Patent ID: 7211617

Claim:
A molding material, comprising: toner, which is defective toner, substandard toner spun off during a toner manufacturing step, toner ingredient resin, unused residual waste toner, and/or recovered residual toner, which is waste; and modified polyphenylene ether compatible with the toner, which is an engineering plastic obtained by alloying the polyphenylene ether with general-purpose polystyrene, high-impact polystyrene resin,acryloniltrilec-butadiene-styrene copolymer, and/or polyamide; wherein an amount of the toner with respect to the modified polyphenylene ether is represented in such a manner that a weight of a toner ingredient in the toner to the modified polyphenylene is not less than 5/95 and not more than 20/80.