Patent ID: 8883385

Claim:
A toner comprising: a binder resin; a coloring agent; and a releasing agent consisting of an ester wax, wherein the ester wax comprises two or more kinds of alkyl monoester compounds having a different number of carbon atoms in a range of from 30 to 50 carbon atoms, the toner having a crystallinity of 10% or more as measured by x-ray diffraction and/or the binder resin comprising a crystalline resin in an amount of 50% by weight or more of the binder resin, the two or more kinds of alkyl monoester compounds including a component A accounting for the largest amount ranging from 30% by weight to less than 50% by weight of the ester wax and a component B accounting for the second largest amount ranging from 10% by weight to less than 50% by weight of the ester wax.