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Color toner, method for manufacturing the toner, and image forming apparatus and method using the toner

US6852459B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 22, 2002
Grant dateFeb 8, 2005
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/32663
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A color toner composition including at least toner particles including at least a binder resin; a colorant and a release agent dispersed in the binder resin; and a titania as an external additive, wherein the colorant has an average dispersion particle diameter not greater than 0.5 μm; the release agent and the binder resin are insoluble to each other; the toner particles satisfy the relationship: 0.05≦Dw/D4≦0.4, wherein Dw represents an average dispersion particle diameter of the release agent and D4 represents a weight-average particle diameter of the toner particles; and the titania has a segregation rate of from 0.5 to 5%.

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