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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2002
Lu Jiang, Oakville, CA;
Walter Mychajlowskij, Mississauga, CA;
Guerino G. Sacripante, Oakville, CA;
Raj D. Patel, Oakville, CA;
Michael A. Hopper, Toronto, CA;
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A process involving, for example, providing or generating an emulsion latex comprised of sodio sulfonated polyester resin particles by adding with shearing to the latex a colorant dispersion comprising from about 20 to about 50 percent of a predispersed colorant in water, followed by the addition of an organic or an inorganic acid; heating the resulting mixture at a temperature of from about 45° C. to about 65° C. followed by the addition of an water insoluble metal salt or water insoluble metal oxide thereby releasing metal ions and permitting aggregation and coalescence, resulting in toner particles; and optionally cooling the mixture and isolating the product.