Patent ID: 7169525

Claim:
A toner comprising: a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax, wherein the amount of the wax in terms of the mass of the wax which is converted from an endotherm of the wax which is measured according to the DSC (differential scanning calorimeter) method is 3% by mass to 21% by mass, based on the total mass of the toner; the ratio (P 2850 /P 825 ) of the strength of the peak (at 2850 cm −1 ) ascribed to the wax to the strength of the peak (at 828 cm −1 ) ascribed to the binder resin is in the range of from 0.01 to 0.40, wherein the ratio between the two peak strengths which is measured according to the FTIR-ATR is the value defining the amount of the wax which is present in the portion of the toner particle which is in the range of from the outermost surface to the depth of 0.3 □m in the toner particle; and at least a part of the wax is present as plural individual wax dispersion particles involved in the toner particle.