Patent ID: 8563209

Claim:
A liquid developer comprising: a carrier liquid; and toner particles dispersed in the carrier liquid, the toner particles including a binder resin which contains a thermoplastic resin having repeating units derived from a monomer having a styrene skeleton and repeating units derived from a monomer having an acrylic ester structure, and a thermoplastic elastomer resin that is a block copolymer, the block copolymer having a first block portion including repeating units derived from a monomer having a styrene skeleton, a second block portion including repeating units derived from an alkene having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, and a third block portion including repeating units derived from a monomer having a styrene skeleton, the first, second, and third block portions being bonded in this order, wherein the content of the thermoplastic elastomer resin based on the total binder resin is from 20% by mass to 40% by mass.