Patent ID: 8399169

Claim:
An electrophotographic toner comprising: a latex; a colorant; and a releasing agent including a wax, wherein characteristics of the electrophotographic toner measured by using a Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in an attenuated total reflection mode (FT-IR-ATR), in which an incidence angle is changeable, satisfy Inequalities 1 through 3 below: 0.6 ≦P 2850 /P 3027≦2.2 <Inequality 1> 0.95≦( P 2850 50° /P 3027 50° )/( P 2850 60° /P 3027 60° )≦1.5 <Inequality 2> 0.95≦( P 2850 60° /P 3027 60° )/( P 2850 70° /P 3027 70° )≦1.5 <Inequality 3> where P2850 and P3027 respectively represent peak intensities of the wax and a binder resin and the binder resin alone at 2850 cm −1 and 3027 cm −1 , at a predetermined incidence angle, P2850 50° and P3027 50° respectively represent peak intensities of the wax and the binder resin at 2850 cm −1 and 3027 cm −1 , at an incidence angle of 50°, P2850 60° and P3027 60° respectively represent peak intensities of the wax and the binder resin at 2850 cm −1 and 3027 cm −1 , at an incidence angle of 60°, and P2850 70° and P3027 70° respectively represent peak intensities of the wax and the binder resin at 2850 cm −1 and 3027 cm −1 , at an incidence angle of 70°.