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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2001
Masanori Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Yohichiroh Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Masahide Yamashita, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhito Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Keiko Shiraishi, Shizuoka, JP;
Kohki Katoh, Shizuoka, JP;
Masanori Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Yohichiroh Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Masahide Yamashita, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhito Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Keiko Shiraishi, Shizuoka, JP;
Kohki Katoh, Shizuoka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner for developing a latent electrostatic image to a toner image, including a binder resin, and a magnetic material which is blackened by coating the surface of a magnetic powder with a coloring agent, the magnetic material being in an amount of 10 wt.% to 40 wt.% of the entire weight of the toner, a method of forming an image, using a two-component developer containing the toner, an image formation apparatus using the two-component developer, and a toner container containing therein the toner, and an image formation apparatus equipped with the toner container are proposed.