Patent ID: 7175959

Claim:
A toner including toner particles, each toner particle comprising: a core particle formed by flocculating and fusion-bonding at least resin microparticles and colorant microparticles dispersed in a fluid dispersion; and two or more coating layers formed over the core particles, wherein at least one of said coating layers except for an outermost coating layer, contains a wax, wherein a ratio d/r between an average thickness d of the overall coating layers and a volume average particle size r of the core particles is in the range of 0.01 to 0.6, and wherein said resin microparticles comprise a resin containing a radical polymerizable monomer having an acidic group as a building block, wherein said radical polymerizable monomer having an acidic group is present in the resin in concentrations of 0.1 to 20 mass %.