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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masatake Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Shintaro Kawaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Taiji Katsura, Shizuoka, JP;
Dai Nozaki, Shizuoka, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner comprising: a toner particle comprising a binder resin; and an external additive at the surface of the toner particle, wherein, in a wettability test of the toner in a mixed methanol/water solvent, the methanol concentration at which the transmittance of light having a wavelength of 780 nm is 50% is 5 to 35 vol %, the external additive comprises a fluorine-containing particle, and the fluorine-containing particle is at least one selected from the group consisting of a fluorine-containing titania particle, a fluorine-containing silica particle, a fluorine-containing alumina particle, a fluorine-containing titanium composite oxide particle and a fluorine-containing hydrotalcite particle.