Brightness toner, development, toner cartridge, process cartridge, image forming apparatus, and method for producing the brightness toner

摘要

An electrostatic image developing toner including: first toner particles which contain a first binder resin and a brightness pigment; and second toner particles which contain a second binder resin and do not contain a brightness pigment, wherein the proportion of the second toner particles is in a range from 5% by number to 80% by number with respect to a total number of all toner particles.

主权项

1. An electrostatic image developing toner comprising:
first toner particles which contain a first binder resin and a brightness pigment, the first toner particles having a flat shape; and second toner particles which contain a second binder resin and have a substantial spherical shape, wherein a proportion of the second toner particles is in a range from 5% by number to 80% by number with respect to a total number of all toner particles, wherein the electrostatic image developing toner satisfies the following formula:
Formula: 2≦A/B≦100 wherein A represents a reflectance at an acceptance angle of +30° and B represents a reflectance at an acceptance angle of −30°, both of the reflectances being measured when light is irradiated at an incidence angle of −45° onto a solid image formed with the electrostatic image developing toner by using a goniophotometer, and wherein a ratio of average maximum thickness C to average equivalent circle diameter D (C/D) of the first toner particles is a range from 0.010 to 0.200.