Patent ID: 8377549

Claim:
A developer carrying member comprising a substrate and a resin layer formed thereon, wherein the resin layer is obtained by thermally curing a coating material composition including the following (A) to (E): (A) a thermosetting resin as a binder resin (B) an alcohol having 1 to 4 carbon atoms as a solvent, (C) a resin having a unit represented by the following formula (1) (D) a graphitized carbon black having a graphite (002) lattice spacing of 0.3370 nm or more and 0.3450 nm or less as measured by X-ray diffraction (E) an acidic carbon black having a pH of 5.0 or less Wherein, in the formula (1), R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R 2 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; one or two or more groups selected from the group consisting of R 3 , R 4 and R 5 each represents an alkyl group having 4 to 18 carbon atoms, and each of the rest represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; X represents —COO—, —CONH— or —C 6 H 4 —; and A − represents an anion.