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A toner comprises toner particles comprising at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a sulfur-containing resin, in which the toner particles comprise the sulfur-containing resin so as to satisfy a relation of; 0.50≦IS/TS≦0.95 where TS denotes a content of sulfur in the toner particles, and IS denotes a content of sulfur in isopropyl alcohol insoluble components of the toner particles, whereby it is possible to obtain a high quality image having an excellent developing resistance regardless of the surrounding conditions and a uniform charge amount distribution regardless of processing speed.
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A toner having a negative triboelectric chargeability is constituted by at least a binder resin, a colorant and an organic metal compound. The toner is characterized by: (a) the organic metal compound is an organic zirconium compound comprising a coordination or/and a bonding of zirconium and an aromatic compound as a ligand or/and an acid source selected from the group consisting of aromatic diols, aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acids, aromatic monocarboxylic acids, and aromatic polycarboxylic acids, (b) the binder resin is a resin selected from the group consisting of (i) a polyester resin and (ii) a hybrid resin component comprising a polyester unit and a vinyl polymer unit, (c) the binder resin has an acid value of 2-50 mgKOH/g, and (d) the toner contains a TFT (tetrahydrofuran)-soluble content providing a GPC (gel permeation chromatography) chromatogram exhibiting a main peak in a molecular weight range of 3,000-20,000 and including 3-25% of a component having molecular weights of at least 5×105.
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An electrophotographic toner is composed of at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax. The binder resin (a) comprises a polyester resin, a vinyl resin and a hybrid resin component comprising a polyester unit and a vinyl polymer unit, (b) has a THF (tetrahydrofuran)-soluble content (W1) of 50-85 wt. % and a THF-insoluble content (W2) of 5-50 wt. %, an ethyl acetate-soluble content (W3) of 40-98 wt. % and an ethyl acetate-insoluble content (W4) of 2-60 wt. %, a chloroform-soluble content (W5) of 55-90 wt. % and a chloroform-insoluble content (W6) of 10-45 wt. %, respectively after 10 hours of Soxhlet extraction with respective solvents, giving a ratio W4/S6 of 1.1-4.0, and contains a THF-soluble content providing a GPC (gel permeation chromatography) chromatogram exhibiting a main peak in a molecular weight range of 4000-9000, including 35.0-65.0% (A1) of a component haing molecular weights in a range of 500 to below 1.times.10.sup.4, 25.0-45.0% (A2) of a component having molecular weights in a range of 1.times.10.sup.4 to below 1.times.10.sup.5 and 10.0-30.0% (A3) of a component having molecular weights of at least 1.times.10.sup.5 giving a ratio A1/A2 of 1.05-2.00. The binder resin shows good dispersibility of wax and colorant.
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A toner for developing an electrostatic image is constituted by toner particles containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, and particles containing at least one double oxide. The double oxide includes a double oxide (A) represented by the following formula (1):M.sub.a Si.sub.b O.sub.c (1),wherein M denotes a metallic element selected from the group consisting of Sr, Mg, Zn, Co, Mn and Ce; a is an integer of 1-9; b is an integer of 1-9; and c is an integer of 3-9. The above particles including a double oxide (A) are effective in improving flowability and triboelectric chargeability of the toner and providing a resultant image with excellent image qualities.
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A toner for developing an electrostatic image is formed as a mixture of toner particles containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, and inorganic fine powder. The inorganic fine powder includes: (A) inorganic fine powder (A) treated at least with silicone oil, and (B) inorganic fine powder (B) comprising a composite metal oxide including at least Si as a constituent element and having a weight-average particle size of 0.3-5 .mu.m. Because of the inclusion of the two types of inorganic fine powders (A) and (B), the toner is stably provided with a high flowability and a high triboelectric charge under various environmental conditions including low-humidity to high-humidity conditions. The toner is suitably used in an image forming system including a contact-charging means, a contact-transfer means and a film (or surf)-fixing system.
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A toner for developing an electrostatic image is constituted by a binder resin and a long-chain compound. The binder resin is a polyester resin or vinyl resin respectively having an acid value of preferably 25-70 mgKOH/g. The long-chain compound is a long-chain alkyl alcohol having an OH value of 10-120 mgKOH/g or a long-chain alkyl carboxylic acid having an acid value of 5-120 mgKOH/g and is contained so as to satisfy a condition of the following formula (1) or formula (2): Formula (1) acid value of binder resin +OH value of long-chain alkyl alcohol >(¼)×OH value of binder resin, or Formula (2) acid value of binder resin +acid value of long-chain alkyl carboxylic acid >(¼)×OH value of binder resin. The toner is characterized by a good balance between fixing performances and developing performances suitable for a variety of models of image forming apparatus and in wide ranges of environmental conditions.
摘要:
A toner for developing an electrostatic image has a binder resin, a colorant and a charge control agent. The binder resin has a polyester resin having an acid value of from 15 to 40 and a hydroxyl value of 45 or less. The toner has, in its molecular weight distribution as measured by gel permeation chromatography, tetrahydrofuran-soluble matter having a weight average molecular weight Mw of 100,000 or more, having a ratio of weight average molecular weight Mw to number average molecular weight Mn, Mw/Mn, of not less than 35, containing from 70% to 94% of a low-molecular weight region component having a molecular weight of less than 150,000, containing from 1% to 10% of a medium-molecular weight region component having a molecular weight of from 150,000 to 500,000, and containing from 5% to 25% of a high-molecular weight region component having a molecular weight of more than 500,000. The high-molecular weight region component is more than the medium-molecular weight region component.
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A toner for developing electrostatic images. having a uniform composition and uniform performances over varying sizes of toner particles is constituted by (a) a binder resin, (b) a long-chain alkyl compound and (c) a specific azo-type iron complex. The long-chain alkyl compound is represented by the following formula (1), (2) or (3): CH3&Parenopenst;CH2&Parenclosest;xCH2OH (1), CH3&Parenopenst;CH2&Parenclosest;yCH2COOH (3), wherein x and y independently denote an average value in the range of 35-150.
摘要:
A toner for developing an electrostatic image is constituted by at least a binder resin and a charge control agent. The binder resin has an acid value of 5-50. The charge control agent comprises an iron complex represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 independently denote hydrogen atom, lower alkyl group, lower alkoxy group, nitro group or halogen atom; m and m' denote an integer of 1-3; R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 independently denote hydrogen atom, C.sub.1-18 alkyl or alkenyl, sufonamide, mesyl, sulfonic acid group, carboxy ester group, hydroxy, C.sub.1-18 alkoxy, acetylamino, benzoylamino or halogen atom; n and n' denote an integer of 1-3; R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 denote hydrogen atom or nitro group; and A.sup.+ denotes hydrogen ion, sodium ion, potassium ion or ammonium ion. The toner has a weight-average particle size (D.sub.4) of 4-9 .mu.m and including toner particles having a particle size of 5 .mu.m or smaller at 3-90% by number, toner particles having a particle size of 6.35-10.08 .mu.m at 1-80% by number and toner particles having a particle size of 12.7 .mu.m or larger at a percentage by volume of at most 2.0%, wherein the toner particles having a particle size of 5.0 .mu.m or smaller are contained at N % by number and at V % by volume satisfying a relationship:N/V=-0.05N+k,wherein k is a positive number in the range of 3.0-7.5.
摘要翻译:用于显影静电图像的调色剂由至少粘合剂树脂和电荷控制剂构成。 粘合剂树脂的酸值为5-50。 电荷控制剂包括由下式表示的铁络合物:氢原子,低级烷基,低级烷氧基,硝基或卤素原子; m和m'表示1-3的整数; R1和R3独立地表示氢原子,C1-18烷基或烯基,磺酰胺,甲磺酰基,磺酸基,羧基酯基,羟基,C1-18烷氧基,乙酰氨基,苯甲酰氨基或卤素原子; n和n'表示1-3的整数; R2和R4表示氢原子或硝基; A +表示氢离子,钠离子,钾离子或铵离子。 调色剂的重均粒径(D4)为4-9μm,包括粒径为5μm以下的调色剂颗粒为3-90%,调色剂颗粒的粒径为6.35-10.08 以数量为1-80%的粒径和粒径为12.7μm或更大的调色剂颗粒,其体积百分比至多为2.0%,其中粒径为5.0μm或更小的调色剂颗粒包含在 N%数,体积V%满足关系:N / V = -0.05N + k,其中k为3.0-7.5范围内的正数。
摘要:
A toner for electrostatic imaging has a vinyl resin binder with an acid value of 2.5-70 mgKOH/g and (i) a long-chain alcohol with an OH value of 10-120 mg/KOH/g or (ii) a long-chain alkyl carboxylic acid with an acid value of 5-120 mg/KOH/g, wherein the acid value of the resin binder+either (i) OH value of the alcohol or (ii) acid value of the acid>(¼)×OH value of the binder.