Patent ID: 8871417

Claim:
A toner comprising: a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the toner has a core-shell structure, and wherein the core contains at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a hybrid resin or a resin mixture of the hybrid resin and a polyester resin, where the hybrid resin is a resin in which a polyester resin and a vinyl resin are chemically bonded to each other, and wherein the hybrid resin contains a styrene resin in an amount of 5% by mass to 25% by mass based on the total amount of the hybrid resin during synthesis thereof, and the shell contains a resin prepared by polymerizing at least a styrene monomer and an ester monomer represented by the following General Formula (1): where, ‘n’ is 2, ‘X’ is any of 2 to 9, R 1 is a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group, and R 2 is a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group.