摘要:
The surface of a photoconductor is coated with a surface protection layer comprising a cured material of a fluorine-containing photo-curing composition containing fluorinated alkyl group-containing (meth)acrylate and a photopolymerization initiator, and the surface protection layer has a fluorine atom content of 8.5 to 20% by mass.
摘要:
The present invention provides a toner having: a toner mother particle; a first external additive including a first inorganic fine particle having a primary particle size distribution of 200 to 750 nm and a work function approximately equivalent to that of the toner mother particle; a second external additive including a second inorganic fine particle having an mean particle size smaller than that of the first inorganic fine particle and a work function smaller than that of the toner particle, a stirring member of a developing device and/or an inner wall of the developing device; and 0.01% to 0.3% by weight of a metal soap having a work function approximately equivalent to that of the toner mother particle.
摘要:
The present invention provides a negatively chargeable spherical toner having: a toner mother particle having a binder resin and a colorant, which has: a number average particle size of from 4.5 to 9 μm; a particle size distribution that has an integrated value of particle sizes of 3 μm or less of 1% or less; and an average sphericity of from 0.95 to 0.99; and an alumina fine particle externally added to the toner mother particle, which has a number average particle size of from 0.1 to 1.0 μm, wherein a work function (Φt) of the toner mother particle is larger than a work function (ΦA) of the alumina fine particle by at least 0.4 eV.
摘要:
The present invention provides An image forming apparatus having: a negatively chargeable spherical toner; an latent image carrier; a charging member for charging a surface of the latent image carrier uniformly without contacting the latent image carrier; an electrostatic latent image forming member for forming an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the latent image carrier; a developing member for developing the electrostatic latent image, without contacting the latent image carrier, by using the negatively chargeable spherical toner so as to form a toner image on the latent image carrier; and an intermediate transfer medium to which the toner image is transferred, wherein the negatively chargeable spherical toner haves: a toner mother particle having a binder resin and a colorant; and a hydrophobic alumina particle as an external additive, wherein the hydrophobic alumina particle has a work function (ΦA1) larger than a work function (ΦTM) of a surface of the intermediate transfer medium.
摘要:
The present invention provides a toner including: a toner mother particle; an amorphous fine particle; a monodisperse spherical silica; and a metal soap, wherein the amorphous particle has the same polarity as the toner mother particle, a volume mean particle size of 0.1 times or less that of the toner mother particle, and a work function larger than that of a cleaning blade of a developing device, wherein an average sphericity of the toner L0/L1 is from 0.970 to 0.985, provided that L1 represents a circumferential length (μm) of a projected image of the toner particle, and L0 represents a circumferential length (μm) of a true circle having an area equal to that of the projected image of the toner particle.
摘要:
Disclosed is a transfer-type one-component dry magnetic developer which comprises a binder medium having a high electric resistance and particles of triiron tetroxide of an isometric system having a particle size of 0.25 to 1 micron and a coercive force of 30 to 80 Oe, in which the triiron tetroxide particles are dispersed in the binder medium.This developer provides a transferred image excellent in the density, sharpness and clarity on a plain paper as a transfer sheet in the electrostatic photography.
摘要:
Disclosed is a photosensitive material for electrophotography comprising an organic polymeric photoconductive material and a thermoplastic polyester composed mainly of recurring units represented by the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a phenylene, ethylene or vinylene group, R.sup.2 represents a group of the formula ##STR2## R.sup.3 represents a direct bond or a divalent bridging atom or group, and the ring A may have a substituent inert to the polyester-forming reaction, provided that R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are selected such that one of them contains an aromatic ring and the other does not.
摘要:
Disclosed is a heat-sensitive color-forming recording material which comprises a recording layer comprising a particulate phenolic color developer and a particulate leuco pigment, which are dispersed in a binder independently from each other, wherein the phenolic color developer and/or leuco pigment is present in the form of compatible solid particles with a substantially inactive organic solid medium having a melting or softening point lower than that of the phenolic color developer and/or leuco pigment and said organic solid medium is present in said compatible solid particles in an amount 2 to 250 times as large as the amount of the phenolic color developer and/or leuco pigment on the weight base.This heat-sensitive color-forming recording material is highly sensitized without substantial increase of the fog density.
摘要:
Disclosed is a two-component type magnetic developer comprising a magnetic carrier consisting of a non-pulverizing agglomerate of cubic particles of magnetite having a particle size of 1 to 14 microns as measured by an electron microscope and a magnetic toner having a high electric resistance and consisting of particles having a particle size of 3 to 30 microns and comprising a binder resin medium and magnetite having a particle size smaller than 1 micron, which is dispersed in the binder resin medium, the magnetic carrier/magnetic toner mixing weight ratio being in the range of from 5/100 to 40/100.
摘要:
Disclosed is a dry composite magnetic developer consisting essentially of a particulate shaped article of a composition comprising a binder resin medium and a powdery magnetic material dispersed in the binder resin medium, wherein said developer is formed by dry blending (A) a first particulate shaped article comprising a non-pulverizing agglomerate of cubic particles of magnetite having a number average particle size of 1 to 10 .mu.m as measured by an electron microscope with (B) a second particulate shaped article comprising magnetite particles having a particle size of 0.2 to 1 .mu.m at an (A)/(B) weight ratio of from 95/5 to 10/90, especially from 95/5 to 30/70.