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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2007
Yasukazu Ayaki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takeshi Ikeda, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Tomohito Ishida, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Nobuyuki Itoh, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yasukazu Ayaki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takeshi Ikeda, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Tomohito Ishida, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Nobuyuki Itoh, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides: a toner kit having a deep toner and a pale toner which are separated from each other, wherein: the deep toner and the pale toner satisfy prescribed conditions for an L*a*b* color coordinate system where a* represents a hue in the red-green direction, b* represents a hue in the yellow-blue direction, and L* represents a lightness; the pale toner and the deep toner to be used in the toner kit; and a method for forming an image using the toner kit. Thus, the present invention can form a high quality image, while suppressing graininess and roughness over the areas covering from the low density area to the high density area.