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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2003
Jing X. Sun, Lexington, KY (US);
Bradley Leonard Beach, Lexington, KY (US);
Jing X. Sun, Lexington, KY (US);
Bradley Leonard Beach, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A chemically prepared toner for electrophotographic printers and method therefor using a unique polymeric dispersant. The chemically prepared toner includes agglomerated polymeric dispersant stabilized pigment particles, a fuser release agent, a charge control agent dispersion, and a self-stabilized essentially surfactant free latex binder. The polymeric dispersant includes at least three segments, a hydrophilic polymeric segment, a hydrophobic polymeric segment, and a protective colloid or reactive surfactant segment. The weight average molecular weight range of the dispersant ranges from about 5,000 to about 30,000, and a hydrophobicity ranging from about 10 to about 90 percent by weight. The chemically prepared toner includes agglomerated toner particles have a unimodal particles size distribution with a number average particle size (N) ranging from about 5.0 to about 8.5 microns and a volume average particle size (V) ranging from about 5.0 to about 8.5 microns.