Konica Corporation

Konica-minolta Holdings, Inc.

Yoshiki Nishimori

Meizo Shirose

Hiroshi Yamazaki

Ken Ohmura

Asao Matsushima

Naohiro Hirose

Kenji Hayashi

Hiroyuki Yamada

Tatsuya Nagase

Shiro Hirano

Tomoe Kitani

Mikio Kohyama

Yoshiaki Kobayashi

Hiroyuki Takagiwa

Takao Yamanouchi

Michiaki Ishikawa

Tomoe Kikuchi

Kazuya Isobe

Shinichi Suzuki

Masashi Saito

Mikio Koyama

Masafumi Uchida

Akitoshi Matsubara

Kaori Soeda

Akira Ohira

Kazuo Yasuda

Kazuhiko Uneme

Shoichiro Ishibashi

Kazuhisa Horiuchi

Shigenori Kohno

Tsugio Abe

Yuriko Suzuki

Tsutomu Iwamoto

An apparatus for producing toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, is provided with an inlet section to receive a slurry containing toner particles, impure fine particles having a specific gravity smaller than that of the toner particles and aqueous medium; a centrifugal concentrating device for applying centrifugal force to the slurry and having a precipitating plate with which the toner particles are precipitated from the slurry and an accommodating section to accommodate a concentrated slurry containing the precipitated toner particles, and

Production apparatus of toner for developing electrostatic images, production method thereof, and toner for developing electrostatic images

Toner for electrostatic latent image development includes at least a resin, a coloring agent and a crystalline compound, wherein the toner particle has sea-island structure and the crystalline compound is n-paraffin of particular structure.

Toner for electrostatic latent image development and an image forming method

An electrostatic image developing toner is disclosed. The toner has a domain-matrix structure; the average of the horizontal FERE diameter of the part corresponding to said domain is from 200 to 900 nm; and the variation coefficient of said horizontal FERE diameter is 40 percent or less.

Electrostatic image developing

A toner for forming an electrophotographic image is disclosed. The toner particle contains at least two inorganic salts including an inorganic salt comprising a positive ion having a first valence and an inorganic salt comprising a positive ion having a second valence different from the first valence, a total amount of the inorganic salt having the first valence is greatest among the inorganic salts in the toner particle, and a total amount of the inorganic salt having the second valence is second greatest among the inorganic salts in the toner particle.

Electrostatic latent image developing toner and production method thereof

Electrostatic image developing toner and image forming method

A toner for developing a static image comprising at least a resin, colorant and crystalline substance is disclosed. The toner particle has a domain-matrix structure and the domain has an average of the ratio of the major axis to the minor axis of from 1.5 to 2.5 when the domain is approximated by an ellipse.

Toner for developing static image and an image forming method

A method of preparing toner for developing an electrostatic image is disclosed. The method comprises process for adhering by fusing resin particles onto surface of colored particles (core particles) containing a resin particle and a colorant by salting-out/fusion-adhering to form the resin layer (shell).

Production method of toner

Toner and image forming method

A process for preparing a color toner for developing an electrostatic image comprising a step of polymerizing monomers to obtain resin particles, wherein the color toner comprises primary particles or secondary particles of resin particles, and a metal complex dye represented by the following formula (1) or formula (2),

Process for preparing a color toner for developing an electrostatic image

A toner for developing an electrostatic image is disclosed. The toner is composed of association of a plurality of fine polymer particles, and the total volume of pores having a diameter of not more than 0.1 .mu.m on the toner surfaces is not more than 30 percent of the total toner volume. An image forming method employing the same is also disclosed. A toner which does not result in an unstable charge amount over an extended period of use can be obtained.

Toner for developing an electrostatic image

Disclosed is a toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, the toner containing polymer particles having a carboxyl group on the surface thereof in the range of

Toner, developer and image forming method employing the toner

Disclosed is a toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, said toner having a BET specific surface area of not less than 5m.sup.2 /g and a particle size distribution (2SD) of not more than 5 .mu.m.

Toner for developing an electrostatic latent image

An image forming method comprises the step of a) developing an electrostatic latent image with toner; b) transferring the developed image onto a recording material to obtain a toner image on the recording material; and c) passing the recording material with the toner image between a first member and a second member positioned against the first member to fix the toner on the recording material, a silicone oil having been coated on the surface of at least one of the members, the toner containing a blend of a cross-linked polyester resin and a styrene/acryl resin, wherein the MEK insoluble component content of the toner is 40 to 65 weight %, the MEK soluble component of the toner has a weight average molecular weight Mw of 5.times.10.sup.4 to 2.times.10.sup.5, a number average molecular weight Mn of 1.times.10.sup.3 to 2.times.10.sup.3 and Mw/Mn of 25 to 80, and the silicone oil is a fluorine-containing silicone oil having a structure unit represented by the following Formula (I): ##STR1##

Image forming method and image forming apparatus

An image forming process is disclosed, comprising the steps of passing an image recording material comprising a support having thereon an image formed of a toner containing a resin and a colorant, through a fixing member comprised of a pair of a heating roller and a pressure roller, and heat-fixing the image to the support by the fixing member, wherein the thus-formed image has a standard glossiness of 17 to 37.

Color image forming process with control gloss

A fixing method comprises the step of passing a recording material with a toner image between a heat fixing member and a pressure applying member to fix the toner onto the recording material, a silicone oil being coated on the surface of the heat fixing member, wherein the toner contains a binder resin and a low molecular weight polyolefin, and the silicone oil is a fluorine-containing silicone oil having a structure unit represented by the following Formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X represents a saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an aryl group; R.sub.f represents a fluoroalkyl group having 2-10 carbon atoms; and n represents an integer of 1 to 4.

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Hachioji, Japan

Yoshiki Nishimori