Non-magnetic one-component developing toner and method for producing non-magnetic one-component developing toner

Abstract

A non-magnetic one-component developing toner comprises toner particles each including a toner core particle containing binder resin and a shell layer coating the toner core particle, and the toner particle contains no magnetic powder. The shell layer is formed using spherical resin particulates containing charge controlling resin. The toner particles have an average particle size of 6 μm or more and 8 μm or less, and when a surface of the toner particle is observed using a scanning electron microscope, a structure derived from the spherical resin particulates is not observed in the shell layer, and the outer surface of the shell layer is smoothed. When a cross section of the toner particle is observed using a transmission electron microscope, a crack derived from an interface between the resin particulates is observed inside the shell layer, in a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface of the toner core particle.

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