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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2016
Electrophotographic image forming method and full color toner set for developing electrostatic image
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Shiro Hirano, Hachioji, JP;
Naoya Tonegawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Masaharu Matsubara, Hachioji, JP;
Kouji Sekiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Iioka, Hachioji, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a method of forming an electrophotographic image using a plurality of color toners, the method containing: a charging step; an exposing step; a developing step; and a transferring step, wherein the plurality of color toners each respectively contain toner particles including a binder resin, a coloring agent, a releasing agent, and a crystalline resin; the binder resin contains an amorphous vinyl polymer formed with a vinyl monomer; the toner particles contain the amorphous vinyl polymer in the range of 10 to 90 mass %; and a maximum value of an acid value difference of the color toners is in the range of 1 to 10 mg KOH/g.