Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Mitsuo Aoki

Shinichi Kuramoto

Akira Oyamaguchi

Nobutaka Kinoshita

Masakazu Yashiro

A method of forming images on an image receiving material including a non-contact thermal fusing image fixing step employs a black toner made of black toner particles, a yellow toner made of yellow toner particles, a magenta toner made of magenta toner particles and a cyan toner made of cyan toner particles, the black toner particles having a greater volume mean diameter than the volume mean diameter of the toner particles of any of the yellow toner, the magenta toner and the cyan toner.

Image formation method using color toners

A color developer is described that contains a toner and a resin-coated carrier, wherein the toner contains a hydrophobic particulate titania and a charge controlling agent, and the charge controlling agent contains an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid metal salt having the following formula (1): ##STR1## wherein each of Q and Q' each independently represents a residual group of an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid optionally substituted with an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, or an alkyl group and an aralkyl group; X is a counter ion; and M is a metal. A toner is also provided that contains the above charge controlling agent.

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Shizuoka, Japan

Hiroshi Sugimoto