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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2012
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Hiroki Uemura, Osaka, JP;
Yukinori Nakayama, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image is formed with an electrostatic latent image-developing toner that includes toner base particles and titanium oxide serving as an external additive. The toner base particles containing a binder resin, a colorant, and a charge control agent. The titanium oxide is attached to surfaces of the toner base particles and containing titanium oxide A and titanium oxide B. Each of the titanium oxide A and the titanium oxide B has a predetermined particle diameter and a predetermined volume resistivity. The liberation rate of each of the titanium oxide A and the titanium oxide B in the toner is within a predetermined range.