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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2016
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Sugawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Sakiko Hirai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaru Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Satomi Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A brilliant toner includes release agent domains meeting conditions (1) a length of the release agent domain in a longitudinal axis direction is 300 nm to 1,500 nm, (2) a ratio between the length in the longitudinal axis direction and in a short axis direction of the release agent domain is 3.0 to 15.0, (3) an angle between (a) a tangent line passing through a contact point of (a1) a circumference of a circle that is centered at a centroid of the release agent domain and is inscribed in an outer edge of the toner particle and (a2) the outer edge and (b) a line passing through the centroid and extending in the longitudinal axis direction is 0° to 45°, and (4) a ratio of a distance between the centroid and the contact point to an equivalent circle diameter of the toner particle is 0.03 to 0.25.