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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2017
Keiji Makabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Tsuneyasu Nagatomo, Shizuoka, JP;
Kohsuke Satoh, Shizuoka, JP;
Kenji Yoneda, Osaka, JP;
Keiji Makabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Tsuneyasu Nagatomo, Shizuoka, JP;
Kohsuke Satoh, Shizuoka, JP;
Kenji Yoneda, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner is provided. The toner includes toner particles each including a mother particle and external additive particles covering the mother particle. In a SEM image of the toner, toner particles having a ratio Sd/St of from 5% to 50% are present at a frequency of 15% or more, where Sd representing an area of a largest recessed portion D of each toner particle and St representing whole area of the toner particle, Sd and St determined from the SEM image magnified and binarized to discriminate recessed portions and projected portions of the toner particle from each other. An external additive coverage rate Ca at the largest recessed portion D is from 30% to 100%.