Toner and method for producing toner

Abstract

A toner comprising: a toner particle that includes a binder resin, and an external additive, wherein the toner particle includes a polyester resin on the surface; the toner particle includes a polyvalent metal element; where an electrical resistivity of the polyvalent metal element at 20° C. is denoted by A Ω·m, and an amount of the polyvalent metal element in the toner particle is denoted by B μmol/g, a following relationship is satisfied: 0.025×108≤(1/A)×B≤4.500×108; the external additive includes silica particles; and the silica particles includes spherical silica particles having a number average particle diameter of from 20 nm to 40 nm.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.