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US 2013/0171559 A1Published application
Two-component developing agent and developing method
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsKosuke NAKAMURA, Okushi OKUYAMA
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Abstract
A two-component developing agent includes toner and a carrier including carrier particles. The toner includes a binding resin. The carrier particle includes a porous ferrite core particle and a resin covering layer. The resin covering layer covers the porous ferrite core particle. The resin covering layer includes ferrite particles. An average particle diameter of the ferrite particles ranges from 0.1 to 1.0 μm.
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A two-component developing agent comprising:
- toner including a binding resin;
- and
- a carrier including carrier particles, each of which includes a porous ferrite core particle and a resin covering layer which covers the surface of the porous ferrite core particle;
- the resin covering layer including ferrite particles;
- wherein
- an average particle diameter of the ferrite particles ranges from 0.1 to 1.0 μm.
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