Abstract:
Yellow toner with excellent cleanability, transferability and device contamination resistance is provided. When intensity of spectrum at wavenumber λ, at which total intensity of Raman spectrums of toner particles from 950 cm−1 through 3,250 cm−1 in Raman spectroscopy of toner is maximum, is normalized to 1, and distribution is generated for ≥300 particles regarding LC calculated by [LC (%)=CH5 rate (%)−CHc rate (%)] based on CHc rate (%) defined as [(Inc−Iave)/Iave]×100 and CHs rate (%) defined as [(Ins−Iave)/Iave]×100 where In and Ins represent integrated intensities of spectrums of center and surface portions of each particle from 2,750 cm−1 through 3,250 cm−1, and Iave represents average of Inc and Ins of all particles, percentage by number of particles having LC deviating from LC distribution median by absolute value of ≥25.0; is ≥1.0% by number and ≤25.0% by number.
Abstract:
A carrier for a two-component developer for electrostatic latent images which comprises carrier particles whose surfaces are coated with a resin layer comprising a thermosetting resin, wherein the resin layer formed on convex parts of the carrier particles is relatively thin compared to that formed on the concave parts, and wherein the ratio of the total area of the thin resin layer to the total surface area of the carrier particles is from about 55% to about 90%. The resin coated carrier is manufactured by a coating liquid including the thermosetting resin on carrier particles and drying the coated liquid by either a dip coating, a spray coating or a drip coating method, under reduced pressure while heating.
Abstract:
A toner is made or toner particles which contains a binder resin and a coloring agent, wherein the toner particles have a weight-average particle size in a range of 6.0 to 11.5 &mgr;m, and contains toner particles (a) with a particle diameter of 5 &mgr;m or less in a content ratio of 1 to 15% by number, and toner particles (b) with a particle diameter of twice or more the weight-average particle size in a content ratio of 5 wt % or less, and the number-average particle size D25 and the number-average particle size D75 respectively obtained when the cumulative number of the toner particles reaches 25% and 75% at the measurement of a cumulative toner particle distribution by number thereof are in the relationship of 0.60≦D25/D75≦0.95. A two-component developer includes the above-mentioned toner and a carrier.