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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ohta-ku, JP;
Saori Yamada, Shizuoka, JP;
Hisashi Nakajima, Shizuoka, JP;
Masashi Nagayama, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinya Hanatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Mariko Takii, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshitaka Sekiguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner, including: a binder resin; and a colorant, wherein the binder resin contains: a crystalline polyester resin (A); a non-crystalline resin (B); and a composite resin (C), where the composite resin (C) contains a condensation polymerization resin unit and an addition polymerization resin unit, wherein the toner contains chloroform insoluble matter in an amount of 1% by mass to 30% by mass, wherein the toner has a molecular weight distribution having a main peak in a range of 1,000 to 10,000 and a half width of 15,000 or less, where the molecular weight distribution is obtained through gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of tetrahydrofuran soluble matter of the toner, and wherein the toner has an endothermic peak in a range of 90° C. to 130° C. in measurement through differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).