TONER, AND DEVELOPING AGENT, CONTAINER PACKED WITH TONER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING

摘要

A toner that realizes high toner fill in toner images, being capable of producing highly fine images through reduction of image layer thickness, and that exhibits stable cleanability over a prolonged period of time; a developing agent utilizing the toner and capable of realizing high image quality; and utilizing the toner, a container packed with toner, process cartridge, image forming apparatus and method of image forming. There is provided a toner of approximately spherical configuration having a rugged surface, comprising a toner material containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the toner has a shape factor (SF-1), representing the degree of spherical configuration thereof, of 105 to 180 and there is a correlation between shape factor (SF-2) representing the degree of ruggedness of the toner and volume-average particle diameter of the toner, and wherein an inorganic oxide particle-containing layer lies within 1 mum from the surface of the toner.