Patent ID: 8455167

Claim:
A toner characterized by comprising toner particles containing at least a binder resin and a wax, wherein the toner has a weight average particle diameter (D4) of 3.0 μm or more, and 8.0 μm or less and satisfies the following conditions (a) and (b) in the measurement with a flow particle image analyzer with an image processing resolution of 512×512 pixels, (a) regarding particles having a circle equivalent diameter of 1.98 μm or more, and 200.00 μm or less, the average circularity of the toner is 0.960 or more, and 0.985 or less and particles having a circularity of 0.990 or more, and 1.000 or less constitute 25.0 percent by the number or less, (b) particles having a circle equivalent diameter of 0.50 μm or more, and 1.98 μm or less constitute 10.0 percent by the number or less of particles having a circle equivalent diameter of 0.50 μm or more, and 200.00 μm or less.