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Two-component developer and image forming method using the same

US10338489B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 10, 2018
Grant dateJul 2, 2019
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Expiry dateMay 10, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G9/1139
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides a two-component developer for developing an electrostatic charge image, which includes a toner and a carrier, wherein the toner contains an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin as binder resins and an inorganic particle as external additive particle, and the carrier has a surface to which silica particles having a number average particle diameter of 10 to 30 nm are attached in an amount in the range of the following Equation (1): 5 at %≤S1≤10 at %, wherein S1 represents a concentration of Si element as measured by XPS and indicates an amount of silica on the surface of the carrier.

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