Xerox Corporation

Maria Nv McDougall

Edward Graham Zwartz

Richard P N Veregin

Karen Ann Moffat

Daryl Walter Vanbesien

T Brian McAneney

Paul Joseph Gerroir

Jaan Noolandi

Vladislav Skorokhod

Philip D Floyd

Danielle C Boils

Eric M Strohm

The toner described herein contains toner particles containing polymer, colorant and cross-linked polymer. The cross-linked polymer is incorporated at least in the shell of the toner particles. Incorporating cross-linked polymer in the shell of the toner particles provide bumps in the surface of the toner particles. These bumps can behave as spacers. Such toner can be formed by aggregating at least polymer particles and colorant particles to form core particles; aggregating at least cross-linked polymer particles to the surface of the core particles; and coalescing the resulting particles to form toner particles.

Toner having bumpy surface morphology

A process for depositing marking material onto a substrate which includes (a) providing a propellant to a head structure, the head structure having a channel therein, the channel having an exit orifice with a width no larger than about 250 microns through which the propellant can flow, the propellant flowing through the channel to form thereby a propellant stream having kinetic energy, the channel directing the propellant stream toward the substrate, and (b) controllably introducing a particulate marking material into the propellant stream in the channel, wherein the kinetic energy of the propellant particle stream causes the particulate marking material to impact the substrate, and wherein the particulate marking material includes particles which include a resin and a colorant, the particles having an average particle diameter of no more than about 7 microns and a particle size distribution of GSD equal to no more than about 1.25, wherein the particles are prepared by an emulsion aggregation process.

Marking materials and marking processes therewith

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Maria Nv McDougall