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Toner, developer, image developer and image forming apparatus

US7749674B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 30, 2007
Grant dateJul 6, 2010
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G9/08742
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A toner including toner particles including a binder resin, a colorant, and an inorganic particulate material present on a surface of the toner particles. The toner particles have a surface roughness (Ra) of from 1 to 30 nm, a standard deviation of the surface roughness of from 10 to 90 nm and include 1 to 20 convexities per 1 μm, which have a height not less than 10 nm.

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