Patent ID: 9535349
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. An electrostatic charge image developing toner comprising: a toner particle containing a binder resin and a metallic pigment; and aliphatic acid metal salt particles as an external additive in an amount of from 0.1 parts by weight to 2.0 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the toner particles, a volume average particle diameter of the aliphatic metal salt particles is in the range of from 2 μm to 20 μm, a content of the aliphatic acid metal salt particles having a particle diameter of 25 μm or more is in the range of 0.1 to 0.5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the toner, and the aliphatic acid metal salt particles are particles of an aliphatic acid metal salt composed of at least one aliphatic acid selected from the group consisting of stearic acid and lauric acid and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of magnesium, calcium and zinc, wherein the toner particles have an average circle equivalent diameter D longer than an average C of a maximum thickness of the toner particles.