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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2013
Applicants:
Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazumi Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazumi Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/08 (2006.01); G03G 9/087 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/08764 (2013.01); G03G 9/081 (2013.01); G03G 9/0821 (2013.01); G03G 9/0825 (2013.01); G03G 9/08733 (2013.01); G03G 9/08755 (2013.01); G03G 9/08795 (2013.01); G03G 9/08797 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a toner including a crystalline resin and a non-crystalline resin. In a reflected electron image of a cross-section of the toner stained by ruthenium tetroxide captured by a scanning electron microscope, the ratio of regions stained by ruthenium tetroxide is from 50 area % to 80 area %. In a reflected electron image of the surface of the toner stained by ruthenium tetroxide captured by a scanning electron microscope, the ratio of regions stained by ruthenium tetroxide is from 10 area % to 40 area %.