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Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2007
Applicants:

Hideki Sugiura, Fuji, JP;

Satoshi Mochizuki, Numazu, JP;

Yasuaki Iwamoto, Numazu, JP;

Yasuo Asahina, Numazu, JP;

Kazuhiko Umemura, Suntou-gun, JP;

Tomoyuki Ichikawa, Numazu, JP;

Shinya Nakayama, Numazu, JP;

Koichi Sakata, Numazu, JP;

Tomoko Utsumi, Numazu, JP;

Inventors:

Hideki Sugiura, Fuji, JP;

Satoshi Mochizuki, Numazu, JP;

Yasuaki Iwamoto, Numazu, JP;

Yasuo Asahina, Numazu, JP;

Kazuhiko Umemura, Suntou-gun, JP;

Tomoyuki Ichikawa, Numazu, JP;

Shinya Nakayama, Numazu, JP;

Koichi Sakata, Numazu, JP;

Tomoko Utsumi, Numazu, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/087 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A toner including toner particles including a binder resin, a colorant, and an inorganic particulate material present on a surface of the toner particles. The toner particles have a surface roughness (Ra) of from 1 to 30 nm, a standard deviation of the surface roughness of from 10 to 90 nm and include 1 to 20 convexities per 1 μm, which have a height not less than 10 nm.


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