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US 2008/0176161 A1Published application
Toner for developing a latent image and an image forming method employing the same
AssigneeKonica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
InventorsYasuko Yamauchi, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Masafumi Uchida, Kenji Yamane
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Abstract
A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image comprising a resin, a colorant, and a particle having domain-matrix structure and the particle having two or more kinds of metal elements.
Claims24
A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image comprising a resin, a colorant, and a particle having domain-matrix structure having two or more kinds of metal elements;
- wherein the matrix is amorphous and the domain contains a crystal, and
- the particle contains the component represented by the following Formula 1:
- Si(1−X)MXO(2−2X+aX/2), Formula 1
- wherein X is from 0.01 to 0.5, M is a mono- through tetra-valent metal element and a is valent number of the metal element represented by M.
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