JPH0643684A - Capsule toner and production thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a capsule toner excellent in the chargeability of a capsule, capable of surely holding a fixation component in the inside of the capsule by the shell and excellent in image quality and fixation and a production method therefor. CONSTITUTION:In the capsule toner having a core material containing the fixation component and the shell covering the core material, the capsule toner contains a polyurea resin and/or polyurethane resin made of an urethane modified adduct of polyisocyanate and a polyisocyanate monomer in the shell, sticks a chargeable material on the surface of the shell and is allowed to contain a colorant particle and/or a magnetic particle into the shell.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a capsule toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, a magnetic latent image and the like, and a method for producing the same.

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2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as fixing methods used in electrophotography, there are a heat fixing method and a pressure fixing method. The heat fixing method is
When the power is turned on, a startup time is required to heat the fixing device to a predetermined temperature, and thereafter, energy is required to keep the fixing device at the predetermined temperature. On the other hand, the pressure fixing method has the advantage that it does not require start-up time when the power is turned on and does not require the heating energy of the fixing device.However, the fixing strength is not sufficient and the toner image is easily peeled off by rubbing. Requires high pressure.

The capsule toner was developed in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is a toner in which a fixing component is contained in a core material, and the outside of the core material is completely covered with a hard outer shell.
When external pressure is applied to the capsule toner by the pressure fixing method,
The outer shell breaks and the fixative component flows out and fixes to the image forming support such as paper or OHP. Further, the capsule toner is mixed with colorant particles and magnetic particles for coloring and for imparting magnetic properties required for electrophotography, but a large amount of magnetic particles and colorant particles are added to the core material in the capsule. If it contains, the viscosity of the core material becomes high, the fixative component does not flow out even when external pressure is applied, and the fixability deteriorates.

In order to improve the fixing property, it is necessary to make the colorant particles and the magnetic particles unevenly distributed in the outer shell. However, when the magnetic particles and the colorant particles are exposed on the outer shell surface, the resistance value of that portion is increased. Is low, the insulating property of the surface of the capsule particles is low, the leakage of the charged charge is caused, and the charge amount is reduced. Further, when the colorant particles and the magnetic particles have hydrophilicity, the environmental dependency of the charging property becomes large. Therefore, it is important not to expose the colorant particles and the magnetic particles to the outer shell surface. Further, if the fixative component exudes from the capsule during the production or storage of the toner, the toner agglomerates or the fixability is remarkably lowered. Therefore, the outer shell needs to prevent the permeation of the fixing component. However, the conventional capsule toner is not always satisfactory.

For example, JP-A-57-179860 proposes a capsule toner having a shell of polyurethane or polyurea obtained by reacting an isocyanate with water, amine or glycol, and JP-A-60-222.
Japanese Patent No. 866 discloses a capsule toner having a shell of polyurethane or polyurea obtained by using one or more difunctional isocyanates and one or more trifunctional or higher polyfunctional isocyanates. When the outer shell of the toner is made thinner by increasing the number of magnetic particles or making the capsule smaller, the concentration of colorant particles and magnetic particles in the outer shell increases and the toner is exposed on the surface of the outer shell, and the charge amount is increased. However, there is a problem in that the environmental dependence of the charging property becomes large, and that the colorant particles and the magnetic particles penetrate the outer shell and the fixing component, particularly the low molecular weight component, flows out from the outer shell.

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Therefore, according to the present invention, the above problems can be solved, the chargeability of the capsule is good, and the fixative component inside the capsule can be reliably held by the outer shell. The present invention aims to provide a capsule toner excellent in image quality and fixability, and a manufacturing method thereof.

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Means for Solving the Problems The present invention comprises (1) a core material containing a fixing component, an outer shell covering the core material, and a charging substance attached to the surface of the outer shell. (2) Fixing property, wherein the capsule shell comprises a polyurea resin and / or a polyurethane resin obtained from at least a urethane-modified adduct of polyisocyanate and a polyisocyanate monomer in the outer shell. A core material containing components, an outer shell that covers the core material, and a charging substance that is chemically bonded to the surface of the outer shell. In a capsule toner contained in a shell, a polyurea resin and / or a polyurea resin obtained from at least a urethane-modified adduct of polyisocyanate and a polyisocyanate monomer Capsular Toner (1) above, wherein the tan resin is characterized in that is contained in the shell, and (3) at least colorant particles and / or magnetic particles,
An oily substance containing a fixing component, a urethane-modified adduct of polyisocyanate, and a polyisocyanate monomer is dispersed in a solvent, and then the above components are polymerized to form an outer shell containing a polyurea resin and / or a polyurethane resin. The method for producing an encapsulated toner according to (1) above, which comprises a step and a step of attaching a charging substance to the outer shell.

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[Function] When only the urethane-modified adduct of polyisocyanate is used to form the outer shell of the capsule toner, the colorant particles and the magnetic particles are taken into the outer shell, and these penetrate the outer shell, so that the fixing component is strongly retained. Can't hold on. Further, when the outer shell is formed using only the polyisocyanate monomer, the colorant particles and the magnetic particles are not incorporated into the outer shell and are easily incorporated into the core material, and the viscosity of the core material is made extremely high and even when pressure is applied. The fixative component cannot flow out, and the fixability deteriorates.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks.
When the outer shell of the capsule toner is formed by interfacial polymerization or the like, by using the urethane-modified adduct of polyisocyanate and the polyisocyanate monomer together, the polyisocyanate having a high moving speed in the dispersed phase first reacts to form the outer shell of the outer shell. It is considered that the outermost layer is formed, and then the urethane-modified adduct of polyisocyanate forms the outer shell while incorporating the colorant particles and the magnetic particles into the outer shell of the capsule toner. As a result, the colorant particles and magnetic particles are not exposed on the toner surface, the fixing component can be strongly retained in the outer shell, and by attaching a charging substance to the outer shell surface, The chargeability of the capsule toner has been improved, making it possible to produce copy images with good image quality and fixability.

The polyisocyanate monomer used in the present invention is specifically trimethylene diisocyanate, hexamethylene diisocyanate, 2,2,4-trimethylhexane diisocyanate, cyclohexane-
1,2-diisocyanate, 1-methylcyclohexane-2,4-diisocyanate, isophorone diisocyanate, cyclohexylmethane-4,4-diisocyanate, lysine diisocyanate, xylylene diisocyanate, m-phenylene bis (isopropyl isocyanate), phenylene diisocyanate, tolylene diisocyanate Isocyanate, naphthalene-1,4-diisocyanate, naphthalene-1,5-diisocyanate, tolidine diisocyanate, diphenylmethane diisocyanate, 3,
3'-dimethyldiphenylmethane-4,4-diisocyanate, diphenylether-4,4'-diisocyanate, 3,3'-dimethoxydiphenylmethane-4,
4'-diisocyanate, 4,4-dimethylphenylmethane-2,2 ', 5,5'-tetraisocyanate, triphenylmethane-4,4', 4 "-triisocyanate and the like can be mentioned. They may be used alone or in combination.

The urethane-modified adduct of polyisocyanate used in the present invention is an adduct obtained by reacting the above-mentioned polyisocyanate with a polyol such as trimethylolpropane or glycol, and among them, trimethylolpropane-modified xylylene diisocyanate. , Trimethylolpropane modified tolylene diisocyanate,
Trimethylolpropane modified hexamethylene diisocyanate is preferred. The above urethane-modified adduct of polyisocyanate may be used alone or in combination. The mixing ratio of the polyisocyanate monomer and the polyisocyanate-modified adduct is 5 to 90 wt% of the polyisocyanate monomer with respect to the total polyisocyanate.
%, Preferably 7-80 wt%.

Examples of the substance which reacts with the above-mentioned isocyanate to form a polyurethane resin or polyurea resin include the following polyamines, polyols and water. Specifically, ethylenediamine, hexamethylenediamine, diethylenetriamine, iminopropylamine, triethylenetetramine, trimethylenediamine,
Tetramethylenediamine, pentamethylenediamine, p
-Phenylenediamine, m-phenylenediamine, 2-
Hydroxytrimethylenediamine, diethylaminopropylamine, tetraethylenepentamine, xylylenediamine, diphenylmethanediamine, piperazine, 2,
Polyamines such as 5-dimethylpiperazine and polyoxydialkyleneamine; diols such as catechol, resorcinol, hydroquinone, dihydroxymethylbenzene, naphthalenediol, ethylene glycol, 1,4-butanediol, propylene glycol, butylene glycol and hexamethylene glycol Kind; glycerin,
Trimethylolpropane, trimethylolethane, 1,
Examples thereof include triols such as 2,6-hexanetriol. Of these, diethylenetriamine, triethylenetetramine and tetraethylenepentamine are preferable.

As the core substance of the capsule toner, a core substance mainly composed of a component having a pressure fixing property is used for the purpose of pressure fixing, and a component having a heat fixing property is used for the purpose of heat fixing. A core substance is used as a main component. Then, it is desirable to select the type or composition ratio of each constituent component and the thickness of the outer shell according to the purpose. Particularly, for the purpose of pressure fixing, (1) a binder resin, a high-boiling-point solvent that dissolves the binder resin and a colorant as main components, and (2) a binder resin, an oligomer and a colorant that dissolve the binder resin. (3) A soft solid substance and a colorant as a main component are used, and if necessary, magnetic powder is used in place of the colorant to improve the fixing property. Additives such as oil can be added. It is also possible to add a high boiling point solvent which does not dissolve the binder resin to the above high boiling point solvent.

As the binder resin that can be used for the core substance, a known fixing resin can be used.
Specifically, acrylic acid ester polymers such as polymethyl acrylate, polyethyl acrylate, butyl polyacrylate, 2-ethylhexyl polyacrylate, and lauryl polyacrylate, polymethyl methacrylate, polybutyl methacrylate, poly Methacrylic acid ester polymers such as hexyl methacrylate, poly (2-ethylhexyl methacrylate) and polylauryl methacrylate, copolymers of acrylic acid esters and methacrylic acid esters, copolymers of styrene monomers and acrylic acid esters or methacrylic acid esters , Polyvinyl acetate, vinyl propionate,
Ethylene polymers such as polyvinyl butyrate, polyethylene and polypropylene and their copolymers, styrene copolymers such as styrene-maleic acid copolymer, polyvinyl ether, polyvinyl ketone, polyester, polyamide, polyurethane, rubbers, epoxy Resins, polyvinyl butyral, rosins, modified rosins, terpene resins, phenol resins and the like can be used alone or in combination. It is also possible to prepare a binder resin by polymerizing after charging and encapsulation in a monomer state.

As the high boiling point solvent for dissolving the binder resin,
An oily solvent having a boiling point of 140 ° C. or higher, preferably 160 ° C. or higher can be used. For example, Modern Plastics
You can choose from those listed in Plasticizers of Encyclopedia (1975-1976). In addition, JP-A-5
It may be selected from the high boiling point solvents disclosed as core substances of pressure fixing capsule toners in JP-A-8-145964 and JP-A-63-163373. Specifically, phthalic acid esters (eg, diethyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate), aliphatic dicarboxylic acid esters (eg, diethyl malonate, dimethyl oxalate), phosphoric acid esters (eg, tricresyl phosphate, triglyceride) Silyl phosphate), citric acid esters (eg o-acetyltriethyl citrate), benzoic acid ester (eg,
Butyl benzoate, hexyl benzoate), fatty acid esters (eg, hexadecyl myristate, dioctyl adipate, linseed oil, castor oil, green oil), alkylnaphthalenes (eg, methylnaphthalene, dimethylnaphthalene, monoisopropylnaphthalene, diisopropylnaphthalene) ), Alkyl diphenyl ethers (eg, o
-, M-, p-methyldiphenyl ether), amide compounds of higher fatty acid or aromatic sulfonic acid (eg, N, N)
-Dimethyllauroamide, N-butylbenzenesulfonamide), trimellitic acid esters (eg, trioctyl trimellitate), diarylalkanes (eg, diarylmethane such as dimethylphenylphenylmethane, 1
-Phenyl-1-methylphenylethane, 1-dimethylphenyl-1-phenylmethane, 1-ethylphenyl-
Examples thereof include diarylethane such as 1-phenylethane), saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons, unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons and chlorinated paraffins.

The soft solid substance that can be used as the core substance of the pressure fixing capsule toner is not particularly limited as long as it is flexible and has a fixing property at room temperature. However, a polymer having a temperature of −60 ° C. to 5 ° C. or a mixture of the polymer and another polymer is preferable.

Examples of the colorant include inorganic pigments such as carbon black, red iron oxide, dark blue and titanium oxide, azo pigments such as fast yellow, disazo yellow, pyrazolone red, chelate red, brilliant carmine and para brown, copper phthalocyanine and metal-free phthalocyanine. And phthalocyanine pigments such as flavantron yellow, dibromoanthrone orange, perylene red, quinacridone red, and dioxazine violet red. When used as a magnetic one-component toner,
All or part of the black colorant can be replaced with magnetic powder. As magnetic powder, magnetite, ferrite,
Alternatively, a simple metal such as cobalt, iron, or nickel, or an alloy thereof can be used.

When external pressure is applied to the capsule to fix it,
It is necessary to reduce the viscosity of the core material so that the fixative component flows out from the capsule, and 60% or more, preferably 90% or more, of the total weight of the colorant particles or the magnetic particles needs to be contained in the outer shell. Further, in order to facilitate the incorporation of colorant particles and magnetic particles into the outer shell, a coupling agent such as a silane coupling agent or a titanate coupling agent, or a surface treatment with an oil-soluble surfactant, or an acrylic resin is used. The surface can be coated with a styrene resin, an epoxy resin, or the like.

A known interfacial polymerization method is preferred as a method for producing capsules. For example, as a method of containing one component in the core substance in the capsule, a method of preliminarily charging another core substance component together with a low boiling point solvent and an outer shell forming component in a polymer state to form an outer shell by interfacial polymerization. A method can be used in which the core substance is formed by polymerizing the monomer after forming the outer shell by interfacial polymerization after charging in the monomer state. (JP-A-57-179860, JP-A-58-66946, JP-A-59-148066, JP-A-59-59)
(See Japanese Patent No. 162562) As the low boiling point solvent,
A substance having a boiling point of 100 ° C. or lower can be used. Specifically, n-pentane, n-hexane, methylene chloride, ethylene chloride, carbon disulfide, acetone, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, chloroform, methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, tetrahydrofuran, carbon tetrachloride, methyl ethyl ketone, benzene, ethyl. ether,
Examples include petroleum ether. These may be used alone or in combination. The average particle diameter of the capsule toner of the present invention is 1 to 30 μm, and particularly 2-1.
The range of 8 μm is preferable.

The positively chargeable substance attached to the outer surface of the outer shell of the capsule toner is a polymerizable monomer having a functional group such as amino group, imidazole group, pyridine and piperazine,
As the negatively chargeable substance, a polymer comprising a polymerizable monomer having a functional group such as a halogen atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, a sulfonic acid group, a carboxyl group, a carboxylic acid ester, and a phosphoric acid group, or the above Known particles such as fine particles having a functional group on the surface can be used. As a method for attaching the charging substance to the outer shell surface, known methods such as a graft polymerization method, a phase separation method, a dry mixing method, and a wet mixing method can be used. Among them, the graft polymerization method is preferable in terms of durability and uniformity.

Further, in order to impart fluidity to the encapsulated toner, fine particles of metal oxides such as silicon oxide and aluminum oxide, metal salts, ceramics, resins and carbon black may be added. As a method of adding fine particles,
After the capsule toner is dried, it may be dried and attached to the outer shell surface using a mixer such as a V blender or a Henschel mixer, or may be dispersed in an aqueous liquid such as water or alcohol, and then the capsule toner in a slurry state. May be added to, and dried to adhere to the surface of the outer shell. The toner of the present invention is
It is used as a one-component developer or a two-component developer. When used as a two-component developer, it is used as a mixture with a carrier. As these carriers, known ones such as ferrite, iron oxide powder, nickel or coated carriers obtained by coating these with a resin can be used.

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【Example】

Example 1 (Preparation of Capsule Particles) 30 g of polyisobutyl methacrylate (Mw = 16 × 10 ⁴ ) and a styrene-n-butyl methacrylate copolymer (Mw = 6 ×) were added to a mixed solution of 60 g of diethyl phthalate and 60 g of ethyl acetate. 10 ⁴ ) 40 g was added and dissolved, and magnetic powder (EPT-1 manufactured by Toda Kogyo Co., Ltd.) was added.
000) 200 g was added and dispersed by a ball mill for 16 hours. To 200 g of this dispersion, 20 g of trimethylolpropane-modified xylylene diisocyanate adduct (Takenate D110N manufactured by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) and xylylene diisocyanate (Takenate 50 manufactured by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)
0) 15 g and ethyl acetate 24 g were added and mixed thoroughly. On the other hand, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (Metronose 65SH50 manufactured by Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.) was added to 200 g of ion-exchanged water.
10 g was dissolved and cooled to 5 ° C. (This liquid is referred to as liquid B) Next, an emulsifier (auto homomixer manufactured by Tokushu Kika Kogyo Co., Ltd.)
The solution B was agitated with, and the solution A was slowly added into the solution to emulsify. Then, an O / W emulsion in which the average particle size of the oil droplet particles in the emulsion was about 13 μm was obtained. Thereafter, the emulsifier was replaced with a stirrer equipped with a propeller-type stirring blade (Three One Motor manufactured by Shinto Kagaku Co., Ltd.), and stirring was performed at 400 rpm. After 10 minutes, 200 g of a 5% aqueous solution of diethylenetriamine was added dropwise thereto. After completion of the dropping, the mixture was heated to 60 ° C. and the encapsulation reaction was performed for 3 hours. 2 after the reaction
It was poured into liters of ion-exchanged water, sufficiently stirred, and allowed to stand. After the capsule particles settled, the supernatant was removed.
This operation was repeated 7 times to wash the capsule particles. Thus, capsule particles containing the oily binder were obtained. Ion-exchanged water was added to the capsule particles to prepare a suspension having a solid content concentration of 40%.

(Preparation of Toner) 125 g of ion-exchanged water was added to 125 g of the prepared suspension of capsule particles (corresponding to 50 g of capsule particles), and a stirrer equipped with a propeller-type stirring blade (Shinto Kagaku Co., Ltd. Three One Motor) ) At 200 rpm. Then add 1N nitric acid 5g, 1
After adding 4 g of 0% cerium sulfate aqueous solution, 0.5 g of ethylene glycol dimethacrylate was added, and the reaction was carried out at 15 ° C. for 3 hours. After completion of the reaction, the mixture was poured into 1 liter of ion-exchanged water, sufficiently stirred and allowed to stand. The supernatant was removed after the capsule particles had settled. This operation was repeated twice more to wash the capsule particles. Thus, capsule particles obtained by graft-polymerizing ethylene glycol dimethacrylate on the surface of the capsule shell were obtained. This was again suspended in ion-exchanged water, and stirred at 200 rpm with a stirrer (Three One Motor manufactured by Shinto Kagaku Co., Ltd.) equipped with a propeller-type stirring blade. Next, 0.4 g of potassium persulfate,
0.1 g of dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, 1 g of methyl methacrylate and 0.16 g of sodium bisulfite were sequentially added, and the reaction was carried out at 25 ° C. for 3 hours. After completion of the reaction, the mixture was poured into 2 liters of ion-exchanged water, sufficiently stirred, and allowed to stand. The supernatant was removed after the capsule particles had settled. This operation was repeated four more times to wash the capsule particles. The obtained capsule suspension was placed in a stainless steel pad and dried at 60 ° C. for 10 hours with a dryer (Yamato Scientific Co., Ltd.). To 100 parts of this toner, 1 part of hydrophobic silica (RA-200H manufactured by Nippon Aerosil Co., Ltd.) was added and sufficiently stirred.

(Evaluation of Capsule Toner) 3 g of the obtained capsule toner and 100 g of an iron powder carrier whose surface is coated with a phenol resin are mixed in an environment of a temperature of 20 ° C. and a humidity of 50%, and the capsule toner is charged by a blow-off method. When the amount was measured, it was 14 μC / g, which was at a preferable level. Further, when the obtained capsule toner was measured by a thermogravimetric method, it was confirmed that diethyl phthalate was contained in the same amount as the charged amount. When the toner particles were observed with a transmission electron microscope, the magnetic powder was taken in the outer shell but was not exposed on the surface. When this capsule toner was subjected to a copy test with a modified machine for capsule toner of FX2700 manufactured by Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., both the image quality and the fixability were good.

Example 2 Example 1 was repeated except that 5 g of xylylene diisocyanate (Takenate 500 manufactured by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) was replaced with 5 g of diphenylmethane diisocyanate (isonate 143 L manufactured by Mitsubishi Kasei Dow) in Example 1. Capsule toner was obtained in the same manner as above, a developer was prepared in the same manner, and the charge amount was measured.
It was 5 μC / g, which was at a preferable level. In addition, it was confirmed by the thermogravimetric measurement method that diethyl phthalate was contained in the same amount as the charged amount. When the toner particles were observed with a transmission electron microscope, the magnetic particles were taken in the outer shell but were not exposed on the surface. This capsule toner is made by Fuji Xerox F
When a copy test was conducted with a remodeling machine for X2700 capsule toner, both the image quality and the fixability were good.

[Comparative Example 1] In Example 1, instead of 5 g of xylylene diisocyanate (Takenate 500 manufactured by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.), a trimethylolpropane-modified xylylene diisocyanate adduct (Takenate D110N manufactured by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) was used. Except that the amount was increased to 25g
A capsule toner was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1, a developer was prepared in the same manner, and the charge amount was measured.
g and a value lower than those of Examples 1 and 2, and it was confirmed by the thermogravimetric method that diethyl phthalate was not contained at all. When the toner particles were observed with a transmission electron microscope, the magnetic particles were exposed on the surface. When this capsule toner was subjected to a copy test with a modified machine for FX2700 manufactured by Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., fog occurred, many white spots were present in the image area, and the fixability was poor.

Example 3 (Preparation of Capsule Particles) To a mixed solution of 60 g of ethyl benzoate and 60 g of ethyl acetate was added and dissolved 30 g of polylauryl methacrylate copolymer (Mw = 16 × 10 ⁴ ) to obtain a red color. 20 g of a pigment (Hosta Scarlet GO, manufactured by Bayer Co., Ltd.) was added and dispersed for 16 hours with a ball mill.
To 200 g of this dispersion liquid, 5 g of trimethylolpropane-modified tolylene diisocyanate (Sumijour L manufactured by Sumitomo Bayer Urethane Co., Ltd.), 10 g of triphenylmethane triisocyanate (Sumijour R manufactured by Sumitomo Bayer Urethane Co., Ltd.), and 24 g of ethyl acetate were added. Mixed in. On the other hand, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (Metronose 65SH50 manufactured by Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.) was added to 200 g of ion-exchanged water.
10 g was dissolved and cooled to 5 ° C. (This liquid is referred to as liquid B) Next, an emulsifier (auto homomixer manufactured by Tokushu Kika Kogyo Co., Ltd.)
The solution B was agitated with, and the solution A was slowly added into the solution to emulsify. Then, an O / W emulsion in which the average particle size of the oil droplet particles in the emulsion was about 8 μm was obtained. Thereafter, the emulsifier was replaced with a stirrer equipped with a propeller-type stirring blade (Three One Motor manufactured by Shinto Kagaku Co., Ltd.), and stirring was performed at 400 rpm. After 10 minutes, 200 g of a 2.5% triethylenetetramine aqueous solution was added dropwise thereto. 65 ℃ after dropping
The mixture was heated to 0 and the encapsulation reaction was carried out for 4 hours. After completion of the reaction, the mixture was poured into 2 liters of ion-exchanged water, sufficiently stirred, and then centrifuged. After the capsule particles were separated, the supernatant was removed. This operation was repeated 5 more times to obtain red capsule particles. Ion-exchanged water was added to the capsule particles to prepare a suspension having a solid content concentration of 40%.

(Preparation of Toner) 125 g of ion-exchanged water was added to 125 g of the prepared suspension of capsule particles (corresponding to 50 g of capsule particles), and a stirrer equipped with a propeller-type stirring blade (3 One Motor manufactured by Shinto Kagaku Co., Ltd.) ) At 200 rpm. Then add 1N nitric acid 5g, 1
After adding 4 g of 0% cerium sulfate aqueous solution, 0.5 g of ethylene glycol dimethacrylate was added, and the reaction was carried out at 15 ° C. for 3 hours. After completion of the reaction, the mixture was poured into 1 liter of ion-exchanged water, sufficiently stirred, and then centrifuged. The supernatant was removed after the capsule particles were separated. This operation was repeated twice more to wash the capsule particles. In this way, capsule particles obtained by graft-polymerizing ethylene glycol dimethacrylate on the surface of the capsule shell were obtained. Resuspend this in ion-exchanged water and use a stirrer (Shinto Kagaku Co., Ltd. three-one motor) equipped with a propeller-type stirrer blade for 2
Stirred at 00 rpm. Next, in this, 0.4 g of potassium persulfate, 3 g of sodium allylsulfonate,
Add 0.16 g of sodium bisulfite sequentially and add 25
The reaction was carried out at ℃ for 3 hours. After completion of the reaction, the mixture was poured into 2 liters of ion-exchanged water, sufficiently stirred, and centrifuged.
After separating the capsule particles, the supernatant was removed. This operation was repeated four more times to wash the capsule particles. The obtained capsule suspension was placed in a stainless steel pad and dried at 60 ° C. for 10 hours with a dryer (Yamato Scientific Co., Ltd.).
To 100 parts of this toner, 1 part of hydrophobic silica (R972 manufactured by Nippon Aerosil Co., Ltd.) was added and sufficiently stirred.

(Evaluation of Capsule Toner) 3 g of the obtained capsule toner and 100 g of an iron powder carrier whose surface is coated with a phenol resin are mixed in an environment of a temperature of 20 ° C. and a humidity of 50%, and the capsule toner is charged by a blow-off method. When the amount was measured, it was −13 μC / g, which was at a preferable level. Further, when the obtained capsule toner was measured by a thermogravimetric method, it was confirmed that ethyl benzoate was contained in the same amount as the charged amount. When this capsule toner was subjected to a copy test with a modified machine for capsule toner of FX2700 manufactured by Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., both the image quality and the fixability were good.

Example 4 In Example 3, 5 g of trimethylolpropane-modified tolylene diisocyanate (Sumijour L manufactured by Sumitomo Bayer Urethane Co., Ltd.) and 10 g
5 g of trimethylolpropane-modified hexamethylene diisocyanate (Coronate HL manufactured by Nippon Polyurethane Industry Co., Ltd.) and 10 g of diphenylmethane diisocyanate (Sumijour 44S manufactured by Sumitomo Bayer Urethane Co.) Example 3 except that
Capsule toner was obtained in the same manner as above, a developer was prepared in the same manner, and the charge amount was measured. As a result, it was −14 μC / g, which was at a preferable level. Further, it was confirmed by the thermogravimetric method that ethyl benzoate was contained in the same amount as the charged amount. A copy test was conducted on this capsule toner by reversal development using a modified machine for the capsule toner of FX2700 manufactured by Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
The fixability was good.

Example 5 (Preparation of Capsule Particles) 70 g of a styrene-n-butyl methacrylate copolymer (Mw = 10 × 10 ⁴ ) was dissolved in a mixed solution of 60 g of dibutyl adipate and 60 g of ethyl acetate, and the magnetic property was obtained. Powder (Toda Kogyo EPT-1000) 1
20 g was added and dispersed by a ball mill for 16 hours. To 200 g of this dispersion, 15 g of trimethylolpropane-modified hexamethylene diisocyanate adduct (Sumijour HT manufactured by Sumitomo Bayer Urethane Co.), 10 g of tolylene diisocyanate (Sumijour T-80 manufactured by Sumitomo Bayer Urethane Co., Ltd.) and 24 g of ethyl acetate were added. Mixed well. On the other hand, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (Metronose 65SH50 manufactured by Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.) was added to 200 g of ion-exchanged water.
10 g was dissolved and cooled to 5 ° C. (This liquid is referred to as liquid B) Next, an emulsifier (auto homomixer manufactured by Tokushu Kika Kogyo Co., Ltd.)
The solution B was agitated with, and the solution A was slowly added into the solution to emulsify. Then, an O / W emulsion in which the average particle size of the oil droplet particles in the emulsion was about 8 μm was obtained. Thereafter, the emulsifier was replaced with a stirrer equipped with a propeller-type stirring blade (Three One Motor manufactured by Shinto Kagaku Co., Ltd.), and stirring was performed at 400 rpm. After 10 minutes, 200 g of a 5% tetraethylenepentamine aqueous solution was added dropwise thereto. After completion of the dropping, the mixture was heated to 60 ° C. and the encapsulation reaction was performed for 3 hours. After the reaction,
It was poured into 2 liters of ion-exchanged water, sufficiently stirred, and allowed to stand. After the capsule particles settled, the supernatant was removed. This operation was repeated 7 times to wash the capsule particles. Thus, capsule particles containing the oily binder were obtained. Ion-exchanged water was added to the capsule particles to prepare a suspension having a solid content concentration of 40%.

(Preparation of Toner) 125 g of ion-exchanged water was added to 125 g of the above-prepared suspension of capsule particles (corresponding to 50 g of capsule particles), and a stirrer equipped with a propeller-type stirring blade (Three One Motor manufactured by Shinto Kagaku Co., Ltd.) was used. ) At 200 rpm. Then add 1N nitric acid 5g, 1
After adding 4 g of 0% cerium sulfate aqueous solution, 0.5 g of ethylene glycol dimethacrylate was added, and the reaction was carried out at 15 ° C. for 3 hours. After completion of the reaction, the mixture was poured into 1 liter of ion-exchanged water, sufficiently stirred and allowed to stand. The supernatant was removed after the capsule particles had settled. This operation was repeated twice more to wash the capsule particles. In this way, capsule particles obtained by graft-polymerizing ethylene glycol dimethacrylate on the surface of the capsule shell were obtained. This was again suspended in ion-exchanged water, and stirred at 200 rpm with a stirrer (Three One Motor manufactured by Shinto Kagaku Co., Ltd.) equipped with a propeller-type stirring blade. Next, 0.4 g of potassium persulfate, 1.5 g of pentafluoropropyl methacrylate and 0.16 g of sodium hydrogen sulfite were sequentially added to this,
The reaction was carried out at 25 ° C for 3 hours. After completion of the reaction, the mixture was poured into 2 liters of ion-exchanged water, sufficiently stirred, and allowed to stand. The supernatant was removed after the capsule particles had settled. This operation was repeated four more times to wash the capsule particles. Thus, a capsule toner in which pentafluoropropyl methacrylate was graft-polymerized on the surface of the capsule shell was obtained.
The obtained capsule suspension was placed in a stainless steel pad and dried at 60 ° C. for 10 hours with a dryer (Yamato Scientific Co., Ltd.). To 100 parts of this toner, 1 part of hydrophobic silica (R972 manufactured by Nippon Aerosil Co., Ltd.) was added and sufficiently stirred.

(Evaluation of Capsule Toner) 3 g of the obtained capsule toner and 100 g of an iron powder carrier whose surface is coated with a phenol resin are mixed in an environment of a temperature of 20 ° C. and a humidity of 50%, and the capsule toner is charged by a blow-off method. When the amount was measured, it was -17 μC / g, which was at a preferable level. Further, when the obtained capsule toner was measured by a thermogravimetric method, it was confirmed that dibutyl adipate was contained in the same amount as the charged amount. A copy test was conducted on this capsule toner by reversal development using a modified machine for the capsule toner of FX2700 manufactured by Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
The image quality and fixability were good.

[Comparative Example 2] In Example 3, a trimethylolpropane-modified hexamethylene diisocyanate adduct (Sumijour H manufactured by Sumitomo Bayer Urethane Co., Ltd.) was used.
T) 15 g and tolylene diisocyanate (Sumitomo Bayer Urethane Co., Ltd., Sumidur T-80) 10 g, hexamethylene diisocyanate trimer (Nippon Polyurethane Industry Co., Ltd., Coronate HX) 15 g, and dicyclohexylmethane diisocyanate (Sumitomo Bayer Urethane Co., Ltd. Death Module W) A capsule toner was obtained in the same manner as in Example 3 except that 10 g was used, and a developer was prepared in the same manner, and the charge amount was measured. As a result, −2 μC / g was obtained.
The value was lower than that of the above, and it was confirmed by the thermogravimetric method that dibutyl phthalate was not contained at all. This capsule toner is made by Fuji Xerox F
When a copy test was conducted by reversal development using a remodeling machine for the X2700 capsule toner, fog occurred, a large number of white lines in the image area existed, and the fixability was poor.

[0035]

According to the present invention, by adopting the above-mentioned constitution, good chargeability can be maintained without exposing the colorant particles and magnetic particles from the outer shell of the capsule, and the image quality and fixability are improved. Made it possible to provide excellent copy quality.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A capsule toner comprising a core material containing a fixing component, an outer shell covering the core material, and a charging substance adhering to the surface of the outer shell. Polyurea resin obtained from urethane-modified adduct and polyisocyanate monomer and /
Alternatively, a capsule toner containing a polyurethane resin in the outer shell. 2. A colorant particle comprising a core material containing a fixing component, an outer shell covering the core material, and a charging substance chemically bonded to the surface of the outer shell. And / or a capsule toner containing magnetic particles in the outer shell, wherein the outer shell contains at least a polyurea resin and / or a polyurethane resin obtained from a urethane-modified adduct of polyisocyanate and a polyisocyanate monomer. The capsule toner according to claim 1. 3. An oily substance containing at least colorant particles and / or magnetic particles, a fixing component, a urethane-modified adduct of polyisocyanate and a polyisocyanate monomer is dispersed in a solvent, and then the above components are polymerized. 2. The method for producing a capsule toner according to claim 1, comprising a step of forming an outer shell containing a polyurea resin and / or a polyurethane resin, and a step of attaching a charging substance to the outer shell.