized by containing at least 20 wt. % of an extraction residue after 6 hours of extraction and below 20 wt. % of an extraction residue after 72 hours of extraction respectively by Soxhlet extraction with tetrahydrofuran. The toner shows a dynamic modulus and a loss modulus, respectively at 200.degree. C. and 0.1 Hz, which are substantially unchanging with time. The properties provide the toner with a harmonization of anti-offset characteristic and fixability as well as stable viscoelasticity under heating.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus comprises a developer including a latent image carrying member, a toner carrying member and a toner container for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the latent image carrying member, and a transfer member for transferring to a transfer medium a toner image formed on the latent image carrying member. The latent image carrying member and the toner carrying member are disposed within a given gap. The toner container holds a magnetic toner and the magnetic toner is fed onto the toner carrying member. The magnetic toner comprises a binder resin and a magnetic power and has a volume average particle diameter of from 7 .mu.m to 10 .mu.m, and the number distribution and quantity of triboelectricity of magnetic toner particles satisfy the following expressions:0.1.times.A+2.ltoreq.-Q.ltoreq.0.1.times.A+16where A represents a real number from 25 to 45 calculated as a coefficient of variation of number distribution, (S/D.sub.1)x 100, wherein S represents a standard deviation of the number distribution of magnetic toner particles and D.sub.1 represents a number average particle diameter (.mu.m), and where Q represents a value of the quantity of triboelectricity (.mu.c/g) of the magnetic toner produced by friction with an iron powder.
摘要:
A developer for developing electrostatic images, containing a magnetic toner having a binder resin and magnetic powder, the developer containing 17-60% by number of magnetic toner particles of 5 microns or smaller, containing 1-23% by number of magnetic toner particles of 8-12.7 microns, and containing 2.0% by volume or less of magnetic toner particles of 16 microns or larger; wherein the magnetic toner has a volume-average particle size of 4-9 microns, and the magnetic toner particles of 5 microns or smaller have a particle size distribution satisfying the following:N/V=-0.04N+k,wherein N denotes % by number of magnetic toner particles of 5 micron or smaller, V denotes % by volume of magnetic toner particles of 5 microns or smaller, k denotes a positive number of 4.5-6.5, and N denotes a positive number of 17-60.
摘要:
An image forming method, comprising the steps of: providing an electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising an organic photoconductor, and a toner-carrying member carrying thereon a magnetic toner disposed opposite to the photosensitive member with a predetermined clearance in a developing region; the photosensitive member comprising at least two species of charge-generating substances and carrying thereon a digital and an analog electrostatic images; carrying the magnetic toner on the toner-carrying member to the developing region while regulating the magnetic toner so as to provide a thickness smaller than the clearance, the magnetic toner having a specific particle size distribution and a volume-average particle size of 4-10 microns; and developing the electrostatic images with the magnetic toner.