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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2003
Suresh K. Ahuja, Webster, NY (US);
Chieh-min Cheng, Rochester, NY (US);
Suresh K. Ahuja, Webster, NY (US);
Chieh-Min Cheng, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A toner process comprising mixing a colorant dispersion with a latex, a wax dispersion, and a coagulant, and wherein the latex contains a polymer with a static yield stress of from about 0.05 to about 3 dyne/cm, a viscosity for the polymer latex of from about 5 to about 35 centipoises (cps), and wherein said toner product possesses a volume average particle size distribution index GSDv of equal to or less than about 1.27, a number average particle size distribution index GSDn of equal to or less than about 1.30, a low number average particle size index GSDnof equal to about or less than about 1.32, and a ratio of the volume average particle size distribution index GSDv to a number average particle size distribution index GSDn of from about 0.93 to about 1.