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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2002
Yasuo Matsumura, Minamiashigara, JP;
Hidekazu Yaguchi, Minamiashigara, JP;
Satoshi Yoshida, Minamiashigara, JP;
Takahisa Fujii, Minamiashigara, JP;
Tomohito Nakajima, Minamiashigara, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Such a toner for developing an electrostatic image is to be provided that has a wide fixable temperature range, is excellent in development and transfer performance and excellent in releasing performance, realizes both glossiness and transparency, and is capable of providing an image (particularly a color image) of a wide color reproduction range having high quality and high durability, a developer for an electrostatic image, and a process for forming an image. The toner for developing an electrostatic image contains a binder resin, a colorant and an inorganic metallic salt, and an amount of a toluene insoluble component (provided that the colorant, a releasing agent and inorganic and organic insoluble particles are excluded therefrom) is from 0.5 to 10% by weight. The developer for an electrostatic image and the process for forming an image use the toner for developing an electrostatic image.