Patent ID: 8361688

Claim:
A toner for developing an electrostatic latent image comprising: a resin; a coloring agent and a release agent comprising a compound or compounds represented by the following general formula (1): R 1 -(COO—R 2 ) n wherein R 1 shown in the general formula (1) is a linking group having carbon number of 2 to 8 which may be a cyclic structure and may have a hydroxy group or fatty acid ester group; and each R 2 shown in the general formula (C1) is an alkyl group having carbon number of N, (N-2) or (N-4) independently, N is a natural number from 10 to 30, and n is a natural number from 3 to 4, wherein R 2 with carbon number of N is 80 to 97 percent by mass based on the mass of total R 2 s in the release agent, R 2 with carbon number of (N-2) is 0.0 to 7.8 percent by mass based on tho mass of total R 2 s in the release agent, R 2 with carbon number of (N-4) is 3.0 to 13.0 percent by mass based on the mass of total R 2 s in the release agent; R 2 with carbon number of (N-4) is included 1.5 percent by mass or more than R 2 with carbon number of (N-2) in the release agent.