An image-forming device has a plurality of cylindrical image-carrying members, and an optical scanning unit. The plurality of cylindrical image-carrying members is provided in a main casing for rotating about respective rotational axes. The rotational axes are parallel to one another and juxtaposed in a single direction. The optical scanning unit is provided in the main casing and has a plurality of laser generators, a single rotatable polygon mirror, a plurality of mirrors, and a plurality of lenses. The plurality of laser generators is provided one-to-one relationship to the plurality of image-carrying members to emit respective laser beams. The single rotatable polygon mirror deflects the respective laser beams to scan the respective image-carrying members therewith. The plurality of mirrors is provided one-to-one relationship to the plurality of image-carrying members to guide the respective laser beams along respective optical paths to the respective image-carrying members. The plurality of lenses is provided one-to-one relationship to the plurality of image-carrying members and provided in the respective optical paths and between the respective mirrors and the respective image-carrying members. Distances from the respective mirrors to the respective image-carrying members being equal to one another.

Image-forming device

A cartridge detachably attachable to an image forming apparatus which includes a main body, a driving unit and a detecting unit, includes: a housing that is configured to accommodate a developer therein, and includes a first side wall and a second side wall opposed to the first side wall in a longitudinal direction; a passive unit that is configured to receive a driving force from the driving unit, is mounted on the first side wall, and is rotatable around a first axis line parallel to the longitudinal direction; and a detected body mounted on the first side wall and including a detected part which is detected by the detecting unit. The detected body advances outwards in the longitudinal direction with respect to the first side wall and retracts inwards in the longitudinal direction with respect to the first side wall by the driving force received by the passive unit.

Cartridge and image forming apparatus

A polyester resin based toner binder that excels in not only toner antiblocking property in a high-temperature high-humidity environment but also low-temperature fixability. There is provided a toner binder for static charge image development constituted of a polycondensation produced polyester resin, characterized in that the polyester resin is a resin produced in the presence of at least one titanium-containing catalyst (a) represented by the following general formula (I) or (II). Ti(-X)m(-OH)n (I) O=Ti(-X)p(-OR)q (II) wherein X is a residue resulting from removing of H of one OH group from a C2-C12 (poly)alkanolamine; R is H or a C1-C8 alkyl optionally containing one to three ether bonds; and m is 1 to 4, n is 0 to 3, the sum of m and n is 4, p is 1 to 2, q is 0 to 1 and the sum of p and q is 2 (each an integer).

Toner binder, and toner

A toner including a binder resin and a colorant, the toner having a core-shell structure containing a core and a shell, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline polyester resin and a non-crystalline polyester resin, wherein a ratio (A/B) of a mass (A) of the crystalline polyester resin to a mass (B) of the non-crystalline polyester resin is 5/95 to 75/25, and wherein a ratio (Ds/Dc) of a hardness (Ds) of the shell to hardness (Dc) of the core is 1.05 to 1.50 where the hardnesses (Ds) and (Dc) are measured with a scanning probe microscope.

Toner, developer, image forming apparatus and image forming method

A toner, including: a copolymerization resin, wherein the copolymerization resin includes: a unit derived from a polyester resin including a polycarboxylic acid having a valence of 2 or more and a polyol having a valence of 2 or more; and a unit derived from a resin having a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton, where the unit derived from the resin having a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton is bonded to the unit derived from the polyester resin via at least one of a urethane group and a urea group, and wherein the toner has a relative degree of crystallization of 10% or more and less than 50%

Toner, developer, and image forming apparatus

A method for producing a toner that comprises toner particles, each of which comprises a binder resin, which comprises a resin (A) capable of forming a crystalline structure, and a colorant, the method including: a pressure holding step of, after preparing toner particles, holding the toner particles for 5 minutes or more at a pressure of 2.0 MPa or more under conditions of a temperature T1 ( DEG C.) represented by formula (1): 20!<=T1!<=Tp2 (1) (wherein, Tp2 represents the onset temperature of the maximum endothermic peak derived from the resin (A)), wherein a peak temperature Tp1 of the maximum endothermic peak derived from the resin (A) during the first temperature rise of the toner particles as determined by differential scanning calorimetric measurement is 50 DEG C. to 90 DEG C.

Toner for electrostatic image development

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toner having a wide fixable range from a low temperature region to a high temperature region and high heat-resistant storage property of the toner and giving high-quality images.SOLUTION: A production method of toner comprising a dissolution suspension method is provided, including a step of heat treating a toner material at a heating temperature t (°C) satisfying Tp'-15.0≤t≤Tp'-5.0 for 0.5 hour or longer after an organic solvent is removed. A binder resin included in the toner contains a block polymer having a crystalline structure as a main component. The proportion of moieties capable of forming a crystalline structure in the binder resin is 50 mass% or more and 85 mass% or less. In an endothermic quantity measurement by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of the toner, a peak temperature Tp of the maximum endothermic peak derived from the binder resin is 50°C or higher and 80°C or lower.

Production method of toner

A method for producing a toner that comprises toner particles, each of which comprises a binder resin, which comprises a resin (A) capable of forming a crystalline structure, and a colorant, the method including: a pressure holding step of, after preparing toner particles, holding the toner particles for 5 minutes or more at a pressure of 2.0 MPa or more under conditions of a temperature T1 (° C.) represented by formula (1): 20≦T1≦Tp2 (1) (wherein, Tp2 represents the onset temperature of the maximum endothermic peak derived from the resin (A)), wherein a peak temperature Tp1 of the maximum endothermic peak derived from the resin (A) during the first temperature rise of the toner particles as determined by differential scanning calorimetric measurement is 50° C. to 90° C.

Toner production method

Provided is a sealing member for preventing leakage of a developer from a developer containing portion of a process cartridge detachable from a main body of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus to an outside of the developer containing portion. The sealing member is made of a thermoplastic elastomer that contains at least a copolymer and a plasticizer. In a molecular weight distribution of a tetrahydrofuran soluble matter of the thermoplastic elastomer measured by gel permeation chromatography, at least one peak is present in each of a region of a molecular weight of 4,000 or less and a region of a molecular weight of 30,000 to 200,000, and a percentage of a component of a molecular weight of 800 or less in a region of a molecular weight of 5,000 or less is 30% or less.

Sealing member and process cartridge

Provided is a toner, comprising a toner particle having a core-shell structure composed of a core particle and a shell phase on a surface of the core particle, the core particle containing a resin X and a colorant, the shell phase being derived from a resin fine particle containing a resin Y, in which a relationship among a SP value of the resin X, a SP value of the resin Y, and a SP value of an organic solvent falls within a specific range, and a relationship between a number-average particle diameter of the resin fine particle when the resin fine particle is dispersed in water and a number-average particle diameter of the resin fine particle when the resin fine particle is dispersed in the organic solvent falls within a specific range.

Resin particle and method of producing the resin particle, and toner and method of producing the toner

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