Patent ID: 8026031

Claim:
A toner comprising an oil phase which contains in an organic solvent at least a binding resin and/or a binding resin precursor, a colorant, and an exchanged layered inorganic material wherein at least a part of interlayer ions in the layered inorganic material has been exchanged with organic ions, wherein the toner is granulated by dispersing and/or emulsifying the oil phase in a water-based medium and then removing the solvent, and wherein the toner has an average circularity of 0.927 to 0.958, wherein the toner has a volume average particle diameter (Dv) of 4.6 μm to 5.9 μm, and wherein a ratio (Dv/Dn) of the volume average particle diameter (Dv) to a number average particle diameter (Dn) of the toner is 1.04 to 1.13.