KR100409079B1 - Toner composition having high transcription efficiency and a method for preparing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a high transfer efficiency toner composition and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, toner base particles comprising a) i) a binder resin, ii) a charge control agent, iii) a colorant and iv) a release agent, and b) A nonmagnetic one-component toner composition comprising two kinds of hydrophobic silica and titanium oxide containing tin oxide having different specific surface areas hydrophobized by a silicone oil having a viscosity of 50 to 10000 cps at 25 ° C. on the surface of the toner base particles. And to a method for producing the same.

The toner composition of the present invention has a stable charging performance and high high efficiency, has low environmental dependence, and can obtain stable image quality over a long period of time.

Description

TONER COMPOSITION HAVING HIGH TRANSFER EFFICIENCY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF {TONER COMPOSITION HAVING HIGH TRANSCRIPTION EFFICIENCY AND A METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toner composition for electrostatic image development in which a monochromatic or multicolor image is formed and a method of manufacturing the same. .

In recent years, with the rapid spread of PCs and networks in offices, the copier and printer markets, which used to be black and white, have been changing to full color. Accordingly, market demand for electrophotographic copiers and printers, which have been advantageous in terms of image quality and speed, has been increasing. In particular, the market demand for high quality, high reliability, as well as small size, light weight, low price, high speed, and further, to meet the environmental requirements such as low energy, recycling. In order to cope with this, an image forming method and a developer used therein have been improved and newly developed.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION An electrophotographic image forming apparatus generally employs a charging step of uniformly charging the surface of a drum, an exposure step of exposing the surface of the drum to form an electrostatic latent image, and a developer layer formed on the surface of the developing roller. The developing process of developing the latent image and obtaining the toner image, the transferring process of transferring the toner image onto the transfer material, the fixing process of fixing the toner image of the transfer material, and the above-mentioned transfer process remove the toner remaining on the surface of the drum. It consists of the cleaning process.

The basic characteristics required of the toner for these processes include the appropriate amount of toner charging in the developing step, the charge holding property, environmental stability, good transfer performance in the transfer step, low temperature fixability, offset resistance, and cleaning process in the fixing step. Many properties such as cleaning performance and stain resistance are required. In particular, in recent years, the above characteristics are increasingly complicated by the promotion of high quality, high speed, and color.

For example, to form a color image in the above transfer process, in order to more precisely mix four colors directly on the drum, that is, to improve color reproducibility, the toner image on the surface of the drum is used by using an intermediate transfer member. Background Art [0002] Indirect transfer type image forming apparatuses, which are transferred to an intermediate transfer member for each color and then transferred to the transfer material from the intermediate transfer member, can achieve higher speed and higher image quality. However, such an indirect transfer type image forming apparatus requires higher and more accurate transfer performance for higher image quality due to an increase in the number of transfer steps of the toner, and additives, toner shape, and surface for improving stable charging performance or transfer efficiency for toner. Structural control techniques and the like are required.

Regarding the cleaning process, it is important not only to reduce the size and cost of the apparatus but also to reduce the amount of transfer residual toner and reduce the cleaning apparatus from the viewpoint of waste reduction. Especially in a full color image forming apparatus using three colors of yellow, magenta, cyan, or four color toners in which black is added, transfer residual toner is a big problem.

In order to avoid new problems in such transfer and cleaning processes, it is important to reduce the amount of residual toner very much, and to do so, it is necessary to increase the transfer efficiency of the toner. In order to increase the transfer efficiency, it is important to transfer the toner base particles directly attached to the drum, and therefore, it is necessary to lower the adhesion between the toner and the drum. Such a method includes, for example, a method in which the developer contains releasable fine particles such as silica and the fine particles are interposed between the toner and the drum to lower the adhesion between the toner and the drum, thereby increasing the transfer efficiency of the toner. In the method, in order to obtain high transfer efficiency, it is necessary to set a high coverage of the toner surface by the fine particles. Therefore, deterioration of toner chargeability as the amount of the fine particles is increased, adhesion of fine particles such as electrostatic latent image bearing member, and peeling ( Problems such as filming) and fixation disorders tend to occur. In particular, since silica particles have high environmental dependence, problems such as image density staining under low temperature and low humidity environment, and non-image contamination under high temperature and high humidity environment are likely to occur.

On the other hand, a method of improving the environmental dependence of toner charging is known to add inorganic fine particles such as titanium oxide, which has a lower resistance and better charge exchangeability than silica particles. It is easy to change, and the transfer defect at the time of secondary transfer using an intermediate transfer member or the retransfer of reverse polarity toner is likely to occur at the time of multiple transfer of full color toner. In order to avoid this problem, it is also possible to surface-treat inorganic fine particles such as titanium oxide with a silane coupling agent to control the resistance relatively high. Dispersibility deteriorates on the surface, and the function of enhancing the inherent charge exchangeability is deteriorated, so that problems such as deterioration of toner fluidity, contamination of carriers with free agglomerated particles, filming on the drum, and the like are likely to occur. .

Therefore, in order to provide sufficient toner properties for the demands of high hardware such as recent color high quality, high speed, high reliability, and environmental response, there are still many problems, and in particular, it has high stability and high transfer efficiency There is a need for a toner having low dependency.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the present inventors by adding two kinds of hydrophobic silica and titanium oxide on the surface of the toner base particles to increase the transfer efficiency of the toner and at the same time obtain a stable image quality over a long period of time. It has been found and the present invention has been completed.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a toner composition for electrostatic image development, which has a low charge change, which is capable of obtaining a high transfer efficiency that is stable even in multiple transfers or multiple transfers, and has a low environmental dependence of charging and a stable image quality over a long period of time. For that purpose.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing a toner composition for electrostatic image development, which has charging stability, high charge efficiency, small environmental dependence and stable image quality over a long period of time.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention

a) i) binder resin;

ii) charge control agents;

iii) colorants; And

iv) release agents

Toner base particles comprising a; And

b) titanium oxide containing two types of hydrophobic silica and tin oxide having different specific surface areas hydrophobized by silicone oil having a viscosity of 50 to 10000 cps at 25 ° C. on the surface of the toner base particles;

It provides a nonmagnetic one-component toner composition comprising a.

In addition, the present invention

a) i) binder resin;

ii) charge control agents;

iii) colorants; And

iv) release agents

Melt kneading, pulverizing and classifying to prepare toner base particles; And

b) attaching two kinds of hydrophobic silica and titanium oxide to the surface of the toner base particles;

It provides a method for producing a nonmagnetic one-component toner composition comprising a.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail.

The biggest feature of the present invention is that two kinds of hydrophobic silicas with different specific surface areas are attached to the surface of the toner particles. Hydrophobic silica particles refer to silica particles which have been hydrophobized on the surface thereof, and the hydrophobization treatment is applied or adhered to silica particles with other high molecular compounds such as silane coupling agents and silicone oils. The surface treatment by making it exemplify is mentioned. Hydrophobic silica with a small specific surface area is relatively large in size and can exhibit a sufficient effect even if the coverage of the toner surface is not large. Hydrophobic silica with a large specific surface area has an effect of increasing the fluidity of the toner. By this dual effect, a toner having a high transfer efficiency can be made.

The specific surface area of the hydrophobic silica having a small specific surface area is preferably 20 to 80 m ² / g, more preferably 30 to 50 m ² / g. The specific surface area of the hydrophobic silica having a large specific surface area is preferably 130 to 230 m ² / g, more preferably 150 to 200 m ² / g.

Even when the specific surface area of the hydrophobic silica having a small specific surface area is 20 to 80 m ² / g, when the specific surface area of the hydrophobic silica having a large specific surface area is less than 130 m ² / g, the effect of imparting fluidity improvement to the toner is insufficient. When a large number of solid images are printed, the solid images are stained, and when the amount exceeds 230 m ² / g, silica adhesion to the surface of the toner particles is lowered, so that uniform dispersion cannot be obtained.

Even if the specific surface area of the hydrophobic silica having a large specific surface area is 130 to 230 m ² / g, if the specific surface area of the hydrophobic silica having a small specific surface area is less than 20 m ² / g, it is not effective in improving the transfer efficiency and the hydrophobic silica having a small specific surface area is small. When the specific surface area of s exceeds 80 m ² / g, the effect of lowering the adhesion force of the toner particles to the drum due to the hydrophobic silica having a small specific surface area cannot be obtained, and thus a toner having high transfer efficiency cannot be obtained.

The adhesion amount of the two kinds of hydrophobic silicas to the surface of the toner particles should be more attached to the hydrophobic silicas having a smaller specific surface area than the hydrophobic silicas having a large specific surface area. In the case where the hydrophobic silica having a large specific surface area is larger than the hydrophobic silica having a small specific surface area, there is a problem of deterioration of charging characteristics, resulting in background contamination and deterioration of fixing characteristics. Preferably, the adhesion amount of the hydrophobic silica having a small specific surface area is 0.5 to 2.5 parts by weight, and the adhesion amount of the hydrophobic silica having a large specific surface area is 0.5 to 1.5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the toner base particles.

Even when the adhesion amount of the hydrophobic silica having a small specific surface area is 0.5 to 2.5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the toner base particles, when the adhesion amount of the hydrophobic silica having a large specific surface area is less than 0.5 parts by weight, the effect of imparting fluidity improvement to the toner is insufficient. As a result, the drum is contaminated to cause staining on the developed image. When the content exceeds 1.5 parts by weight, fixability is lowered due to the influence of silica remaining on the surface of the toner particles.

Even when the adhesion amount of the hydrophobic silica having a large specific surface area is 0.5 to 1.5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the toner base particles, when the adhesion amount of the hydrophobic silica having a small specific surface area is less than 0.5 parts by weight, the toner is fused to the charging blade ( If the printing image is easy to block and streaks occur in the print image, and the adhesion amount of the hydrophobic silica having a small specific surface area exceeds 2.5 parts by weight, the frictional charging generated when passing through the charging blade does not occur sufficiently, resulting in image bleeding or fog. (fog) phenomenon occurs. Therefore, when the adhesion amount of the hydrophobic silica having a small specific surface area is 0.5 to 2.5 parts by weight, a decrease in transfer efficiency due to the above factors can be avoided, and a toner of high transfer efficiency can be obtained by reducing the adhesive force between the toner and the drum.

In addition, in this application, the specific surface area of hydrophobic silica means the specific surface area measured by the BET method, and the value can be measured by the high precision automatic gas adsorption apparatus etc. which are commercially available. This type of measuring device uses an inert gas, particularly nitrogen gas, as the adsorption gas to determine the BET specific surface area S (m ² / g) by measuring the amount of gas adsorption required to form a monolayer on the surface of the hydrophobic silica particles.

Silica used can be obtained even in the untreated state, but when the hydrophobization treatment can be improved the effect. As the silane coupling agent used for the hydrophobization treatment of silica particles, dimethyldichlorosilane, trimethylcrosilane, methyltricrosilane, arylphenyldicrosilane, benzyldimethylcrosilane, bromine methyldimethylcrosilane, and P-crophenyl Tricrosilane, 3-chloropropyl trimethoxy, vinyl triethoxysilane, vinyl triacetoxysilane, divinyl crosilane, a hexamethylene disyracene, etc. are mentioned. In addition, hydrophobization treatment with silicone oil is preferred for hydrophobization in terms of reducing backgruon phenomenon, and therefore, hydrophobization treatment with at least one silica is preferred.

Silicone oils for hydrophobization include dimethylsilicone oil, methylphenylsilicone oil, methylhydrogen silicone oil, alkyl modified silicone oil, fluorine modified silicone oil, alcohol modified silicone oil and amino modified silicone at 25 ° C. Oils, epoxy modified silicone oils, epoxy polyether modified silicone oils, phenol modified silicone oils, carboxyl modified silicone oils and the like can be used.

The hydrophobization treatment with silicone oil is not particularly limited as long as the silicone oil is adsorbed on the surface of the inorganic fine particles. For example, the inorganic fine particles are put into a mixing tank and stirred, the silicone oil is diluted in a solvent and sprayed, and the stirring is continued. The method of heat-drying for a fixed time in a mixing tank, etc. are mentioned.

As a device for attaching hydrophobic silica to toner particles, there are a turbine type stirrer, a Henschel mixer, a super mixer, and the like. In addition, the hydrophobic silica on the surface of the toner particles may be attached to the toner particles in a weak adhesion state, or the hydrophobic silica may be fixed to the surface of the toner particles in a buried state.

However, the use of silicas with large and small specific surface areas as described above shows quite good results in terms of transfer efficiency. However, when a large amount of output is produced for a long time, the improvement effect is not remarkable in terms of drum contamination. In order to achieve the object of the present invention, inorganic fine particles must be added in addition to silica.

As inorganic fine particles other than silica used in the present invention, materials conventionally well known can be used. For example, microparticles | fine-particles, such as a titanium oxide, aluminum oxide, zinc oxide, magnesium oxide, a cerium oxide, iron oxide, copper oxide, a tin oxide, are mentioned, Among these, titanium oxide in terms of an easy modification | denaturement and ease of purchase, etc. are mentioned. This is preferred. Furthermore, titanium oxide including tin is more preferable than pure titanium oxide alone. The content of tin oxide is preferably 30 to 70 parts by weight, more preferably 35 to 60 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of titanium oxide. If the content of tin oxide is less than 30 parts by weight, the effect of removing the drum contamination is reduced, resulting in burn contamination, whereas the content of tin oxide exceeding 70 parts by weight is low in triboelectric charge, and thus a desired image cannot be obtained.

Further, the average particle diameter of titanium oxide is preferably 100 to 500 nm, preferably 200 to 400 nm. By controlling the average particle diameter with the aforementioned two kinds of silica particles, the effect can be sustained, sufficient fluidity of the toner is maintained, and high transfer efficiency can be maintained even when a large amount of output is produced for a long time, and drum contamination can be prevented. If the average particle diameter is less than 200 nm or more than 400 nm, the improvement effect in terms of fluidity and drum contamination is lowered.

Although the adhesion amount of titanium oxide changes with adjustment with the above-mentioned two types of silica particle, 0.2-2.5 weight part is preferable with respect to 100 weight part of toner base particles, More preferably, it is 0.3-2 weight part. If the adhesion amount is less than 0.2, there is no drum contamination improvement effect, and when the adhesion amount exceeds 2.5 parts by weight, poor fixability occurs.

The toner of the present invention contains a binder resin, a colorant, an antistatic agent and a release agent as essential components.

As said binder resin, In addition to polyester resin, Styrene, such as styrene, (alpha) -methylstyrene, a crawling styrene; Acrylic esters such as methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, propyl acrylate, acrylic acid, octyl acrylate and alkyl acrylate; Methacrylic acid esters such as methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, propyl methacrylate, butyl methacrylate, octyl methacrylate, stearyl methacrylate, glycidyl methacrylate and alkyl methacrylate; Such as acrylonitrile, maleic acid, magnesium phosphate, methyl methacrylate, methyl acrylate, vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate, vinyl benzoate, vinyl methyl ketone, vinyl hexyl ketone, vinyl methyl ester, vinyl ethyl ester and vinyl isobutyl ester A single polymerized vinyl monomer or copolymerized styrene resin, epoxy resin, polyester resin, polyurethane resin and the like can be used.

Examples of the colorant include carbon black, aniline blue, coco oil, chrome yellow, ultramarine blue, dupont oil red, chinoline yellow, methylene fluoride, phthalocyanine blue, margarite green oxalate, lamp black, rose bengal and these two. Although mixtures of species or more may be exemplified, the present invention is not limited thereto. The coloring agent mentioned above needs to be contained in sufficient ratio in order to form a visible image of sufficient density | concentration, and generally 1-20 weight part is preferable with respect to 100 weight part of binder resins.

As the charge control agent, in the case of negative charge, a metal azo dye, a salicylic acid compound, and the like can be exemplified, and in the case of positive charge, a quaternary ammonium salt can be exemplified. Although the content in the toner of the charge control agent is not limited, it is generally preferred to be about 0.5 to 5% by weight of the weight of the toner base particles.

As the release agent for passion wear, various waxes, low molecular weight olefin resins, and the like are used. As the olefin resin, polypropylene, polyethylene, and propylene-ethylene copolymer can be used, but polypropylene is particularly suitable.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on Examples and Comparative Examples in order to illustrate the effects of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In addition, the number which shows a compounding prescription etc. shows a weight part.

EXAMPLE

Toner Base Particle Manufacturing

Polyester resin (molecular weight: 2.5 × 10 ⁵ ) 88 wt%

6% by weight of carbon black as colorant

3% by weight of metal azo salts as a charge control agent

3% by weight of low molecular weight polypropylene

Each raw material prepared by the above mixing was mixed with a Henschel mixer, melt kneaded at a temperature of 165 ° C. in a twin-screw melt kneader, finely pulverized with a jet mill grinder, and classified in a wind classifier to obtain a volume average particle diameter of 9.2 μm. Toner base particles were obtained.

Silica and Titanium Oxide Attachment

Table 1 and Table 2 show the size and composition of titanium oxide containing silica and tin oxide to be attached to the toner base particles, respectively.

TABLE 1

Silica separator Specific surface area (m ² / g) ^{* 1} Surface hydrophobization treatment Remarks Silica A 40 Dimethyl slicone-oil Specific Surface Area Small Silica Silica B 90 Dimethyl slicone-oil Specific Surface Area Small Silica Silica C 160 HMDS ^{* 2} Large surface area silica Silica D 280 HMDS Large surface area silica * 1: BET measurement value 2: HMDS (Hexamethyldisilazane)

TABLE 2

Titanium Oxide Classification Average particle size (nm) Tin oxide content (%) Titanium Oxide A 90 15 Titanium Oxide B 130 85 Titanium Oxide C 300 15 Titanium oxide D 300 45 Titanium Oxide E 300 80 Titanium Oxide F 500 15 Titanium Oxide G 600 85

Titanium oxide containing hydrophobic silicas A, B with a large specific surface area hydrophobized by 100 parts by weight of the toner base particles described above, and hydrophobic silicas C, D with small specific surface areas hydrophobized with dimethyl silicone oil, and tin oxide To the composition (expressed in parts by weight) as shown in Table 3 below by stirring and mixing for 3 minutes using a Henschel mixer to adhere to the surface of the toner base particles, the nonmagnetic one-component developing toner of Examples 1 to 11 and Comparative Examples Comparative nonmagnetic toners of 1 to 27 were obtained.

TABLE 3

Specific surface area small silica (part, weight part) Silica with large specific surface area (parts, parts by weight) Titanium oxide (parts, parts by weight) Example 1 Silica A, 0.5 Silica C, 0.5 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Example 2 Silica A, 0.5 Silica C, 1.0 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Example 3 Silica A, 0.5 Silica C, 1.5 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Example 4 Silica A, 1.0 Silica C, 0.5 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Example 5 Silica A, 1.0 Silica C, 1.0 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Example 6 Silica A, 1.0 Silica C, 1.5 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Example 7 Silica A, 2.5 Silica C, 0.5 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Example 8 Silica A, 2.5 Silica C, 1.0 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Example 9 Silica A, 2.5 Silica C, 1.5 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Example 10 Silica A, 1.0 Silica C, 1.0 Titanium Oxide D, 0.3 Example 11 Silica A, 1.0 Silica C, 1.0 Titanium Oxide D, 2.5 Comparative Example 1 Silica B, 1.0 Silica C, 0.4 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Comparative Example 2 Silica B, 1.0 Silica C, 1.6 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Comparative Example 3 Silica B, 0.4 Silica C, 1.0 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Comparative Example 4 Silica B, 2.6 Silica C, 1.0 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Comparative Example 5 Silica A, 1.0 Silica D, 0.4 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Comparative Example 6 Silica A, 1.0 Silica D, 1.6 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Comparative Example 7 Silica A, 0.4 Silica D, 1.0 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Comparative Example 8 Silica A, 2.6 Silica D, 1.0 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Comparative Example 9 Silica A, 1.0 Silica D, 1.0 Titanium Oxide A, 0.2 Comparative Example 10 Silica A, 1.0 Silica D, 1.0 Titanium Oxide B, 2.6 Comparative Example 11 Silica A, 1.0 Silica D, 1.0 Titanium Oxide C, 1.0 Comparative Example 12 Silica A, 1.0 Silica D, 1.0 Titanium Oxide E, 1.0 Comparative Example 13 Silica A, 1.0 Silica D, 1.0 Titanium Oxide F, 1.0 Comparative Example 14 Silica A, 1.0 Silica D, 1.0 Titanium Oxide G, 1.0 Comparative Example 15 Silica A, 1.0 Silica D, 1.0 Titanium Oxide C, 2.6 Comparative Example 16 Silica A, 1.0 Silica D, 1.0 Titanium Oxide E, 0.2 Comparative Example 17 - Silica D, 0.5 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Comparative Example 18 - Silica D, 1.0 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Comparative Example 19 - Silica D, 0.5 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Comparative Example 20 - Silica D, 1.0 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Comparative Example 21 Silica A, 0.5 - Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Comparative Example 22 Silica A, 1.0 - Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Comparative Example 23 Silica A, 2.5 - Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Comparative Example 24 Silica A, 1.0 Silica D, 1.0 - Comparative Example 25 Silica B, 1.0 Silica D, 1.0 - Comparative Example 26 Silica B, 1.0 Silica D, 1.0 Titanium Oxide D, 1.0 Comparative Example 27 Silica B, 1.0 Silica D, 0.5 Titanium Oxide C, 1.0

Each of the non-magnetic toners was then used in a commercially available non-magnetic one-component developing system (phaser 740 manufactured by Tektronix) consisting of a contact developing device, up to 5000 sheets at room temperature and humidity (20 ° C, 55% RH). It printed and the evaluation result was shown in Table 4.

TABLE 4

Image density (I.D) Fog (background) Drum pollution Transfer efficiency (%) Example 1 1.35 O △ B Example 2 1.38 O O A Example 3 1.42 O O A Example 4 1.39 O △ B Example 5 1.43 O O A Example 6 1.45 △ O B Example 7 1.48 O △ B Example 8 1.50 O O B Example 9 1.49 △ O B Example 10 1.43 O O A Example 11 1.44 O O B Comparative Example 1 1.25 △ X D Comparative Example 2 1.33 X △ D Comparative Example 3 1.30 △ X D Comparative Example 4 1.28 X X D Comparative Example 5 1.25 △ X D Comparative Example 6 1.22 X △ D Comparative Example 7 1.28 △ X D Comparative Example 8 1.30 X △ D Comparative Example 9 1.30 △ X D Comparative Example 10 1.29 X △ D Comparative Example 11 1.34 △ X D Comparative Example 12 1.27 X △ F Comparative Example 13 1.33 △ X D Comparative Example 14 1.30 △ X E Comparative Example 15 1.23 X △ C Comparative Example 16 1.30 △ X C Comparative Example 17 1.17 X △ F Comparative Example 18 1.25 △ X D Comparative Example 19 1.20 △ X F Comparative Example 20 1.23 △ X D Comparative Example 21 1.16 X X F Comparative Example 22 1.22 X X F Comparative Example 23 1.26 △ X F Comparative Example 24 1.22 △ X D Comparative Example 25 1.25 X X D Comparative Example 26 1.29 X X F Comparative Example 27 1.15 X X F

In Table 4, image density (ID) was measured using a Macbeth reflection densitometer RD918 for solid area images (ID can be used if the value is 1.30 or more). It was measured and evaluated visually.

O: The fog (background) phenomenon of the image is not confirmed.

(Triangle | delta): The fog (background) phenomenon of an image is partially confirmed.

X: The fog (background) phenomenon of the image is clearly confirmed.

In addition, drum contamination is a visual measurement of the drum surface after the toner is transferred onto the transfer paper.

O: Drum contamination was not confirmed.

Δ: Drum contamination is partially confirmed.

X: Drum contamination is clearly confirmed.

The transfer efficiency was printed up to 5000 sheets and calculated the net consumption of the toner transferred to paper by calculating the net consumption after subtracting the waste from 500 sheets.

A: Over 90% of transfer efficiency

B: 80 ~ 90% transfer efficiency

C: Transfer efficiency 70 ~ 80%

D: Transfer efficiency 60 ~ 70%

E: Transfer efficiency 50 ~ 60%

F: below 50% of transfer efficiency

As can be seen from the results of Table 4, the nonmagnetic one-component developing toner of Examples 1 to 11 of the present invention having two kinds of silica and titanium oxide adhered to the surface has a sufficient image density (ID) of 1.30 or more. It was a range without problems in terms of use, less fog (background) and less contamination of the drum surface.

In addition, it exhibits sufficient high transfer efficiency in terms of transfer efficiency, and thus there is no problem in the indirect transfer method, and there is no problem in use in environmental issues or maintenance of a cartridge. In contrast, the non-magnetic toners of Comparative Examples 1 to 16 and Comparative Examples 26 and 27 in which the specific surface area of silica, the size of titanium oxide and the content of tin oxide in titanium oxide, or the content of silica and titanium oxide are not within the scope of the present invention. In addition, the image contamination, drum contamination and fog (background) is not only too severe, but also a lot of waste due to low transfer efficiency, shorten the life of the cartridge and environmental problems have been confirmed that there is a problem in use.

In addition, in the case of the non-magnetic toners of Comparative Examples 17 to 25 in which two kinds of hydrophobic silica and one kind of titanium oxide were not used on the toner surface at the same time, the transfer efficiency and drum contamination and fog (background) were too severe. It was confirmed that there was a problem.

As described above, according to the present invention, the toner of high transfer efficiency can be obtained, and therefore, the toner of the present invention is not a problem in the indirect transfer method even if used for a long time, and there is no problem in environmental problems or maintenance of the cartridge. A uniform image without drum contamination or background contamination can be obtained.

Claims (18)

a) i) binder resin; ii) charge control agents; iii) colorants; And iv) release agents Toner base particles comprising a; And b) titanium oxide containing two types of hydrophobic silica and tin oxide having different specific surface areas hydrophobized by silicone oil having a viscosity of 50 to 10000 cps at 25 ° C. on the surface of the toner base particles; Nonmagnetic one-component toner composition comprising a. The non-magnetic material according to claim 1, wherein one of the two hydrophobic silicas has a specific surface area of 20 to 80 m ² / g, and the other has a specific surface area of 130 to 230 m ² / g. One-component toner composition. The hydrophobic silica having a specific surface area of 20 to 80 m ² / g is added in an amount of 0.5 to 2.5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the toner base particles, and the ratio of 130 to 230 m ² / g A nonmagnetic one-component toner composition comprising a hydrophobic silica having a surface area in an amount of 0.5 to 1.5 parts by weight. delete 5. The nonmagnetic one-component toner composition according to claim 4, wherein the tin oxide is contained in an amount of 30 to 70 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the titanium oxide. The nonmagnetic one-component toner composition according to claim 1, wherein the titanium oxide has a size of 100 to 500 nm. The nonmagnetic one-component toner composition according to claim 1, wherein the titanium oxide is added in an amount of 0.5 to 2.5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the toner base particles. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the binder resin is a polyester resin, styrenes, acrylic esters, methacrylic acid esters, homopolymers of vinyl monomers or copolymers with styrene, epoxy resins, polyurethane resins and mixtures thereof Nonmagnetic one-component toner composition, characterized in that selected from the group consisting of. The method of claim 1, wherein the colorant is carbon black, aniline blue, coco oil, chrome yellow, ultramarine blue, DuPont oil red, chinoline yellow, methylene blue chloride, phthalocyanine blue, margaite green oxalate, lamp black, Non-magnetic one-component toner composition, characterized in that it is selected from the group consisting of Rose Bengal and mixtures thereof. The nonmagnetic one-component toner composition according to claim 1, wherein the charge control agent is selected from the group consisting of metal azo dyes, salicylic acid compounds and quaternary ammonium salts. The nonmagnetic one-component toner composition according to claim 1, wherein the release agent is selected from the group consisting of waxes, polypropylene, polyethylene, and propylene-ethylene copolymers. a) i) binder resin; ii) charge control agents; iii) colorants; And iv) release agents Melt kneading, pulverizing and classifying to prepare toner base particles; And b) attaching titanium oxide containing two kinds of hydrophobic silica and tin oxide having different specific surface areas hydrophobized by silicone oil having a viscosity of 50 to 10000 cps at 25 ° C. on the surface of the toner base particles; Method for producing a nonmagnetic one-component toner composition comprising a. The method according to claim 13, wherein one of the two hydrophobic silicas has a specific surface area of 20 to 80 m ² / g, and the other has a specific surface area of 130 to 230 m ² / g. The hydrophobic silica having a specific surface area of from 20 to 80 m ² / g is added in an amount of 0.5 to 2.5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the toner base particles, and the ratio of 130 to 230 m ² / g is increased. A hydrophobic silica having a surface area is added in an amount of 0.5 to 1.5 parts by weight. The nonmagnetic one-component toner composition according to claim 13, wherein the titanium oxide contains tin oxide in an amount of 30 to 70 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of titanium oxide. The method of claim 13, wherein the titanium oxide has a size of 100 to 500 nm. The method of claim 13, wherein the titanium oxide is added in an amount of 0.5 to 2.5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the toner base particles.