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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Satoru Miyamoto, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Nobutaka Kinoshita, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Yaguchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/097 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/097 ;
Abstract
A color toner comprises a binder resin, a coloring agent, a release agent and a charge controlling agent, wherein the release agent dispersed in the binder resin has an average particle diameter of from about 0.1 to about 2 &mgr;m and wherein a fixed color toner image, which is developed and fixed using the toner, has a Haze factor less than about 20% when the image has an image density of 1.5. The color toner produces images having good image qualities such as good color reproducibility.