WO2004104710A1 - トナー、トナーの製造方法及び画像形成方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an image forming apparatus such as an electrophotographic copying machine and a printer, which develops an electric latent image or a magnetic latent image with a powdery toner to visualize the latent image or the latent image on a transfer medium (paper or the like).
- the present invention relates to an image forming method in which an image is transferred and then heat-fixed, an electrophotographic toner for one-component development or two-component development used in the image forming method, and a method for producing the same.
- a flat printing image using a liquid recording material provides a uniform, high-density image in which the thickness of the recording material on a print medium is thinner than an electrophotographic image.
- Patent Document 1 JP 2001-142329 A
- Electrophotographic full-color images typically use yellow, magenta, and cyan process color toners and black toner, and print in combination to produce various color reproductions. Has been achieved. For this reason, there is a problem that the difference in the thickness of the recording material (toner) of the printed image is large depending on the color to be reproduced.
- Patent Document 1 discloses that, in the belt fixing method, the height Rmax and the surface roughness Rz of the highest convex portion of the surface irregularities of the fixed image in which the surface roughness Rz of the fixed image is smaller than 8 zm are determined.
- a full-color toner fixing method characterized by a difference of not more than S10 ⁇ m is disclosed.
- the formed image described by this disclosure is a case where the toner adhesion amount on paper is 0.9 mg / cm 2 or more, and in a normal fixing state where the toner is sufficiently melted.
- the state of the solid image (solid image) forming portion which can be easily achieved and satisfies the image characteristics with a low toner adhesion amount, is marked with a mark, and has a mark.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances. Even when an image is formed on plain paper with a small amount of toner, a predetermined image density can be obtained and reproduction can be performed. A toner that has a small difference in reflection due to the difference in toner layer thickness of the image formed for each color to be obtained. It is an object to provide a manufacturing method and an image forming method using the toner. Means for solving the problem
- transfer medium used in the present invention is a so-called electrophotographic printing plain paper, an arithmetic mean surface roughness of 5-7 beta m.
- a transfer medium having an arithmetic average surface roughness of more than 7 ⁇ m it is difficult to obtain a proper image because the toner layer is difficult to form a uniform image layer on paper.
- a special paper such as a coated paper having a resin coat layer having an arithmetic average surface roughness of 5 / m or less, art paper, etc.
- the present invention aims at obtaining a clear image with a small amount of toner without using special paper.
- the toner according to the present invention includes a binder resin and a color pigment, has a content of the color pigment of 5% by weight to 20% by weight, and has a volume average particle diameter D of 3 to 9 zm. on the transfer medium surface roughness Rp is 5-7 zm, deposition amount M of 0. 2-0. 5mg / cm arithmetic average surface roughness Rs of the solid image portion after being formed fixation in 2, Rs /Rp ⁇ 0.6 XD / (10 M / p) (where p is the true specific gravity of the toner [gZcm 3 ]).
- the surface roughness of the toner image (solid image (solid image)) formed on the transfer medium after fixing is within a predetermined range with respect to the surface roughness of the transfer medium before image formation.
- a toner comprising at least a binder resin and a coloring pigment, having a pigment content of 5% by weight to 20% by weight, and a volume average particle diameter D of 3-9 / m is used.
- the arithmetic average surface roughness Rs of the fixed monochrome solid image (solid image) formed on the transfer medium surface and the arithmetic average surface roughness Rp of the transfer medium is calculated from the volume average particle diameter D of the toner and the amount M of toner per unit area.
- the concentration of the pigment as a colorant contained in the toner composition be 5 to 20% by weight. Ray. If the pigment concentration in the toner composition is less than 5% by weight, sufficient spectral reflection characteristics required for color development cannot be obtained due to the thickness of the toner image layer covering the transfer medium, and sufficient optical density cannot be obtained. If it exceeds 20% by weight, the amount of the resin component that is melted during fixing is reduced, so that the fixing characteristics are degraded, and a desired image state is not obtained, and the secondary color reproducibility is deteriorated due to a decrease in transparency. Desirable Les ,.
- the toner amount used for image formation is 0. 5 mg / cm 2 is 5 10 wt%, in the case of 0. 3 mg / cm 2 is 7- 15 weight 0/0, 0. 2mg / In the case of cm 2, it is preferably about 10 to 20% by weight.
- the toner according to the present invention is characterized by having a release agent of 3 to 10% by weight.
- the toner according to the present invention by including a release agent such as a wax in the composition in an amount of 3 to 10% by weight, it is desirable to supply oil to a fixing member that fixes an image on a transfer medium. Image can be formed. If the release agent force of the toner composition is less than 3 ⁇ 4% by weight, the releasability of the fixing member force is inferior and so-called offset is caused, which is not appropriate. On the other hand, if it exceeds 10% by weight, it is not practical because of poor storage stability.
- a release agent such as a wax in the composition in an amount of 3 to 10% by weight
- the toner according to the present invention is characterized in that the 1Z2 flow softening point temperature at which 1Z2 softens and flows out is 95 ° C to 130 ° C.
- the toner As the characteristics of the toner according to the present invention, it is desirable to design the toner such that the 1/2 flow softening point temperature Tm is from 95 ° C. to 130 ° C. If the Tm is less than 95 ° C, the storage stability is poor, and stress or the like in the developing device may cause fusing to the charging member, which is not desirable. When Tm exceeds 130 ° C, the fixing property due to insufficient melting It may cause problems such as deterioration and failure to obtain desired color characteristics.
- the method for producing a toner according to the present invention is a method for producing a toner for producing the toner according to the present invention by a pulverization method in which a mixed material is dispersed by melt-kneading using a kneader, followed by pulverization.
- a kneading machine wherein the kneading machine has a first kneading roll having a groove for transporting the raw material and a heating unit for heating the raw material, and a cooling unit for cooling the groove and the raw material.
- a kneading roll is arranged in parallel with a gap, and the first kneading roll and the second kneading roll are rotated in different directions to apply a shearing force when the raw material passes through the gap. It is characterized by.
- the method for producing a toner according to the present invention includes a pulverization method in which raw materials are mixed, then dispersed by melt-kneading, and then pulverized, or a suspension in which particles are produced in an aqueous solution or solvent to produce.
- a polymerization method such as a turbidity method, an emulsion aggregation method, and a drying in liquid method can be used.
- the pulverization method uses an open-roll type kneader capable of kneading a high shear at a low temperature at the time of melt kneading, so that a high pigment content or a considerable amount of a mixture is obtained. It is particularly desirable even when the compounds are added, since a sufficient dispersion state can be obtained.
- the image forming method according to the present invention provides an electrophotographic image forming method in which an electric latent image or a magnetic latent image is developed by toner, visualized, transferred onto a print medium, and then heated and fixed. In the method, the toner is developed with the toner according to the present invention.
- the electric latent image or the magnetic latent image is developed and visualized by the toner according to the present invention, transferred to a print medium, and then fixed by heating. .
- the invention's effect is developed and visualized by the toner according to the present invention, transferred to a print medium, and then fixed by heating.
- the toner of the present invention even when an image is formed on plain paper with a small amount of toner, a predetermined image density can be obtained, and the toner is formed for each reproduced color.
- the difference in reflection due to the difference in the toner layer thickness of the image is small, and a high density image can be obtained with the amount of toner.
- the toner manufacturing method of the present invention even when an image is formed on plain paper with a small amount of toner, a predetermined image density can be obtained, and the toner is formed for each reproduced color. The difference in reflection due to the difference in the toner layer thickness of the image is small. An image can be obtained, and a method for producing a toner that enables uniform and good color reproduction can be realized.
- the image forming method of the present invention even when an image is formed on plain paper with a small amount of toner, a predetermined image density can be obtained, and an image formed for each reproduced color can be obtained. Therefore, a high-density image can be obtained with a small amount of toner and the difference in reflection due to the difference in the toner layer thickness can be realized, and an image forming method that enables uniform and good color reproduction can be realized. Best form
- the toner according to the present invention contains a binder resin and a color pigment, and is manufactured by adding a charge control agent, waxes, and the like as necessary.
- the binder resin used in the toner according to the present invention can be selected from a wide range including known resins.
- styrene resins such as polystyrene and styrene monoacrylate copolymers, vinyl chloride resins, phenol resins, epoxy resins, polyester resins, polyurethane resins, and polybutyral resins can be mentioned. Any of these resins may be used alone or in combination of two or more.
- These resins may be those in which crystalline waxes and immiscible substances are finely dispersed in advance. Above all, it is particularly preferable to use a polyester resin or a polyether polyol resin having excellent thermal properties such as resin elasticity as a main component.
- a disazo pigment of CI Pigment Yellow 17 As the yellow pigment for coloring used in the toner according to the present invention, a disazo pigment of CI Pigment Yellow 17, a monoazo pigment of CI Pigment Yellow 74 or 97, a condensed azo pigment of CI Pigment Yellow 93 or 128, CI Pigment Yellow 180 or 194 Benzimidazolone pigments.
- the magenta pigments for coloring include quinacridone pigments of CI Pigment Red 122 or 202, liquid pigments of CI Pigment Red 57, perylene pigments of CI Pigment Red 149, 190 or 224, and naphthols of CI Pigment Red 184 or 185. -Benzimidazolone pigments and the like.
- the cyan pigment for coloring known phthalocyanine pigments can be mentioned. For CI Pigment Blue 15: 3, CI Pigment Blue 15: 4, etc.
- Known colorants such as various carbon blacks can be used as the colorant for the black toner.
- the toner according to the present invention may contain additives other than the binder resin and the colorant, such as a charge controlling agent and waxes.
- a charge controlling agent for the toner it is preferable to use a colorless charge control agent represented by a quaternary ammonium salt for positive charge and a metal salt of alkyl salicylic acid for negative charge.
- waxes synthetic waxes such as polyethylene and polypropylene, natural waxes such as carnabatas and rice wax, silicones, higher fatty acids, polyolefins, low molecular weight polymers, and the like are preferably used. Two or more types can be added and used.
- the method for producing a toner according to the present invention may include, as necessary, a binder resin, a colorant, or a main component such as a so-called master batch composition in which the colorant is preliminarily dispersed in the binder resin.
- a binder resin a colorant
- a main component such as a so-called master batch composition in which the colorant is preliminarily dispersed in the binder resin.
- additive materials such as a charge control agent, waxes, and a dispersant are dry-mixed in a mixer, kneaded with heat, uniformly dispersed, ground, and classified.
- the mixing machine is a Henschel-type mixing device such as a Henschel mixer (Mitsui Mining Co., Ltd.), a super mixer (Kawada Co., Ltd.), a meka no mill (Okada Seiendo), an ng mill (Hosokawa Miclon Co., Ltd.), Noh, Ibriday Use equipment such as Zession System (Nara Machinery) and Cosmo System (Kawasaki Heavy Industries).
- a Henschel-type mixing device such as a Henschel mixer (Mitsui Mining Co., Ltd.), a super mixer (Kawada Co., Ltd.), a meka no mill (Okada Seiendo), an ng mill (Hosokawa Miclon Co., Ltd.), Noh, Ibriday Use equipment such as Zession System (Nara Machinery) and Cosmo System (Kawasaki Heavy Industries).
- the kneading machine may be a single-shaft or double-shaft etatruder such as TEM-100B (manufactured by Toshiba Machine) or PCM-65 / 87 (manufactured by Ikegai), or an open machine such as Needy Status (manufactured by Mitsui Mining)
- a roll type may be used.
- high shear kneading at low temperature is desirable so that the resin viscosity during melting does not become too low. desirable.
- a collision type air crusher using a jet stream, a mechanical crusher, or the like can be used, and classification is performed by wind force or the like to adjust to a predetermined particle size (particle size).
- the toner according to the present invention is a suspension method for producing particles in an aqueous solution or a solvent, a milk method. It can also be obtained by a so-called polymerization method such as a chemical aggregation method and a submerged drying method.
- the toner particles produced in this way preferably have a volume average particle diameter of 3-9 / m and have a sharper particle size distribution, but those having a particle size obtained by a normal pulverization method are better. Can be used. Specifically, based on the volume average particle diameter D50, particles having a particle diameter of 0.5 ⁇ D50 or less are 20 pop% or less, and particles having a particle diameter of 2 ⁇ D50 or more are 2 ⁇ 1. It is desirable to adjust so as to be not more than / 0 .
- the toner particles may be used after externally adding a fluidizing agent, a charge adjusting / surface resistance adjusting agent, or the like according to the application.
- examples of the inorganic fine powder used for these include silica fine powder, titanium oxide fine powder, and alumina fine powder.
- the inorganic fine powder may be used, if necessary, for the purpose of hydrophobization and charge control, for example, silicone varnish, various modified silicone varnishes, silicone oil, various modified silicone oils, silane coupling agents, and silane cups having functional groups. It is also preferable to be treated with a treating agent such as a ring agent or another organic silicon compound. Two or more treatment agents may be used.
- lubricants such as Teflon (registered trademark), zinc stearate, polyvinylidene fluoride, and silicone oil particles (containing about 40% of silica) are preferably used. Also, a small amount of white fine particles having a polarity opposite to that of the toner particles may be used as a developing property improver.
- the kneaded pigment and the charge control agent are charged into a Henschel mixer to obtain a raw material mixture that is mixed for 10 minutes (S2).
- each composition material is charged in an amount satisfying the following conditions.
- the amount of raw materials used when producing a toner with a pigment concentration of ⁇ % by weight in the toner is as follows: Binder resin Polyester resin (96-Y)
- Pigment mixture Charge control agent Alkyl salicylic acid metal salt 2 parts by weight
- the pigment used was CI Pigment Red 122 as a magenta pigment, CI Pigment Blue 15-3 as a cyan pigment, CI Pigment Yellow 74 as a yellow pigment, and the pigment concentration in the toner was 5% by weight. Adjust to 20% by weight to obtain a raw material mixed sample.
- the 1Z2 flow softening point temperature Tm of the binder resin was obtained by measuring the temperature at which half of the sample flows out using a Koka type flow tester (CFT-500, manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation). Yes (sample: lg, heating rate: 6 ° CZ, load: 20 kgZcm 2 , nozzle: lmm ⁇ X lmm).
- the obtained raw materials are melted, kneaded and dispersed by a kneader of Needix MOS140-800 manufactured by Mitsui Mining Co., Ltd. (S4).
- the kneading conditions in the first embodiment are as follows: the supply temperature of the front roll is 75 ° C, the discharge temperature is 50 ° C, the supply temperature of the back roll and the discharge temperature are both 20 ° C, the rotation speed of the front roll is 75 rpm, and the back roll The rotation speed is 60i "pm and the raw material supply speed is 10kg / h.
- the surface temperature of the kneaded material by an infrared non-contact thermometer in the kneading and dispersing process is 120 ° C or less at any kneading point. is there.
- a kneading and dispersing apparatus (kneading machine) shown in FIG. 2 may be used.
- the kneading / dispersing apparatus 1 includes a first kneading roll 4 having a heating means 2 and a plurality of grooves 3 formed in a spiral shape on an outer peripheral surface, and a cooling means 5 having a plurality of spirally formed grooves 6 on an outer peripheral surface. And the second kneading roll 7 on which is formed.
- the first kneading roll 4 and the second kneading roll 7 include a first side wall 9 of a casing 8 which is a hollow container having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped outer shape and having an opening only on one surface, and a second side wall 10 facing the first side wall 9.
- a casing 8 which is a hollow container having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped outer shape and having an opening only on one surface
- a second side wall 10 facing the first side wall 9.
- the first kneading roll 4 and the second kneading roll 7 are arranged such that a gap is formed between the outer peripheral surfaces facing the other roll, and their axes are parallel in the same plane.
- the first kneading roll 4 and the second kneading roll 7 are respectively connected to driving means such as a motor through gears or the like. As a result, the first kneading roll 4 and the second kneading roll 7 rotate around the axis in different directions indicated by arrows 11 and 12, that is, in directions opposite to each other.
- the heating means 2 provided in the first kneading roll 4 includes a first supply source 15 for supplying a heating medium, for example, hot water or hot oil, which is a heating medium for heating the first kneading roll 4, and a piping 16a for supplying a heating medium.
- a first control device 14 that performs on-off control of energization of the power supply.
- a liquid-tight space for flowing the heating medium is formed, and a supply port and a discharge port for the liquid-tight space are further formed. Are connected, and the pipe line 16b is connected to the discharge port. Thereby, the first kneading roll 4 can be heated by the configuration of the heating means 2.
- the temperature sensors 13a and 13b may be either a contact type or a non-contact type such as a radiation thermometer, and are controlled by the first control device 14 in response to the detection outputs of the temperature sensors 13a and 13b. 1 It is possible to maintain the temperatures of the one end 21 and the other end 22 of the kneading roll 4 at desired values.
- the cooling means 5 provided in the second kneading roll 7 includes a second supply source 23 for supplying, for example, water as a cooling medium for cooling the second kneading roll 7, and pipe lines 24a and 24b for supplying a cooling medium.
- a flow control valve 25 provided in the pipe line 24a for adjusting the supply amount of the cooling medium, a coolant 26 provided in the second supply source 23 for cooling the cooling medium, and the temperature of one end 27 of the second kneading roll 7
- Temperature sensor 29a for detecting the temperature of the other end 28, and a second control device 30 for controlling the operation of the coolant 26 in response to the detection output of the temperature sensors 29a and 29b. I have.
- a liquid-tight space for flowing the cooling medium is formed inside the second kneading roll 7, and a supply port and a discharge port for the liquid-tight space are formed.
- the supply port is connected to the pipe 24a, and the discharge port is connected to the pipe 24b.
- the second kneading roll 7 can be cooled by the configuration of the cooling means 2.
- Temperature sensor The control operation of the second control device 30 in response to the detection outputs of 29a and 29b makes it possible to maintain the temperatures of the one end 27 and the other end 28 of the second kneading roll 7 at desired values.
- a mixture containing at least the binder resin and the yellow pigment for coloring is provided near the gap formed by the first and second kneading rolls 4 and 7. , For example, from an input device 18.
- the mixture is conveyed by the groove 3 of the first kneading roll 4 and the groove 6 of the second kneading roll 7 in the direction indicated by the arrow 31 from one end 21, 27 to the other end 22, 27.
- the pigment is subjected to shearing action many times, so that the coloring pigment is dispersed in the binder resin.
- the temperature of the mixture is maintained at twice or less the glass transition temperature Tg of the main component resin constituting the binder resin, that is, the polyester resin or the polyether polyol resin. Is done.
- the mixture subjected to the melt-kneading dispersion treatment is discharged from the gap between the first and second kneading rolls 4 and 7 in the direction indicated by the arrow 32.
- the kneaded material obtained in this manner is subjected to cooling (S6) and crushing (S8), finely crushed by a jet crusher (S10), and then subjected to wind classification (S12). While confirming the particle size with Coulter Multisizer II, particles with a volume average particle size of 3 ⁇ -9 / im were less than 20 pop% for particles with 0.5 X D50 or less and particles with 2 X D50 or more, respectively. It is adjusted to a toner powder having a particle size distribution of 2 vol% or less.
- Each of the obtained toners was mixed with a silicon-coated ferrite core carrier having an average particle diameter of 60 ⁇ m so as to have a toner concentration of 5% by weight, to obtain a two-component developer.
- the arithmetic average surface roughness of the transfer paper for creating the image and the created image sample on the paper surface was measured using a 20X objective lens with a Keyence company ultra-depth shape measuring microscope VK-8550. It was measured and calculated using the VK-8550 dedicated measurement software from the irregularities measured in a range of 500 zm in length and in any direction on the measurement image. These measurements were performed at 20 different arbitrary points, and the average of the arithmetic mean surface roughness 20 points obtained in each measurement was used as a representative value. The arithmetic average surface roughness obtained in each measurement in this measurement was calculated using a calculation formula according to JIS B 0601-1994 Surface Roughness-Definition.
- the optical density of the image sample is measured by an X_Rite938 spectrocolorimeter, and the optical density obtained for each color is 1.2 or more in the case of a magenta image, 1 in the case of a cyan image, In case of 4 or more and yellow image 1. In case of 0 or more, it was judged to be good.
- the desired image density was obtained in any of the image samples formed with the low toner amount of 0.2-0.5 mg / cm 2 , and the transfer paper and the formed image at this time were obtained.
- the toner TM-2, 3 is adjusted so that a predetermined amount of toner adheres to sharp recommended paper (product number: Hammermil 10326-7), and a solid image of 20 mm X 50 mm is printed and fixed. Evaluation was similarly performed using an image fixed at a temperature of 160 ° C. The arithmetic average surface roughness of the transfer paper used in this experimental example was 6.1 ⁇ m.
- the toner TM-2, 4 created in Embodiment 1 is adjusted on a special paper (product number: SF-4AM3) manufactured by Sharp Corporation so as to have a predetermined toner adhesion amount, and a solid image of 20 mm x 50 mm is printed.
- An evaluation image was created and evaluated in the same manner as in Embodiment 1 except that the fixing temperature was 140 ° C.
- a toner was manufactured in the same manner as in Embodiment 1 except that the pigment concentration C in the toner was changed to 10% by weight and the wax addition amount X was changed to 3% by weight and 10% by weight, and the weight average particles shown in FIG. Toners TM-6 and 7 having a diameter of 6.5 / im were obtained.
- compositions of the toners TM-6 and 7 were adjusted to have the following ratios.
- Carnauba wax (softening point 83 ° C)
- the hot offset property was evaluated so that the toner adhesion amount was 0.3 mg / cm 2 between 10 mm and 20 mm at the leading edge of the paper in the paper passing direction of Sharp specialty paper (product number: SF-4AM3). Adjusted to form an unfixed belt-shaped solid image with a width of 10 mm, and checked whether toner stains occurred on the fixing roller when fixing was performed under the same conditions as in Embodiment 1 except that the fixing temperature was changed. did. If the fixing temperature at which toner stains occur is less than 180 ° C, It was determined that application to the fixing device was not desirable.
- a toner TM-8, 9 shown in FIG. 5 was manufactured in the same manner as in Embodiment 2 except that the amount X of wax added was changed to 2% by weight and 15% by weight, and the same evaluation as in Embodiment 2 was performed.
- the toner was manufactured in the same manner as in Embodiment 1 except that the content was changed to 10% by weight to obtain toners TM_10 and TM_11 shown in FIG.
- the toner adhesion amount was adjusted to 0.3 mg / cm 2 under the same conditions as in the first embodiment, and the produced image samples were evaluated and obtained.
- a fixing strength test was performed on Toner TM-10 and Toner TM-10, as shown in FIG. 6, all showed good results.
- the toner layer which has a width of less than about 0.3 mm and is very thin, is well melted and fixed.
- the width is about 0.5 mm, which is not a problem in practical use.
- X The width is wide and considerably disordered, and the toner layer is not fixed.
- a toner was manufactured by the above method, and toners TM-12 and 13 shown in FIG. 6 were obtained and evaluated.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic sectional view showing a vertical section viewed from the front of an image forming apparatus suitably used in Embodiment 4 of the image forming method according to the present invention.
- the image forming apparatus 100 includes a paper feed tray 50, a paper discharge tray 63, a fixing unit 52, an image forming unit 90, a transfer / conveyer belt unit 48, and a temperature / humidity sensor 53.
- the paper feed tray 50 is provided in the lower part of the image forming apparatus 100 and accumulates sheets for recording images, and the paper output tray 63 is provided in the middle left part of the image forming apparatus 100 and stores printed sheets. Place face up.
- the fixing unit 52 is provided near the paper discharge tray 63 and upstream of the flow of the paper, and has a heat roller 61 and a pressure roller 62.
- the temperature of the heat roller 61 is controlled to a predetermined temperature based on a detection value of a temperature detector (not shown).
- the heat roller 61 and the pressure roller 62 rotate while sandwiching the sheet on which the toner image has been transferred, and the heat of the heat roller 61 causes the toner image to be thermocompressed and fixed on the sheet.
- the image forming section 90 is provided on the upstream side of the flow of the sheet of the fixing unit 52, at the middle stage of the image forming apparatus 100, and is provided with black (K) and cyan (C) arranged side by side along the sheet flow. ), Magenta (M), and yellow (Y) color image forming stations (image forming means).
- the four image forming stations use four types of latent images according to each color to form a multicolor image using each color of black (K), cyan (C), magenta (M), and yellow (Y).
- Exposure units 4 la, 41 b, 41 c, 41 d and developing unit 42 respectively form an image.
- a, 42b, 42c, 42d photosensitive drums 43a, 43b, 43c, 43d, cleaner units 44a, 44b, 44c, 44d, and chargers 45a, 45b, 45c, 45d.
- the above a, b, c, and d are added so as to correspond to black (K), cyan (C), magenta (M), and yellow (Y), respectively.
- the exposure unit 41 is a writing head such as an EL (Electro Luminescence) or an LED (Light Emitting Diode) in which light-emitting elements are arranged in an array, or a laser irradiation unit and a laser scanning unit (LSU) including a reflection mirror.
- LSU laser scanning unit
- the exposure unit 41 forms an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum 43 by performing exposure according to the input image data.
- the developing device 42 visualizes the electrostatic latent image formed on the photoconductor drum 43 with the toner according to the present invention of each of the above colors.
- the photoconductor drum 43 is arranged at the center of each image forming station, and forms an electrostatic latent image or a toner image on the peripheral surface thereof in accordance with the input image data.
- the cleaner unit 44 removes and collects the toner remaining on the peripheral surface of the photosensitive drum 43 after the electrostatic latent image formed on the peripheral surface of the photosensitive drum 43 is developed and transferred.
- the charger 45 uniformly charges the peripheral surface of the photoconductor drum 43 to a predetermined potential.
- a roller type or a brush type that does not contact the photoconductor drum 43 is used in addition to a roller type or a brush type that contacts the photoconductor drum 43.
- the transfer / conveyance belt unit 48 is disposed below each photosensitive drum 43, and includes a transfer belt 47, a transfer belt driving roller 71 that stretches the transfer belt 47 downstream of the sheet, and a transfer belt 47 upstream of the sheet.
- the transfer belt tension roller 73 to be stretched, the transfer belt driven rollers 72 and 74 provided at an intermediate portion of the transfer belt 47, and the transfer rollers 46 (46a, 46b, 46c, 46d), and a transfer belt cleaning unit 49 provided below the reversal J of the transfer nozzle.
- the transfer roller 46 is rotatably supported by a housing of the transfer belt unit 48 and has a base of a metal shaft having a diameter of 8 to 10 mm.
- the surface of the transfer roller 46 is made of a conductive material such as EPDM (ethylene propylene copolymer) or urethane foam. Covered with a flexible elastic material.
- the transfer roller 46 is formed on the peripheral surface of the photoreceptor drum 43 by using the conductive elastic material to uniformly apply a high voltage having a polarity opposite to the charge polarity of the toner to the paper.
- the toner image is transferred onto paper (transfer medium) that is attracted and transferred on the transfer belt 47.
- the transfer belt 47 is an endless film of about 100 ⁇ m in thickness such as polycarbonate, polyimide, polyamide, polyvinylidene fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene polymer, ethylenetetrafluoroethylene polymer, or the like. And is stretched so as to pass between the photosensitive drum 43 and the transfer roller 46.
- a multicolor toner image is formed by sequentially transferring the toner images of each color formed on the photosensitive drum 43 onto the transfer belt 47 or onto the paper conveyed by being attracted onto the transfer belt 47.
- the transfer belt cleaning unit 49 removes and collects toner for process control on the transfer belt 47 and toner attached to the transfer belt 47 due to contact with the photosensitive drum 43.
- the temperature / humidity sensor 53 detects the temperature and humidity in the image forming apparatus 100, and detects a sudden change in temperature and humidity, and is installed near the process unit.
- the exposure unit 41 exposes the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum 43 by exposing at a predetermined timing based on the input image data. Is formed.
- a toner image of the toner according to the present invention in which the electrostatic latent image is visualized by the developing unit 42 is formed, and the toner image is transferred onto a sheet conveyed by being attracted onto the transfer belt 47.
- the transfer roller 47 is driven to rotate by the transfer belt driving roller 71, the transfer belt tension roller 73, the transfer belt driven rollers 72 and 74, and the transfer roller 46, so that the toner images of the respective color components are attracted onto the transfer belt 47. Then, the multi-color toner images are formed on the conveyed paper and transferred one by one.
- the exposure unit 41 exposes the image data according to the input image data, and forms an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum 43.
- the developing device 2 develops the electrostatic latent image into a toner image using the toner according to the present invention.
- the paper stored in the paper feed tray 50 is separated one by one by a pickup roller 56, transported to the paper transport path S, and temporarily held by the registration roller 54.
- the registration roller 54 controls the paper based on a detection signal of a pre-registration detection switch (not shown) so that the leading edge of the toner image on the photosensitive drum 43 is controlled to match the leading edge of the image forming area of the paper.
- the sheet is conveyed to the transfer belt 47 in accordance with the rotation of the photosensitive drum 43.
- the sheet is conveyed by being attracted onto the transfer belt 47.
- the transfer of the toner image from the photosensitive drum 43 to the sheet is performed by a transfer roller 46 provided opposite the photosensitive drum 43 via a transfer belt 47.
- a high voltage having a polarity opposite to that of the toner is applied to the transfer roller 46, whereby the toner image is transferred to the paper.
- the transfer belt 47 On the paper conveyed by the transfer belt 47, four types of toner images corresponding to each color are sequentially superimposed.
- the sheet is conveyed to the fixing unit 52, and a toner image is fixed on the sheet by thermocompression.
- the sheet on which the toner image has been fixed is conveyed to the sheet discharge tray 63.
- the cleaner unit 44 performs recovery and removal of the toner remaining on the photosensitive drum 43. Further, the transfer belt cleaning unit 49 collects and removes the toner adhered to the transfer belt 47, and ends a series of image forming operations.In this embodiment, the transfer belt cleaning unit 49 holds paper on the transfer belt 47.
- This is a direct transfer image forming method in which the toner images formed on the respective photosensitive drums 43 are superimposed on paper, and the present invention is directed to a method in which the toner images formed on the respective photosensitive drums are superimposedly transferred on a transfer belt. After that, the present invention can be applied to an image forming method of an intermediate transfer method in which a multicolor image is formed by collectively transferring to a sheet again to form a multi-color image.
- the present invention relates to an image forming apparatus such as an electrophotographic copying machine and a printer.
- Latent image or magnetic latent image is developed with powdered toner, visualized, transferred to a transfer medium (paper, etc.), and then heat-fixed, one-component development used in the image forming method or
- the present invention can be applied to an electrophotographic toner for two-component development and a method for producing the toner.
- FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a method for producing a toner according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is an explanatory view schematically showing a kneading / dispersing apparatus used in an embodiment of the method for producing a toner according to the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a list showing an embodiment of a toner according to the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a list showing a comparative example with respect to the embodiment of the toner according to the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a list showing an embodiment of a toner according to the present invention and a comparative example of the embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a list showing an embodiment of a toner according to the present invention and a comparative example of the embodiment.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic sectional view showing a vertical section of an image forming apparatus suitably used in an embodiment of the image forming method according to the present invention.
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