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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178267 | Electrophotographic toner A set of toners comprising a yellow toner, a magenta toner, a cyan toner and a black toner for forming a full color image with an electrophotographic method, wherein the yellow toner comprises toner particles containing at least one pigment selected from the group c... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8084175 | Electrophotographic toner set Provided is a set of toners comprising a yellow toner, a magenta toner, a cyan toner and a black toner for forming a full color image with an electrophotographic method, wherein the yellow toner comprises toner particles containing at east one pigment selected from ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8007973 | Full-color toner kit, process cartridge, and image forming method A full-color toner kit including yellow, magenta, and cyan toners each including a benzimidazolone, a naphthol, and a copper phthalocyanine colorants, respectively, and resins (A) and (B) each of which having a polyester skeleton and containing a wax, and a resin (C... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7838192 | Methods for making customized black toners According to embodiments illustrated herein, there is provided a black toner having a resin, an optional additive, and at least two or more colored pigments, and the at least two or more colored pigments are selected from the group consisting of a blue pigment, a gr... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7718330 | Image forming method and an image forming apparatus An image forming method characterized in that a plurality of toner images which differ in color is formed as superposed; a plurality of the superposed toner images is simultaneously transferred onto a sheet of recording paper; the turbidity of toners of each color w... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7642023 | Color image forming method An object of the present invention is to provide a color image forming method capable of forming full color images desired for a precise reproduction to the color tone of high resolution and a halftone in high-end apparatuses. Disclosed is a color image forming meth... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7514190 | Method for forming an electrophotographic image An electrophotographic image forming method is disclosed, which includes the steps of developing an electrostatic image on a electrophotographic photoreceptor by a developer, transferring a toner image formed by the development, and fixing the toner image on a recor... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7485400 | Developer A developer includes a carrier and a toner, wherein the toner contains toner particles of at least one binder, at least one colorant, and external additives, wherein the developer has a trimmer clogging value in relation to toner triboelectric charge and toner cohes... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7422833 | Toner, production process thereof, and process for forming image A charge control resin composition for positive or negative charge, which is prepared either by mixing and kneading a charge control resin for positive or negative charge with a colorant, or by mixing and kneading the above combination further with a charge control ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416826 | Color toner for electrophotography and color toner set for electrophotography using the same, color developer for electrophotography, method for forming color image, and apparatus for forming color image A color toner for electrophotography having excellent fixability and void resistance is capable of forming a high-quality image. The color toner for electrophotography comprises a binder resin and is a magenta toner, and used in combination with at least any of yell... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7410739 | Color image forming developer, color image forming method, and color image forming device The present invention provides a color image forming developer comprising yellow, magenta, and cyan toners each containing an infrared absorber, wherein the cyan toner has a maximum infrared absorbance in the infrared region lower than that of the magenta toner and ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7399566 | Color toner and developer compositions and processes for making and using such compositions The invention provides novel colored toner and developer compositions containing polymeric colorants. Such compositions may contain poly(oxyalkylene) or poly(alkylester) substituted color chromophores which are attached to relatively long chained ologomers. The colo... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7381509 | Toner kit, deep-color cyan toner, pale-color cyan toner, and image forming method The present invention provides: a toner kit having a deep toner and a pale toner which are separated from each other, wherein: the deep toner and the pale toner satisfy prescribed conditions for an L*a*b* color coordinate system where a* represents a hue in the red-... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7368212 | Toner for developing electrostatic image, developer, image forming apparatus, process for forming image, process cartridge and process for measuring porosity of toner A toner for developing an electrostatic image, includes: a colorant; and a binder resin. The toner has a particle including at least one pore having a diameter of 10 nm or over, and a porosity thereof is in a range from 0.01 to 0.60. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361441 | Color toner, and full-color image-forming method A yellow toner in which, in a spectral-distribution diagram in which the reflectance (%) is plotted as ordinate and the wavelength (nm) as abscissa, the reflectance determined for a toner in a state of powder ranges from 15% to 20% at a wavelength of 500 nm and rang... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356281 | Toner, developing device and developing method using the same The present invention provides a toner having: a toner mother particle; a first external additive including a first inorganic fine particle having a primary particle size distribution of 200 to 750 nm and a work function approximately equivalent to that of the toner... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7344812 | Developer for developing electrostatic latent image and image forming apparatus A developer for developing an electrostatic latent image, including a carrier which includes core particles, and a surface layer surrounding each of the core particles and containing an acrylic resin binder; and a toner which includes toner particles and an external... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7335453 | Toner compositions and processes for making same A toner composition is provider including a branched amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin, wherein the toner possesses rheological properties yielding desired characteristics. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7316882 | Image forming method The present invention provides an image forming method for obtaining excellent color fixed images with a smaller amount of light energy. This image forming method includes the steps of: forming a toner layer of a color toner containing at least a binder resin, a col... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311769 | Pigment compositions consisting of a yellow disazo pigment and an organic pigment A pigment composition containing a disazo pigment of formula (I) and at least one pigment from the group of organic orange, red and violet pigments ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303846 | Electrophotographic toner, process for producing the same, and process for forming image An electrophotographic toner contains at least a binder resin and a colorant, and log10{[Cu]/[C]} satisfies the following equation (1): −5.0≦log10{[Cu]/[C]}≦−3.5 (1) in which, [C] represents a carbon content (%... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7274900 | Color image forming apparatus and image forming method A color image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that is configured to adopt an intermediate transfer system for three colors of cyan, magenta and yellow, and a direct transfer system for black. A transfer medium is conveyed to a transfer medium con... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270923 | Image forming method An image forming method for forming a full color toner image by overlaying four color electrostatic image developing toners of black, yellow, magenta and cyan, wherein at least one of the four color electrostatic image developing toners is a toner containing a large... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267921 | Process for forming toners from dry pigments A process for preparing toner compositions using a dry pigment is provided. The process comprises combining a base toner resin composition, a dry pigment, and dispersion agent in a one step process, without the need any pre-processing of the pigments such as by, for... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7254363 | Image-forming process and image-forming apparatus using flash fusing An image-forming process for forming a full-color image including: forming a full-color toner image by supplying at least a cyan toner, a magenta toner, and a yellow toner onto a recording medium; and fixing the toner image on the recording medium by flash fusing, w... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252914 | Toner for electrophotography and developer for electrophotography using the same, process cartridge, apparatus for forming image, and method for forming image A toner for electrophotography fulfilling both the fixability and the void resistance at high level, and forms a high-quality image. The toner for electrophotography contains: a binder resin; and a wax component which contains: a first wax having an endothermic peak... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250239 | Yellow toner for flash fixation, and electrophotographic developer and image forming method using the same The present invention discloses a yellow toner for flash fixation, comprising an infrared absorbent, one or more yellow colorants, and a binder resin, wherein a* of the infrared absorbent in an CIELAB color space is less than 0, and a* of one or more of the yellow c... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7232632 | Color toners and image forming method using the color toners A method for forming a full color image including: forming at least yellow, magenta and cyan color toner images on a receiving material to form a full color image thereon; and fixing the full color image upon application of heat thereto while not contacting the full... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233758 | Developing apparatus featuring a developer carrying member with an elastic surface layer A developing device includes a rotatable developer carrying member for carrying a developer to develop an electrostatic image formed on an image bearing member with the developer; non-rotatable magnetic field generating means, disposed inside the developer carrying ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7223510 | Toner, method for manufacturing the toner, method and device for packing the toner, and image forming apparatus using the toner A method for producing a toner including dissolving or dispersing a toner constituent mixture including a binder resin and a colorant in an organic solvent to prepare a toner constituent mixture liquid; dispersing the toner constituent mixture liquid in an aqueous m... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7211360 | Developing agent A developing agent comprising color toners and a cyan toner, the color toners including a yellow toner, a magenta toner, and a black toner, wherein the black toner comprises a binder resin containing a crystalline polyester resin, and the yellow toner, the magenta t... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212312 | Automatic scanner calibration An automatic scanner calibration method and apparatus is disclosed in which a calibrated target, such as a Kodak® gray strip, is attached to a scanning surface of a scanner. The target is thin and has a width or length of platen of a scanner. During a normal scan, ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209690 | Developing apparatus A developing apparatus including: a developer carrying member for carrying a developer, the developer carrying member being provided with an elastic layer and adapted to develop, with a developer, an electrostatic image formed on an image bearing member; wherein the... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7183029 | Dry toner, toner kit, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge using the dry toner A toner for forming a full color image, which includes a colorant and a binder resin including a polyester resin which is prepared by a polycondensation ester reaction in the presence of a titanium-containing catalyst selected from the group consisting of halogenate... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7177569 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: an endless belt; a plurality of image carriers; a plurality of charging units; an exposing unit; and a plurality of developing units configured to develop an electrostatic latent image on each of the image carrier with a develope... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172845 | Developing agent and image forming apparatus using the same Of developing agents each having a binder containing a polyester resin having an acidic value, wax having a softening point higher than that of the binder, and wax having a softening point lower than that of the binder, the acidic value of a black developing agent i... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169522 | Toner for developing a latent electrostatic image, developer using the same, full-color toner kit using the same, image-forming apparatus using the same, image-forming process cartridge using the same and image-forming process using the same The toner for developing a latent electrostatic image to form an image contains a binder resin and 2% by weight to 15% by weight of a coloring agent. The coverage of the toner with the coloring agent on a surface of the toner is 1.5% by atom to 15% by atom. The tone... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7150951 | Developing agent A developing agent comprising color toners and a cyan toner, the color toners including a yellow toner, a magenta toner, and a black toner, wherein the black toner comprises a binder resin containing a crystalline polyester resin, and the yellow toner, the magenta t... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7141345 | Resin particles for toner and toner prepared therewith The present invention provides a resin particle for toner, which is allowed to contain colorant particles and/or charge-controlling agent particles through a miniemulsion method, and a toner prepared with the resin particles aggregated/fused. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142801 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus including: a plurality of image forming units each having at least an electrophotographic photoreceptor, a latent image forming device to form an electrostatic latent image on the electrophotographic photoreceptor, a developing device to d... | 11/28/2006 |
