Patent ID: 8932788
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A toner comprising: a binder resin, a pigment, a pigment dispersant, and a synergist; wherein the pigment is present in the toner in an amount of from 3.0% by mass to 8.5% by mass, the toner has a volume average particle diameter of from 2.0 μm to 6.0 μm and a number average particle diameter of 3.5 μm to 4.3 μm, and a ratio (Dv/Dn) of a volume average particle diameter (Dv) to a number average particle diameter (Dn) of 1.00 to 1.20, wherein a monochrome image, which has been fixed on a recording medium so that the amount of the toner adhered onto the recording medium is 0.25 mg/cm wherein a coat layer prepared by applying onto a base a solution in which 10 g of the toner is dissolved in 40 g of tetrahydrofuran, using a wire bar having a wire diameter of 0.3 mm, has a haze degree of 0.1 to 25.