JPH0594044A - Electrophotographic toner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enhance image characteristics, fixation characteristics, storage stability, plasticizer resistance, stability of electric chargeability characteristics, and the like by using a specified polyester resin for a binder resin. CONSTITUTION:The polyester resin to be used comprises polyvalent carboxylic acids and polyols; containing >=70mol% aromatic dicarboxylic acid comprising 40-95mol% terephthalic acid and/or its derivative, and 5-60mol% isophthalic acid and/or its derivative, and 0.2-6mol% polyvalent acid containing sulfonic and/or its salt, and 0.5-8mol% trivalent and higher-valent carboxylic acid and/or its derivative; and the polyols comprising 20-98mol% diol of formula I and/or its derivative and 2-80mol% cyclohexane-diol and/or its derivative. The polyester resin having a gel fraction of <=0.5weight% is used for the binder resin. In formula I, each of R1-R4 is, independently, H, methyl, or ethyl.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toner used as a developer in electrophotographic copying machines, laser printers, facsimiles and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, the electrophotographic method is a photoconductive substance of an inorganic type such as selenium, amorphous silicon, zinc oxide or the like, or an organic type such as a diazo compound or a dye (often processed into a drum shape). (: Photosensitive drum) is first uniformly charged, then an electrostatic latent image is formed by irradiating the image-modulated light, and the electrostatic latent image is developed by adhering powder by electrostatic force. Then, if necessary, the powder is transferred onto a substrate such as paper or film, and then fixed by a method such as pressurization or heating. The electrophotographic system is currently widely used in copiers, laser printers, facsimiles and the like.

A powder that develops an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive drum in an electrophotographic system and is finally transferred to a base material such as paper or film to form an image is called a toner. These toners are usually mixed with carrier particles (: carrier) such as glass beads, iron powder and ferrite and used as a so-called developer. As a toner used in a developer for electrophotography, a colorant, a charge control agent, a fluidity modifier, a pulverization auxiliary agent, etc. are added to a binder resin, and the mixture is kneaded and then pulverized.
Particles produced by a so-called pulverization method for further classification are used. As the binder resin, a styrene / acrylic copolymer resin has been mainly used, but in recent years, a polyester resin having an excellent low-temperature fixing property tends to be used due to the speeding up of electrophotography and coloration. Conventionally used polyester resins are mainly unsaturated polyester resins obtained by condensation polymerization of aliphatic unsaturated carboxylic acids such as fumaric acid and maleic acid with dioles having a bisphenol structure.

[0004]

Toners using these unsaturated polyester resins show good low-temperature fixability, but they lack storage stability because the glass transition temperature of the resin itself is low. -The stability of charging characteristics is low and CCA is essential.・ Low chemical stability due to having unsaturated groups.・ Low light fastness when colored with dye. -Plasticizers used in vinyl chloride resins, erasers, etc. are easily transferred. Such defects have been pointed out.

[0005]

In view of the above situation, the present inventors have earnestly studied to obtain a toner which satisfies these many required characteristics comprehensively and can be industrially produced. The next invention has been reached. That is, the present invention relates to 70 mol% or more of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid (A) containing terephthalic acid and / or a derivative thereof in an amount of 40 to 95 mol% and isophthalic acid and / or a derivative thereof in an amount of 5 to 60 mol%, a sulfonic acid group and / or a salt thereof. Group-containing polycarboxylic acid and / or its derivative (B) 0.2 to 6 mol%
And an acid component containing tricarboxylic or higher carboxylic acid and / or its derivative (C) 0.5 to 8 mol%, and
And a derivative thereof (D) 20
To 98 mol% and an alcohol component containing cyclohexanediol and / or its derivative (E) 2 to 80 mol% and contains substantially no gel component (chloroform insoluble component is 0.5 wt% or less). An electrophotographic toner comprising a polyester resin as a main constituent component of a binder resin.

[0006]

[Chemical 2] In Chemical formula 2, R1 to R4 are each independently hydrogen, methyl,
Indicates ethyl. As the polyester resin, either a saturated polyester resin or an unsaturated polyester resin can be used, but a saturated polyester resin is preferable from the viewpoint of stability. The polyester resin in the present invention comprises a polyvalent carboxylic acid component and a polyvalent alcohol component.

The polycarboxylic acid component in the present invention is an acid and / or an ester-forming derivative thereof, which will be represented by an acid hereinafter. Aromatic dicarboxylic acid 70 mol% or more is essential, 80 mol% or more, still more 90
It is preferable that all of the polycarboxylic acid components are mol% or more, and further, all of the polycarboxylic acid components are aromatic polycarboxylic acids. Further, as the aromatic polycarboxylic acid component, 40 to 95 mol% or more of terephthalic acid is essential, 60 to 95 mol% is preferable, and 70 to 90 mol% is more preferable. Isophthalic acid is essential in an amount of 5 to 60 mol%, preferably 5 to 40 mol%, more preferably 10 to 30 mol%. When the content of the aromatic polycarboxylic acid or terephthalic acid is less than the above range, the quality of the copied image may be impaired by the plasticizer contained in the eraser or the vinyl chloride sheet. As the polyvalent carboxylic acid, 0.5-8 mol% of trivalent or more polyvalent carboxylic acid such as trimellitic acid, trimesic acid and pyromellitic acid is essential.

In the present invention, 0.2 to 6 mol% of a polyvalent carboxylic acid further containing a sulfonic acid group and / or a salt thereof.
Is mandatory. This component is used for the purpose of improving the charging stability of the toner. Examples of the polyvalent carboxylic acid containing a metal sulfonate copolymerizable with polyester include sulfoterephthalic acid, 5-sulfoisophthalic acid, 4-sulfophthalic acid, 4-sulfonaphthalene-2,7dicarboxylic acid, and 5 [4-sulfophenoxy. ] Isophthalic acid and / or salts thereof can be exemplified. In addition, by using a metal salt of sulfobenzoic acid together, a metal sulfonate base can be introduced at the polymer terminal. Ammonium ions, Li, Na, K, Mg, C as salts
Examples thereof include salts of a, Cu, Fe and the like, and particularly preferable are K salt or Na salt. In addition to the above polycarboxylic acids, examples of the dicarboxylic acid component include aromatic dicarboxylic acids such as orthophthalic acid, 1,5-naphthalic acid, 2,6 naphthalic acid and diphenic acid, p-oxybenzoic acid, p
-Aromatic oxycarboxylic acids such as (hydroxyethoxy) benzoic acid, succinic acid, adipic acid, azelaic acid, sebacic acid, dodecanedicarboxylic acid and other aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, fumaric acid, maleic acid, itaconic acid, hexahydro Unsaturated aliphatic such as phthalic acid and tetrahydrophthalic acid, and alicyclic dicarboxylic acid can be used. However, in particular, the use of an aliphatic polyvalent carboxylic acid lowers the glass transition temperature of the resin and may lead to a decrease in storage stability.

As the (polyvalent) alcohol component, 20 to 98 mol% of the diol represented by Chemical formula 1 and 2 to 80 mol% of cyclohexane diol are essential. The diol represented by the general formula 1 is ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, 1,1 dimethylethanediol, 1,
2 dimethyl ethanediol, 1,1,2 trimethyl ethanediol, 1,1,2,2, tetramethyl ethanediol can be preferably used, and further ethylene glycol and / or propylene glycol Can be more preferably used.

1,4-cyclohexanediol
Cyclohexanediol 1,3-cyclohexanedio-
, 1,2-cyclohexanediol, and / or their derivatives can be used. Other glycol components include, for example, 1,3-propanediol, 1,4
-Butanediol, 1,5-pentanediol, 1,6
-Hexanediol, neopentyl glycol, diethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, 2,2,4
-Trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol, paraxylene glycol, metaxylene glycol, orthoxylene glycol, 1,4-phenylene glycol, 1,4
-Ethylene oxide adduct of phenylene glycol,
Polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol,
Diole such as polytetramethylene glycol, bisphenol A, ethylene oxide adduct and propylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A, and the like can be used.

As the alicyclic polyvalent alcohol other than cyclohexanediol, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanoe
, Spiroglycol, hydrogenated bisphenol A, ethylene oxide adduct of hydrogenated bisphenol A and propylene oxide adduct, tricyclodecanedio-
And tricyclodecane dimethanol, dicyclohexyl 4,4′-diol and the like can be used. In addition to these, if necessary, trimethylolethane, trimethylol-
A small amount of triol such as propane, glycerin, pentaerythritol, cyclohexanetriol, cyclohexanetrimethanol and tetraol may be contained. Further, the polyester polyol may include lactone-based polyester polyols obtained by ring-opening polymerization of lactones such as ε-caprolactone. Care must be taken because the combined use of aromatic polyvalent alcohols represented by bisphenol A and its derivatives may lower the resistance to PVC plasticizers.

The glass transition point of the polyester resin in the present invention is 50 ° C. or higher, preferably 60 ° C. or higher, more preferably 65 ° C. or higher, and further preferably 70 ° C. or higher. If the glass transition point is lower than this, blocking tends to occur during handling or storage, which may cause a problem in storage stability. The softening point of the polyester resin in the present invention is in the range of 80 to 150 ° C. A toner having a resin softening temperature lower than this temperature tends to agglomerate during handling or storage, and its fluidity may be significantly deteriorated particularly during long-term storage. If the softening point is higher than this, the fixability is impaired. Further, since it is necessary to heat the fixing roll to a high temperature, the material of the fixing roll and the material of the substrate to be copied are limited.

The polyester resin in the present invention essentially contains a trivalent or higher polycarboxylic acid component and allows the combined use of trivalent or higher polyhydric alcohols, the purpose of which is to broaden the molecular weight distribution of the polyester resin. This is because the purpose is not to gel the resin. The gelation of the resin makes it particularly difficult to take out the resin from the polyester polymerization apparatus, resulting in a marked decrease in productivity. In the present invention, it is necessary that there is substantially no gelation, and more specifically, the chloroform insoluble content is 0.5% by weight or less, preferably 0.25% by weight or less.

The acid value of the polyester resin in the present invention is preferably 3 mgKOH / g or less, and 1 mgKOH
/ G is more preferable, and still more 0.5 mg KOH / g
It is preferable to adjust so as not to exceed.

Further, the polyester resin of the present invention preferably has a specific gravity of 1.3 or more. Further, it is preferable that it does not dissolve in methyl ethyl ketone and toluene at room temperature. When dissolved in these solvents, the PVC plasticizer resistance may decrease. The solubility of the resin can be adjusted by the ratio of the aliphatic diol as the polyvalent alcohol component and the alicyclic polyvalent alcohol.

In the present invention, the polyester resin may contain a component having an ionic group other than the group of the sulfonic acid or its salt for the purpose of improving the charge stability of the toner. As the ionic group, an anionic group such as a carboxyl group, a sulfuric acid group, a phosphoric acid group, a phosphonic acid group, a phosphinic acid group or an ammonium salt or a metal salt thereof, or a cation such as a primary to tertiary amine group And a carboxyl group or an ammonium carboxylate group can be preferably used. It is preferable that these ionic groups are contained in a form copolymerized with polyester or introduced into the polymer terminal. The carboxyl group can be added to the polymer terminal by introducing a polyvalent carboxylic acid such as trimellitic acid into the system at the final stage of polymerization of polyester. Further, by neutralizing this with ammonia, sodium hydroxide or the like, it can be exchanged for a carboxylate group.

The content of these ionic groups is 10 to 1000 meq / 1000 g, preferably 20 to 500 meq / 1000 g, and more preferably 50, based on the polyester resin including the groups of sulfonic acid groups and / or salts thereof. ~ 200 meq / 1000 g. When the content of the ionic group is less than the predetermined amount, sufficient charge stability cannot be obtained. Further, if the ionic group content is unnecessarily large, it may be particularly susceptible to humidity, resulting in poor long-term storage stability.

In the present invention, the polyester resin exhibits water dispersibility because it contains a sulfonic acid group and / or a salt thereof, and other ionic groups. in this case,
An ionic group-containing polyester resin stably micro-dispersed in an aqueous medium, in a plasticized state of the micro-dispersed particles, the surface of the micro-dispersed particles and the micro-dispersed fine particles present in the vicinity of the surface are stabilized in the aqueous medium. The ionic group-containing polyester is prepared by disrupting the stable state of the micro-dispersed particles in the medium by means of reducing the amount of ions that have the function of causing the micro-dispersed particles to uniformly coalesce. Particles can be obtained. As means for reducing the amount of ions existing on the surface of the micro-dispersed particles and in the vicinity of the surface, the ionic groups contained in the polyester resin may be released by photolysis, thermal decomposition, hydrolysis or the like, Means such as control of dissociation degree by scanning pH or the like, blocking of ionic group by counterion, and destruction of electric double layer by electrolyte can be used. In the present invention, a reactive monomer having a counterionic group is added to the system, and the polyionic complex formed by polymerizing the counterionic group-containing monomer is used to block the ionic group. It is preferable to use a method, or a method in which an ionic group introduced into a polymer chain through an ester bond or the like or a monomer portion having an ionic group as a part thereof is cleaved off in combination with a perhydrolysis catalyst. be able to.

The method for producing the electrophotographic toner according to the present invention is not particularly limited, and the above-mentioned particle forming method may be used. Further, a general polyester resin as a main constituent, a coloring agent, A so-called pulverization method in which a charge control agent, a fluidity modifier, a pulverization auxiliary agent, etc. are added and kneaded and then pulverized and classified may be used. In the present invention, another polyester resin or another polymer may be used in combination as the binder resin. The method for coloring the polyester resin in the present invention is not particularly limited, and a known existing colorant such as a pigment or dye, or carbon black may be used. These dyes, pigments, carbon black, etc.
They may be used alone or in combination as required. Particularly, it is preferable to use a dye from the viewpoint of spectral transmission characteristics.

When a dye is used for coloring, yellow, azo, nitro, quinoline, quinophthalone and methine dyes are used, and magenta is anthraquinone, azo and xanthene dyes, and cyan. Anthraquinone dyes are preferably used for coloring. As the form of the dye, it is preferable to use a disperse dye or an oil-soluble dye. These may be directly used in the form of dyes which are commercially available as disperse dyes for dyeing textiles, and those which are not available in such forms include dye bases (conquer cakes), dispersants, and water-based dyes. It is possible to use a form in which the medium is mixed with a ball mill, a sand mill, a shaker or the like to further finely pulverize and finely disperse the concoke of the dye. As the dispersant, a condensate of naphthalene sulfonate, polystyrene sulfonate, a copolymer of styrene sulfonate and acrylic acid, or the like can be used.

When pigments are used for coloring, benzidine and azo pigments are used for yellow coloring, azolake, rhodamine lake and quinacridone pigments are used for magenta coloring, and phthalocyanine is used for cyan coloring. A pigment is preferably used. Carbon black or the like may be used to obtain a black toner. As the carbon black, thermal black, acetylene black, channel black, furnace black, lamp black and the like can be used. Toner for electrophotography according to the present invention
In the above, the composition shows sufficient charging characteristics for practical use without using a charge control agent together. However, a known charge control agent may be used in combination for the purpose of fine adjustment. In the toner of the present invention, a fluidity modifier such as alumina fine particles or silica fine particles may be added. In the case of the magnetic one-component developer, iron, cobalt, nickel, an alloy mainly containing them, or an oxide such as ferrite may be contained. As a method for adding these, a known dry treatment method such as a Henshall mixer may be used, and when the above-mentioned water dispersion is used, the additives are dispersed in water and mixed with the water dispersion of the resin particles. It is also possible to use a wet method in which the material is atomized and dried after stirring.

The electrophotographic toner of the present invention has good image characteristics, fixing characteristics, blocking resistance, storage stability, vinyl chloride plasticizer resistance, and charge stability. This realizes a low melt viscosity at high temperature in a state where the polyester resin used in the present invention maintains a relatively high glass transition temperature,
Furthermore, since the affinity for the plasticizer contained in vinyl chloride resin, eraser, etc. is low, there is no migration of the plasticizer to the toner resin, and because the toner resin itself is dense, the color in the toner is low. This is because the bleeding of the material is suppressed. Therefore, even when a copy made by the toner using the polyester resin of the present invention is stored for a long period of time in a state of being in contact with a vinyl chloride type transparent sheet or the like, migration of the coloring material, adhesion of the resin to the sheet, etc. Does not happen. The polyester resin of the present invention is excellent in color development during dyeing and has high stability to dyes, and thus exhibits high light fastness. Further, the toner according to the present invention is excellent in transparency and therefore not only develops color in the case of a single color, but also exhibits excellent color reproducibility in the case of being overlapped with another color, and thus is excellent in reproducibility of intermediate colors. Further, when an image is formed on a transparent film used in an over head projector or the like, a good color tone is exhibited even in an image projected on a screen.

The present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to Examples, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

【Example】

(Synthesis of polyester resin) 97 parts by weight of dimethyl terephthalate, 91 parts by weight of dimethyl isophthalate, 2 parts by weight of trimellitic acid, dimethyl, 5 in an autoclave equipped with a thermometer and a stirrer. -Sodium sulfoisophthalate 6 parts by weight, ethylene glycol 61 parts by weight, propylene glycol 75 parts by weight, 1,4-cyclohexanediol 25 parts by weight, tetrabutoxy titanate 0.1 parts by weight. Was charged and heated at 180 to 230 ° C. for 120 minutes to carry out a transesterification reaction. Then, the reaction system was heated to 250 ° C., and the reaction was continued for 60 minutes at a system pressure of 1 to 10 mmHg, and as a result, a copolyester resin (A1) was obtained. The composition of the obtained copolyester resin (A1) is NMR.
As a result of analysis, terephthalic acid 50 mol% isophthalic acid 47 mol% trimellitic acid 1 mol% sodium sulfoisophthalic acid 2 mol% ethylene glycol 45 mol% propylene glycol 45 mol% 1,4-cyclohexanedio as an alcohol component It was 10 mol%. Then, the raw materials were changed, and the same polymerization was performed, as shown in Table 1. To obtain polyester resins (A2) to (A6).

[0024]

[Table 1]

In the composition (A7), the viscosity was rapidly increased at the end of the polymerization, and the resin gelled in the autoclave. Polymerization was attempted several times while adjusting the reaction pressure at the end of polymerization with the same composition, but it was difficult to stop the reaction just before the resin completely gelled. It was extremely difficult to take out the gelled resin in the autoclave, and it became clear that this composition could not withstand the production on an industrial level. The molecular weight of the obtained resin varied greatly depending on the polymerization batch, which made it difficult to stop the polymerization with this composition just before gelation.

Ethylene oxide adduct 70 of bisphenol A was placed in an autoclave equipped with a thermometer and a stirrer.
Parts by weight, 19.6 parts by weight of maleic anhydride and 0.2 parts by weight of hydroquinone, were mixed, nitrogen gas was introduced into the reaction system to maintain an inert atmosphere, and 0.05 part by weight of dibutyltin oxide was added. A polyester resin (A8) was obtained by reacting at 200 degrees. The composition of the polyester resin (A8) is shown in Table 1. Shown in. Table 1. Inside, TPA is terephthalic acid, IP
A is isophthalic acid, TMA is trimellitic acid, PM
A is pyromellitic acid, SIP is 5-sodium sulfoisophthalic acid, MA is maleic acid, EG is ethylene glycol, BD is 1,4-butanediol and PG.
Represents propylene glycol, CHD represents 1,4-cyclohexanediol, and BPP represents a propylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A.

4 parts by weight of carbon black was added to 96 parts by weight of the polyester resin (A1), and the mixture was melt-kneaded in a hot roll mill. Then, after pulverizing with a fine pulverizer, classification is performed with a zigzag classifier, and 100 parts by weight of the obtained pulverized particles are mixed with 2 parts by weight of silica fine powder (trade name Aerosil) with a Henschel mixer to obtain an average particle size of 11 μm. Black toner (K1
1) was obtained. Similarly, the polyester resin is changed as shown in Table 2. The toner shown in FIG.

[Table 2]

34 parts by weight of the copolyester resin (A1), 10 parts by weight of tetrahydrofuran, and 15 parts by weight of methyl ethyl ketone were dissolved at 80 ° C., and then 56 parts of water at 80 ° C. was added to the mixture to copolymerize the particles having a particle diameter of about 0.1 μm. An aqueous microdispersion of polyester resin was obtained. The resulting water-based microdispersion was placed in a distillation flask and the distillation temperature was 100 ° C.
Distill until it reaches, and add water after cooling to adjust the solid concentration to 3
It was set to 0%. To a four-necked 1 liter separable flask equipped with a thermometer, a condenser and a stirring blade, 330 parts by weight of the aqueous dispersion of copolyester and 7 parts by weight of dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate were placed and heated to 90 ° C. did.
The stirring was continued while maintaining the temperature at 70 ° C. for 240 minutes. As a result, the copolymer having a particle size of submicron order, which was present in the polyester aqueous microdispersion, grew as coalesced particles and had an average particle size of 5.2 μm and a diameter of 0.5D to 2D.
Polyester particles having an occupation rate (number) of particles having a particle diameter in the range of D of 96% were obtained. The obtained polyester particles were filtered and washed with water, and water was added again to obtain a 25% by weight aqueous dispersion of polyester particles. 400 parts by weight of the obtained polyester particle aqueous dispersion, as a yellow dye, Miketone Polyester Yellow-YL (CIDisperse Yellow 42)
2 parts by weight of [Mitsui Toatsu Dye] (converted to pure dye) were placed in a stainless steel pot of a dye tester Mini-Color [Texam Giken] and dyed at 130 ° C. for 60 minutes. Then, the mixture was cooled to room temperature, dehydrated and washed with water, and deionized water was added again to obtain an aqueous dispersion of colored particles having a solid content concentration of 20% by weight. To 500 parts by weight of the obtained aqueous dispersion, 3% by weight of water-dispersible silica fine powder was added, and the mixture was stirred for 20 powders and then powder-mist dried to obtain a yellow toner (Y.
22) was obtained. Similarly, as a magenta dye, Sumikaron Red S-BDF (CIDisperse Red 348),
Sumikaron Turquoise Bull-SG as cyan dye
L (CIDisperse Blue 60), as a black dye Sumikaron Navy Blue-S-GL (CIDisperse Blue 60)
79) 3 parts by weight and 3 parts by weight of Macrolex Orange R [manufactured by Bayer] are used. The toner shown in FIG.

[0029]

[Table 3]

10 parts by weight of carbon black, 2 parts by weight of acrylic acid / sodium styrenesulfonate copolymer and 88 parts by weight of deionized water were charged in a sand mill and dispersed for 4 hours to disperse the carbon black in water. Got the body Copolymerized polyester (A1) was placed in a four-necked 1 liter separable flask equipped with a thermometer, a condenser and a stirring blade.
330 parts by weight of the aqueous dispersion obtained from above, 50 parts by weight of carbon black aqueous dispersion, and 7 parts by weight of dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate were added, and the temperature was raised to 90 ° C. The stirring was continued while maintaining the temperature at 70 ° C. for 240 minutes. As a result, the copolymer having a particle size of submicron order, which was present in the polyester water-based micro-dispersion, grew as a united particle, and the carbon black particles coexisting with the united particle were taken into the inside, and the average particle size was 5.3 μm. , 0.5 when the diameter is D
Occupancy rate (number) of particles having a particle size in the range of D to 2D 9
6% black polyester particles were obtained. The obtained polyester particles are filtered and washed with water, and water is added again to obtain 25% by weight.
Polyester particle water dispersion of, and the obtained water dispersion 5
Add 3% by weight of water-dispersible silica fine powder to 00 parts by weight, and
Black powder toner (K13)
Got The same applies to Table 4. To obtain a black toner. Benzidine yellow as a pigment (CIPigment Ye
llow 17), quinacridone red (CIPigment Red 12
2), Phthalocyanine Nimble- (CIPigment Blue 15)
In the same manner as for carbon black, a pigment aqueous dispersion is obtained, and an aqueous microdispersion obtained from the copolyester resin (A4) is used in the same manner as in Table 3. The color toner (Y43) (M43) (C43) shown in (4) was obtained.

[Table 4]

(Evaluation of Storage Stability) The obtained toner is 50
The storage stability was evaluated by the presence or absence of blocking after standing for 100 hours in a humidified atmosphere of 90 ° C RH. Toner
Blocking was observed in (K81), but blocking was not observed in other toners.

(Evaluation of poppy rubber plasticizer resistance) The obtained toner (5 parts by weight) and ferrite carrier F-100 (manufactured by Powder Tech Co., Ltd.) 95 parts by weight are mixed by stirring with a ball mill to develop a two-component system. I got an agent. Using the obtained two-component developer, a solid pattern of 7 cm square was formed on paper by an electrophotographic copying machine using OPC as a photoreceptor. The average thickness of the toner layer on the paper was normalized to 8 μm. The obtained solid pattern was mixed with dioctyl phthalate as a plasticizer in an amount of 10
Sandwiched between plastic poppy rubber containing 50% by weight, 50 g /
The sample was left in a constant temperature bath at 50 ° C. for 20 hours while applying a load corresponding to cm ² . In the toners (K71) and (K81), the toner layer and the poppy rubber were completely adhered, and part of the toner layer remained on the surface of the poppy rubber when peeled off. Other toner
There was no particular problem

(Evaluation of light fastness) Of the above-mentioned solid pattern of 7 cm square, Table 3. Carbon arc fade meter (63 ° C.) using the color toner shown in FIG.
A 40-hour ultraviolet exposure test was conducted at. The value obtained by dividing the image density (optical density) after the test by the initial image density was taken as the residual color ratio, and the results are shown in Table 3. Shown in. All show good light fastness.

(Resolution Evaluation) Table 2. Table 4. 5 parts by weight of the black toner as shown in FIG.
300 parts by weight of Powder Tech Co., Ltd. was mixed with 100 parts by weight to obtain a developer, and a resolution test chart was copied using the above-mentioned copying machine. The results are shown in Table 2. Table 4. Shown in. In particular, Table 4. The toner shown in (1) shows extremely high resolution.
(Evaluation of image characteristics) Table 3. 5 parts by weight of Toner Nimesu and a ferrite carrier F-100 [manufactured by Powder Tech Co.] 9
An electrophotographic copying machine using OPC as a photoconductor and a continuous tone image plate for color printing obtained in advance by color separation by stirring and mixing 5 parts by weight with a ball mill. Using the bottom as an original, YMC was overlaid on a sheet of paper and a transparent sheet for OHP and copied, and visually observed. The obtained full-color image had a high degree of quality, and the image obtained by projecting the transparent sheet with OHP also showed a high chroma color tone without turbidity.

(Charge Stability) Table 1. 5 parts by weight of toner and ferrite carrier F-100
95 parts by weight of [Powder Tech Co., Ltd.] was mixed by stirring with a ball mill to obtain a two-component developer. Using the obtained developer, a copying test of 20,000 sheets was continuously conducted by the above copying machine.
At the beginning of copying, after copying 5,000 sheets, after copying 10,000 sheets, and after copying 20,000 sheets, the toner is sampled and the charge amount (Q / M [μC /
g]) was determined by the blow-off method. The results are shown in Table 5.
It can be seen that the toner obtained from the polyester resins (A7) and (A8) has an unstable charge amount as the number of copies increases.

[Table 5]

[0036]

As described above, the toner for electrophotography according to the present invention has an excellent storage stability that does not cause blocking even in a humid heat environment and exhibits a high plasticizer resistance. The images obtained were also shown to be of high quality.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Terephthalic acid and / or its derivative 4
0 to 95 mol% and isophthalic acid and / or its derivative 5
Aromatic dicarboxylic acids (A) 7 containing ~ 60mol%
Polyvalent carboxylic acid and / or its derivative (B) containing 0 mol% or more and a sulfonic acid group and / or its salt group
An acid component containing 0.2 to 6 mol% and a carboxylic acid having a valence of 3 or more and / or a derivative thereof (C) 0.5 to 8 mol%; To 98 mol% and an alcohol component containing cyclohexanediol and / or its derivative (E) 2 to 80 mol% and contains substantially no gel component (chloroform insoluble component is 0.5 wt% or less). An electrophotographic toner comprising a polyester resin as a main constituent of a binder resin. [Chemical 1] In Chemical formula 1, R1 to R4 are each independently hydrogen, methyl,
Indicates ethyl.