Liquid developer

Abstract

A liquid developer is obtained by dispersing toner particles containing a core resin, a shell resin different from the core resin, and a coloring agent in an insulating liquid. The core resin contains a crystalline urethane-modified polyester resin. A solid content of the liquid developer corresponding to a portion of the liquid developer excluding the insulating liquid has a storage elastic modulus at 80° C., not lower than 1×104 Pa and not higher than 5×106 Pa. A lowest temperature at the time when an absolute value of an amount of change in a logarithmic value (log(G′)) of a storage elastic modulus (G′) of the solid content of the liquid developer with respect to a temperature T (° C.) (|Δ log(G′)/ΔT|) satisfies an Equation (1) below is not lower than 45° C.: |Δ log(G′)/ΔT|>0.1  Equation (1).

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