Abstract:
A dry toner powder of which the powder particles are electrostatically or magnetically attractable and suitable for use in the satin-look development of electrostatic charge images or magnetic patterns and wherein the composition of said powder particles includes at least one substantially colourless transparent thermoplastic (fusible) resin P and at least one substantially colourless compound Q, characterized in that said at least one resin P and said at least one compound Q when after been mixed in molten state followed by solidification form a light-scattering composition that under the measurement conditions of the test R has an optical absorption value of more than 0.10 but not more than 1.0, said resin(s) P and compound(s) Q being present in said toner in a weight ratio range P/Q from 5:1 to 1:5, and the weight ratio of P + Q with respect to the total weight of the toner is equal to or larger than 25:100.
Abstract:
A dry toner powder the toner particles of which are triboelectrically negatively charged and are suited for development of an electrostatic charge pattern, wherein said toner particles contain: (1) one or more triboelectrically negatively chargeable thermoplastic resins serving as binder having a volume resistivity of at least 10 OMEGA -cm, and (2) at least one substance having a volume resistivity lower than the volume resistivity of said binder, and wherein said substance(s) (2) is (are) capable of lowering the volume resistivity of said binder by a factor of at least 3.3 when present in said binder in a concentration of 5 % by weight relative to the weight of said binder, and wherein said toner powder containing particles including a mixture of said ingredients (1) and (2) under triboelectric charging conditions is capable of obtaining an absolute median (q/d) charge/diameter value (x) lower than 10 fC/10 mu m but not lower than 1 fC/10 mu m, and said toner powder under the same triboelectric charging conditions but free from said substance(s) (2) then has an absolute median q/d value (x) at least 50 % higher than when said substance(s) (2) is (are) present, and wherein the distribution of the charge/diameter values of the individual toner particles is characterized by a coefficient of variation nu