Toner
Granted 5 Jun 2012 · 10 office actions
Assignee: Canon Inc.
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Inventors: Nobuhisa Abe, Emi Tosaka, Yushi Mikuriya, Yasuhiro Hashimoto +4 · Examiner: Rachel Zhang
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A toner including toner particles containing at least a binder resin and a colorant. The binder resin is a vinyl-based resin. The toner contains a THF insoluble matter in a quantity of 0.0 mass % or more to less than 16.0 mass %. The toner has a main peak in a molecular weight domain Dr 1 ranging from 5,000 to 80,000 in measurement of THF soluble matter of the toner with a gel permeation chromatogram (GPC)-differential refractive index detector (RI), and the toner has a main peak in a molecular weight domain Dm 1 ranging from 10,000 to 120,000 and at least one peak in a molecular weight domain Dm 2 ranging from 300,000 to 7,000,000 in the GPC-RI measurement in measurement with a GPC-multi-angle laser light scattering detector (MALLS).
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6 codes- G03G9/087
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| Type | Document | Date |
|---|---|---|
| related publication | US 20070259283 A1 | 8 Nov 2007 |
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