Patent ID: 8758972

Claim:
A method of producing toner, comprising: dissolving or dispersing toner components comprising a resin, a colorant, and a release agent in a solvent to prepare a toner components liquid; discharging the toner components liquid from multiple nozzles provided on a thin film by vibrating the toner components liquid to form liquid droplets of the toner components liquid, such that the liquid droplets are discharged from the multiple nozzles periodically by liquid resonance, wherein the liquid droplets are discharged from the multiple nozzles in a state in which pressure is evenly applied to the toner components liquid within a toner retention part; and drying the liquid droplets into solid particles of a toner, wherein a particle diameter distribution that is a ratio of a weight average particle diameter to a number average particle diameter of the toner is between 1.00 and 1.15, and a weight average particle diameter of the release agent in the toner components liquid is between 1% and 30% of an aperture diameter of the nozzle.