Electrophotographic toner
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsTakao YAMANOUCHI, Shingo FUJIMOTO, Makoto KOBAYASHI, Kazuya ISOBE, Hirofumi KOGA
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Abstract
An electrophotographic toner is disclosed, comprising a binding resin, a colorant and a releasing agent, wherein the releasing agent comprises a first releasing agent component of a monoester compound represented by formula (1) and a second releasing agent component composed of a hydrocarbon compound having a branched chain structure, and the first releasing agent component accounting for 40% to 98% by mass of the total amount of the first and second releasing agent components: R1—COO—R2 (1) wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrocarbon group having 13 to 30 carbon atoms.
Claims7
An electrophotographic toner comprising a binding resin, a colorant and a releasing agent, wherein the releasing agent comprises a first releasing agent component and a second releasing agent component, the first releasing agent component is a monoester compound represented by formula (1) and the second releasing agent component is a hydrocarbon compound having a branched chain structure, and the first releasing agent component accounting for 40% to 98% by mass of the first and second releasing agent components:
- R1—COO—R2 formula (1)
- wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrocarbon group having 13 to 30 carbon atoms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.