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A toner is prepared by dissolving and/or dispersing a modified polyester resin in an organic solvent to yield a solution or dispersion, the modified polyester resin being reactive with a compound having an active hydrogen group, mixing the solution or dispersion with an aqueous medium containing resin particles, and subjecting the modified polyester resin to crosslinking and/or elongation in the aqueous medium. The binder resin further includes a crystalline polyester resin in addition to the modified polyester resin.

There are provided: a method for producing a toner containing to granulate a toner and to subjecting the granulated toner to at least washing with an alkali washing solution, in which the total organic carbon amount extractable from the alkali-washed toner is 200 ppm/g or less; a toner comprising polyester in which the total organic carbon amount extractable from the toner is 200 ppm/g or less, under the condition that the toner is subjected to washing with the alkali washing solution before extracting; and an image-forming method using such a toner.

A toner containing colorant, releasing agent, and binder resin containing crystalline polyester resin, and non-crystalline polyester resin containing urethane bond, urea bond, or both, the non-crystalline polyester resin containing first and second non-crystalline polyester resins, both containing urethane bond, or urea bond, or both, wherein monomers constituting the first non-crystalline polyester resin contains isocyanate monomer for forming the urethane bond, the urea bond, or the both, in an amount of 0.5 mol % or greater to total amount of the monomers, monomers constituting the second non-crystalline polyester resin contain isocyanate monomer for forming the urethane bond, the urea bond, or the both, in an amount of 0.5 mol % or greater to total amount of the monomers, the first non-crystalline polyester resin has Tg of −60° C. or higher but lower than 10° C., and the second non-crystalline polyester resin has Tg of 30° C. or higher but lower than 70° C.

A yellow toner for developing electrostatic images is formed of yellow toner particles containing a binder resin and a yellow colorant. The yellow toner has a storage modulus G'180 at 180 DEG C. and a minimum storage modulus G'min(120-170) in a temperature range of 120-170 DEG C. giving a ratio [G'180/G'min(120-170)] of 2.0-8.0. The binder resin comprises a polyester resin having a glass transition temperature of 50-65 DEG C. and an acid value of 2.0-25.0 mgKOH/g. The yellow toner is a compound represented by Formula (1) below: Formula (1): The primary particles of the yellow colorant exhibit a length/breadth ratio of at most 1.5. The yellow colorant is dispersed in the toner particles as independent particles (including primary particles and secondary particles) providing a number-average particle size of 0.1-0.7 mu m. The yellow toner is provided with improved fixability and anti-offset property as well as good color toner performances.

To provide a toner, which contains: a non-crystalline polyester resin A obtained through a reaction between a non-linear chain reactive precursor and a curing agent, and having a glass transition temperature of −60° C. to 0° C.; a non-crystalline polyester resin B having a glass transition temperature of 40° C. to 70° C.; and a crystalline polyester resin C, wherein the toner has a glass transition temperature Tg1st of 20° C. to 40° C. as measured with first heating in differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).

A toner containing a colorant, a binder resin and a laminar inorganic mineral in which part or all of the ions present between layers are modified by organic ions. The toner can be prepared by a method including dispersing or emulsifying a toner constituent mixture liquid containing the colorant, the binder resin and/or a precursor thereof, and the laminar inorganic mineral, in an aqueous medium. The density of the laminar inorganic mineral measured by XPS for the toner surface before (A) and after(B) mixing and kneading satisfies the following relationship: A>B.

To provide a developer that includes a carrier and a toner having base particles each containing a binder resin and a paraffin wax, wherein the base particle has a paraffin wax-originated endotherm from 2.0 J/g to 5.5 J/g at an endothermic peak as measured by DSC, an average circularity from 0.94 to 1.00, and a contact area-to-whole projected area ratio from 15% to 40%.

Provided is toner which is excellent in developing property, transferring property, and fixing property, hardly affected by its surrounding, and has good endurance. The toner has a peak temperature of maximum endothermic peak in the range of 60 to 100° C. in an endothermic curve of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurement;

• • silica particles in the toner contain a titanium element; and
  • the silica particles satisfy the following expressions.

0.7≦(Ia₁/Ib₁)≦2.0

0.7≦(Ia₂/Ib₂)≦2.0

where Ia₁ represents a maximum intensity in the case of 2θ=25.3 deg, Ib₁ represents a mean intensity in the cases of 2θ=25.3 deg+2.0 deg. and of 2θ=25.3 deg.−2.0 deg., Ia₂ represents a maximum intensity in the case of 2θ=27.5 deg and Ib₂ represents a mean intensity in the cases of 2θ=27.5. deg+2.0 deg. and of 2θ=27.5 deg.−2.0 deg.

To provide a toner containing toner particles, wherein each toner particle contains at least: a releasing agent having an average dispersed particle diameter of 0.1 to 0.5 μm; and a modified layered inorganic mineral in which at least a part of ions present in between layers of a layered inorganic mineral is replaced with an organic ion, wherein the toner has a ratio A/B of 0.2 to 2.0 where A denotes the average dispersed particle diameter of the releasing agent and B denotes an average dispersed particle diameter of the modified layered inorganic mineral, or a proportion of the dispersed particles of the releasing agent having a diameter of 1 μm or more in the dispersed particles of the releasing agent having a diameter of 0.5 μm or more is 20% by number or less.

A toner having a toner particle including a core particle obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable monomer composition containing at least a polymerizable monomer, a colorant, a release agent, a polar resin, and a crystalline polyester in an aqueous medium and an outer shell formed by fixing resin fine particles to the surface of the core particle, wherein the resin constituting the resin fine particles is an amorphous resin and the acid value of the resin fine particles is 4.0 to 50.0 mgKOH/g.

Provided is a toner that has excellent low-temperature fixability, hot offset resistance, high image glossiness and fixing wraparound resistance, as well as high durable stability. The toner includes toner particles that contain a binder resin, a colorant and a wax, and fine inorganic particles on a surface of the toner particles, wherein the binder resin contains a polyester resin A and a styrene resin B, and a content ratio A/B of the polyester resin A and the styrene resin B is 85/15 or more and 98/2 or less based on mass, the styrene resin B has a weight average molecular weight Mw of a tetrahydrofuran soluble component of 2,000 or more and 5,000 or less, and the toner has been subjected to a hot-air surface treatment.