Patent ID: 6294302
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A toner for developing a static image and to be fixed by a thermal fixing member, the toner comprising a binder resin and a colorant, wherein a thermally fixed image of the toner having a gloss Gm of about 20% or more, and having a maximum value of Gs equal to or less than 1.8%, wherein Gs is the variation of the gloss per 1.degree. C. of a surface temperature variation within a range of about from 140 to 170.degree. C. of the fixing member, wherein the toner has a maximum value of peak molecular weight Mp measured by a gel permeation chromatogaphy (GPC) of from about 8,000 to about 30,000 and a glass transition temperature Tg of from about 40 to about 80.degree. C.