Method of manufacturing toner, the toner produced thereby, developer containing the toner and an image forming apparatus using the toner

A toner comprising:

• a resin;
• and
• a colorant,
• wherein the toner is manufactured by dissolving or dispersing a toner component comprising the resin and the colorant in an organic solvent to obtain a liquid solution or dispersion, continuously emulsifying and dispersing the liquid solution or dispersion in an aqueous medium comprising a particulate dispersant to obtain emulsified primary particles, controlling cohesion and agglomeration of the emulsified primary particles and removing the organic solvent, wherein a ratio (T1/T2) of an arithmetic mean accumulation time (T1) of the emulsified primary particles obtained in the controlling step to an arithmetic mean accumulation time (T2) of the emulsified primary particles obtained in the continuously emulsifying and dispersing step is from 1 to 5 and a remaining amount of the organic solvent is not greater than 500 ppm.