Toner and image forming method
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsNamie Suzuki, Hisashi Nakajima, Kazumi Suzuki, Yoshitaka Yamauchi
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Abstract
A toner is provided. The toner comprises a binder resin comprising a polyester resin, a release agent comprising an ester wax, and a wax dispersing agent comprising a hybrid resin. The hybrid resin comprises a condensation polymerization resin unit and an addition polymerization resin unit. The condensation polymerization resin unit comprises a condensation polymerization product of an aromatic alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component, and the carboxylic acid component comprises an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 9 to 14 carbon atoms. The addition polymerization resin unit comprises an addition polymerization product of a styrene monomer.
Claims8
A toner comprising:
- a binder resin comprising a polyester resin;
- a release agent comprising an ester wax;
- and
- a wax dispersing agent comprising a hybrid resin, the hybrid resin comprising:
- a condensation polymerization resin unit comprising a condensation polymerization product of an aromatic alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component, the carboxylic acid component comprising an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 9 to 14 carbon atoms;
- and
- an addition polymerization resin unit comprising an addition polymerization product of a styrene monomer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.