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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1994
Kazuyoshi Hagiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Nakahara, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Shimojo, Tokyo, JP;
Masami Fujimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Kiyoshi Mizoe, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner for developing an electrostatic image is composed by a binder resin, and a magnetic material and/or a colorant. The binder resin (a) comprises a styrene resin polymerized in the presence of a poly-functional polymerization initiator, (b) provides a molecular weight distribution on a GPC chromatogram showing a maximum (P1) in a molecular weight range of 3.5.times.10.sup.3 -5.times.10.sup.4 and a maximum (P2) or shoulder in a molecular weight range of at least 1.times.10.sup.5, and (c) contains 15 wt. % or less of a resin component in a molecular weight range of at most 3.times.10.sup.3. Further the toner contains at most 100 ppm of styrene and benzaldehyde.