Toner composition
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsJUAN A. MORALES-TIRADO, SAMIR KUMAR, MIKE ZONA
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Abstract
A toner composition includes a resin, optionally a wax, a colorant, and an acicular surface additive. The toner composition is suitable for use in a single component development system and which composition possesses excellent charging, stability, and flow characteristics.
Claims16
A toner composition comprising:
- a resin;
- optionally a wax;
- a colorant;
- an acicular surface additive;
- optionally a spherical inorganic surface additive;
- and
- optionally a lubricating surface additive,
- wherein the toner composition has an optical density of at least about 1.3 when printed.
A toner particle comprising an acicular surface additive in an outer layer of the toner particle, wherein the acicular surface additive is selected from the group consisting of acicular carbon fiber, acicular fiber glass, acicular carbon nanotubes, and acicular magnesium fiber.
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A toner particle comprising an acicular surface additive and having:
- a shape selected from the group consisting of a rice shape, a stick shape, a butterfly shape, and a bow tie shape;
- and
- an aspect ratio (length/diameter) of from about 5.0 to about 25.0.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.