| 摘要 |
A toner which combines excellent cleaning ability, image quality and durability, as well as a developer and an image forming method using the toner are provided. A toner comprising a toner base particle which comprises at least a binding resin and a colorant, and an external additive, wherein an external additive is a non-spherical amorphous silica particle and a major axis of the silica particle is 40 nm to 180 nm. An aspect wherein the non-spherical amorphous silica particle has a true specific gravity of 1.8 to 2.3 and the silica particle is hydrophobilized and a hydrophobilization degree is 40 or more, and an aspect wherein the non-spherical amorphous silica particle is produced by a dry system and a mass reduction rate is 5% by mass or less when the silica particle is heated from 30° C. up to 250° C. are preferable.
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