Patent ID: 8039183

Claim:
A developer comprising: a pigment particle coated with at least one of a resin and a charge control surface additive, wherein the pigment particle is a pearlescent pigment having an average size of from about 5 to 6 microns and comprises zinc stearate as an external additive, the zinc stearate having an average primary particle size in the range of about 500 nm to about 700 nm; and a carrier, including: a carrier core selected from the group consisting of granular zircon, granular silicon, glass, steel, nickel, ferrites, magnetites, iron ferrites, and silicon dioxide; and a coating selected from the group consisting of polyvinylidene fluoride resin, terpolymers of styrene, methyl methacrylate, and a silane, wherein the carrier core is coated with the coating and the coating covers 75% -98% of the carrier core.