Patent ID: 8728703

Claim:
A method for producing an electrophotographic toner, comprising: emulsifying or dispersing, in an aqueous medium, an oil phase containing a toner material, where the toner material contains: (A) an epoxy resin prepolymer; (B) an adduct of a dihydric phenol with a polyalkylene oxide; (C) a phenolic compound, or an alcohol compound, or both thereof; and (D) a carboxylic acid compound; and allowing the (A), the (B), the (C), and the (D) to react with each other during, or after, or during and after the emulsification or dispersion to obtain a resin, wherein the electrophotographic toner is obtained from a dispersion or emulsion liquid of the oil phase in the aqueous medium, wherein the toner contains a binder resin, and wherein the binder resin contains the resin obtained by allowing the (A), the (B), the (C) and the (D) to react with each other.