Patent ID: 8329370

Claim:
A toner comprising: a binder resin which comprises a polyester resin obtained by polycondensation of an alcohol component with a carboxylic acid component, wherein the alcohol component comprises a divalent alcohol containing 65 mole % or more of an aliphatic diol, a colorant, and a charge controlling agent containing a metal compound composed modified with an unsaturated fatty acid of a trivalent or higher polyvalent aromatic oxycarboxylic acid as a center metal, wherein the carboxylic acid component comprises a rosin compound, the amount of the rosin compound contained in the carboxylic acid component is 5% by mass or more based on the total mass of the alcohol component and carboxylic acid component, and the amount of an abietic acid contained in the toner is 1% by mass or less.