Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Incorporated

Katuo Uramoto

Kenji Uchiyama

Nobuhiro Hirayama

Shoji Kawasaki

Hisatomo Sato

Hiromi Akiyama

A toner composition for electrophotography comprises at least a binder, a coloring agent and optionally a low molecular weight wax in an amount ranging from 0.5 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the binder as essential components wherein the binder comprises, as a principal component, a resin mixture prepared by heating a resin solution comprising a styrene resin and a block copolymer which comprises blocks derived from at least one member selected from ethylenic hydrocarbons and conjugated diene hydrocarbons and blocks derived from styrene and/or a hydrogenated product thereof in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the styrene resin to remove the solvent. The low molecular weight wax may be included in the binder.

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Katuo Uramoto