Electrophotographic toner, and image forming method and apparatus using the toner
US6403275B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 31, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G9/09
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A toner including a resin and a colorant which is dispersed in the toner and which has an average major particle diameter not greater than about 0.5 &mgr;m, wherein the following relationships are satisfied: Ta≦100 (° C.), and (Tb−Ta)≧7.0 (° C.), wherein Ta represents a temperature at which the toner has a melt viscosity of 50,000 Pa·sec and Tb represents a temperature at which the toner has a melt viscosity of 5,000 Pa·sec.
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