Xerox Corporation

Padam K Angra

Scott M Silence

William H Hollenbaugh, Jr

Amy L Stamp

John S Walters

Beng S Ong

Roger N Ciccarelli

Samuel Kaplan

Richard P Veregin

Thomas R Pickering

Denise R Bayley

Alexander N Klymachyov

Guerino G Sacripante

Richard P N Veregin

Barkev Keoshkerian

Christopher M Wolfe

Michael L Grande

Merrilee A Galloway

Joseph H Rowe

Zhaoyi M Masucci

Jacob W Myers, Ii

Ii Myers Jacob W

A low melt toner includes a core having a core polystyrene-butyl acrylate resin, a crystalline polyester resin, a pigment present in an amount from about 7% to about 20% by weight of the low melt toner, and a paraffin wax; a ratio of the polystyrene-butyl acrylate resin to crystalline polyester resin is in a range from about 5:1 to about 7:1; and a shell disposed over the core including a shell polystyrene-butyl acrylate resin.

Hyperpigmented low melt toner

The disclosure relates generally to toner additives, and in particular, toner additives that provide reduced impaction within a toner particle and improved adhesion to the toner particle. The toner additives include alumina nanotubes, and may be used with other non-conventional additives such as silica nanotubes and titania nanotubes.

Alumina nanotubes as a toner additive to reduce impaction

The disclosure relates generally to toner additives, and in particular, toner additives that provide desired higher and stable toner charge. The toner additives comprise silica nanotubes in combination with or in place of the commonly used silica or titania particulate additives.

Toner additives

A carrier composition having magnetite with a diameter of from about 80 microns to about 150 microns, and wherein the carrier has a conductivity of from about 10to about 10(ohms-cm)and a carrier breakdown voltage of from about 20 to about 200 volts, and a developer composition with toner and this carrier composition, and also including a developer housing apparatus and an electrostatographic apparatus comprising the developer housing apparatus.

Carrier and developer compositions

An apparatus comprised of a charging component, a development component, a transport component, a photoconductive component, and a fusing component, and wherein the development component contains a toner comprising at least one binder in an optional amount of from about 85 to about 99 percent by weight, at least one colorant in an optional amount of from about 0.5 to about 15 percent by weight, and calcium stearate in an optional amount of from about 0.05 to about 2 percent by weight and wherein following triboelectric contact with carrier particles, the toner has a charge Q measured in femtocoulombs per particle diameter D measured in microns (Q/D) of from about &#x2212;0.1 to about &#x2212;1 fC/&#x3bc;m with a variation during development of from about 0 to about 0.25 fC/&#x3bc;m and wherein the distribution is substantially unimodal and possesses a peak width of from about 0.1 fC/&#x3bc;m to about 0.5 fC/&#x3bc;m and the toner possesses a charge to mass M, as measured in grams, ratio (Q/M) of from about &#x2212;25 to about &#x2212;70 &#x3bc;C/gram with variation of Q/M during development of from about 0 to about 15 &#x3bc;C/gram.

Toners and developers

A toner comprised of resin, colorant and calcium stearate.

A replenisher material of toner particles and carrier particles, wherein a replenisher ratio of the toner particles to the carrier particles in the replenisher is determined as a function of at least one property of the developer and at least one operational property of an apparatus for developing an electrostatic latent image recorded on an image receiving member, and wherein the apparatus includes a housing defining a chamber having a supply of developer comprised of toner particles and carrier particles therein, a donor member spaced from the image receiving member and adapted to transport toner particles of the developer from the chamber to a development zone adjacent the image receiving member, at least one wire positioned in the development zone between the image receiving member and the donor member, a voltage supply for electrically biasing the at least one wire during a developing operation with a current to detach toner particles from the donor member, forming a cloud of toner particles in the development zone, and developing the latent image with toner particles from the cloud, and at least one dispenser for dispensing replenisher comprised of toner particles and carrier particles into the chamber, wherein a replenisher ratio of the toner particles to the carrier particles in the replenisher is determined as a function of at least one property of the developer and at least one operational property of the apparatus. The replenisher ratio is preferably determined as a function of the tribo stability of the developer in a non-replenishment mode of the apparatus and/or as a function of the conductivity of the developer in a non-replenishment mode of the apparatus.

Method of replenishing developer in a hybrid scavengeless development system

An encapsulated toner composition comprised of a core comprised of a polymer binder and pigment, encapsulated in a shell derived from the polycondensation of a polyisocyanate and amino acid with an amide or hydroxy functionality.

Encapsulated toner compositions

A colored magnetic encapsulated toner composition comprised of a core comprised of a polymer binder, magnetic metal particles, whitener, color pigment, dye or mixtures thereof, and which core is encapsulated in a polymeric shell, and wherein the toner surface comprises an optional conductive metal oxide, or metal oxides and an optional release additive, or additives.

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Pittsford, NY, United States of America

Padam K Angra