Patent ID: 7972758

Claim:
A toner for development of an electrostatic image, the toner comprising colored particles comprising: a crystalline polyester resin having a melting temperature Tm 1 (° C.) of approximately 50 to approximately 100° C.; a non-crystalline polyester resin; and a coloring agent, wherein the temperature Tm 2 (° C.) of an endothermic peak derived from the crystalline polyester resin in a first process of raising temperature and the temperature Tm 3 (° C.) of an endothermic peak derived from the crystalline polyester resin in a second process of raising temperature, in differential scanning calorimetry based on JIS K7121:1987, satisfying the following relationships (1) and (2): 0≦(Tm1−Tm2)<2 (1) 4<(Tm1−Tm3)≦15 (2), the crystalline polyester resin comprises an acid-derived constituent component derived from a linear dicarboxylic acid and an alcohol-derived constituent component derived from a linear aliphatic diol having 7 to 20 carbon atoms, and the linear dicarboxylic acid is selected from the group consisting of adipic acid, sebacic acid, 1,10-decanedicarboxylic acid, lower alkyl esters thereof, and anhydrides thereof.