WO2019216420A1

WO2019216420A1 - Toner for electrostatic charge image development and process for producing toner for electrostatic charge image development

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Publication number: WO2019216420A1
Application number: PCT/JP2019/018763
Authority: WO
Inventors: 基行草宮; 健嗣小倉
Original assignee: サカタインクス株式会社
Priority date: 2018-05-11
Filing date: 2019-05-10
Publication date: 2019-11-14
Also published as: JP2019197195A; KR102563008B1; KR20210008332A; TWI719475B; CN112119356A; TW202001449A

Abstract

This toner for electrostatic charge image development contains toner particles and an external additive. The toner particles contain: a binder containing a crystalline polyester resin; a coloring agent; and a mold release agent. The crystalline polyester resin contains sabicic acid as an acid component and 1,10-decanediol as an alcohol component, and has a mass-average molecular weight of 3000 to 5000. The content of the ceramic raw material powder in the toner particles is 5 to 10% by mass.

Description

Toner for developing electrostatic image and method for producing toner for developing electrostatic image

The present invention relates to an electrostatic charge image developing toner and a method for producing an electrostatic charge image developing toner. More specifically, the present invention relates to a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image that exhibits excellent storage stability and can be fixed at a low temperature, and a method for producing the toner for developing an electrostatic charge image.

Conventionally, in electrophotographic printers and copiers, from the viewpoint of energy saving, it is required to lower the fixing temperature and shorten the standby time. Accordingly, the toner used is required to have excellent low-temperature fixing performance. When the melting point of the resin is lowered to improve the low-temperature fixing performance, the toner has a low glass transition temperature and deteriorates storage stability. Patent Document 1 proposes a method for preventing a glass transition point from being lowered by heat treatment at the time of toner preparation. Patent Document 2 proposes a method of achieving both low-temperature fixability and storage stability by adopting a core-shell structure after toner pulverization and classification.

JP 2010-139752 A JP2015-157715A

Therefore, in order to obtain low-temperature fixability, use of a crystalline resin having sharp melt properties is being studied. However, the toner obtained through the process of kneading, cooling and solidifying, and then pulverizing and classifying the non-crystalline resin and the crystalline resin when the non-crystalline resin and the crystalline resin are melted and kneaded between the polyesters. In some cases, the glass transition temperature is significantly lowered, and the storage stability is likely to deteriorate. When the dispersibility between the amorphous resin and the crystalline resin is lowered, the toner tends to have a non-uniform charge amount. Further, when the glass transition temperature is lowered, the toner is likely to be blocked during storage. In addition, the methods described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 require new equipment, are prone to decrease in productivity, and increase costs. Therefore, there is a demand for a toner that can use existing equipment and has both low-temperature fixability and storage stability.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and an electrostatic charge image developing toner and an electrostatic charge image developing toner that can utilize existing equipment and can achieve both low-temperature fixability and storage stability. It aims at providing the manufacturing method of.

As a result of intensive studies to solve the above problems, the present inventors have found that the molecular weight of the crystalline polyester resin and the carbon chain of the diol and dicarboxylic acid monomer molecules constituting the crystalline polyester resin are low temperature fixability and storage stability. I found that it affects sex. The present inventors have formulated the above-mentioned problem by blending a predetermined amount of a crystalline polyester resin having a predetermined molecular weight, which contains sebacic acid as an acid component and 1,10-decanediol as an alcohol component, into toner particles. The present invention has been completed.

The toner for developing an electrostatic charge image of one embodiment of the present invention that solves the above problems includes toner particles and an external additive, and the toner particles include a binder resin including a crystalline polyester resin, a colorant, and a release agent. The crystalline polyester resin contains sebacic acid as an acid component, 1,10-decanediol as an alcohol component, and has a mass average molecular weight of 3000 to 5000. This is an electrostatic charge image developing toner contained in an amount of ˜10% by mass.

The method for producing a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image according to one aspect of the present invention that solves the above-described problems is a method for producing the toner for developing an electrostatic charge image. The toner is produced by kneading, cooling and solidifying, pulverizing and classifying. And a process for producing a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image.

<Toner for electrostatic image development>
The electrostatic image developing toner (hereinafter also referred to as toner) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes toner particles and an external additive. The toner particles include a binder resin containing a crystalline polyester resin, a colorant, and a release agent. The crystalline polyester resin contains sebacic acid as an acid component, 1,10-decanediol as an alcohol component, has a mass average molecular weight of 3000 to 5000, and is contained in a toner particle in an amount of 5 to 10% by mass. The toner may be a two-component toner that is used in an electrophotographic image forming method and used with a carrier, or may be a one-component toner that does not use a carrier. Each will be described below.

(Toner particles)
The toner particles include a binder resin containing a crystalline polyester resin, a colorant, and a release agent.

-Binder resin The binder resin disperses the colorant contained in the toner and solidifies after melting on the surface of the recording medium by the heat of the fixing roller in the fixing process during printing, thereby fixing the colorant on the surface of the recording medium. To be blended.

As the binder resin, the crystalline polyester resin of this embodiment and a binder resin other than the crystalline polyester resin of this embodiment are used in combination.

The crystalline polyester resin of this embodiment is blended in order to improve both the low-temperature fixability and the storage stability of the toner. The crystalline polyester resin of this embodiment contains sebacic acid as an acid component and 1,10-decanediol as an alcohol component as an alcohol component.

By including 1,10-decanediol as the alcohol component, the obtained toner can improve both low-temperature fixability and storage stability.

The mass average molecular weight of the crystalline polyester resin is preferably 3000 or more. The mass average molecular weight of the crystalline polyester resin is preferably 5000 or less. When the weight average molecular weight is less than 3000, the storage stability of the toner tends to decrease. On the other hand, when the mass average molecular weight exceeds 5000, the toner tends to have low temperature fixability.

The content of the crystalline polyester resin is preferably 5% by mass or more in the toner particles. The content of the crystalline polyester resin is preferably 10% by mass or less in the toner particles. When the content is less than 5% by mass, the toner has poor low-temperature fixability. On the other hand, when the content exceeds 10% by mass, the toner has poor storage stability.

The melting point of the crystalline polyester resin is not particularly limited. As an example, the melting point is preferably 70 ° C. or higher. Moreover, it is preferable that melting | fusing point is 76 degrees C or less. When the melting point is within the above range, the toner has good fixability. In the present embodiment, the melting point can be calculated by measuring the melting temperature in thermal analysis using a differential scanning calorimeter. The binder resin is not particularly limited.

The method for producing the crystalline polyester resin is not particularly limited and can be produced by a general polyester polymerization method in which an acid component and an alcohol component are reacted. Examples thereof include direct polycondensation and transesterification. .

The production of the crystalline polyester resin can be carried out at a polymerization temperature of 180 ° C. or higher and 230 ° C. or lower. The reaction system is reduced in pressure as necessary, and is reacted while removing water and alcohol generated during condensation. When the monomer is not dissolved or compatible with the reaction temperature, a solvent having a high boiling point may be added as a solubilizer and dissolved. In the polycondensation reaction, the dissolution auxiliary solvent is distilled off. In the case where a monomer having poor compatibility exists in the copolymerization reaction, it is preferable to condense the monomer having poor compatibility with the monomer and the acid or alcohol to be polycondensed in advance and then polycondense together with the main component.

Catalysts that can be used in the production of the crystalline polyester resin include alkali metal compounds such as sodium and lithium; alkaline earth metal compounds such as magnesium and calcium; metals such as zinc, manganese, antimony, titanium, tin, zirconium, and germanium Compound: Phosphorous acid compound, phosphoric acid compound, amine compound and the like are mentioned, and specifically, the following compounds are mentioned.

For example, sodium acetate, sodium carbonate, lithium acetate, lithium carbonate, calcium acetate, calcium stearate, magnesium acetate, zinc acetate, zinc stearate, zinc naphthenate, zinc chloride, manganese acetate, manganese naphthenate, titanium tetraethoxide, titanium Tetrapropoxide, titanium tetraisopropoxide, titanium tetrabutoxide, antimony trioxide, triphenylantimony, tributylantimony, tin formate, tin oxalate, tetraphenyltin, dibutyltin dichloride, dibutyltin oxide, diphenyltin oxide, zirconium tetrabutoxide, naphthene Zirconate, Zirconyl carbonate, Zirconyl acetate, Zirconyl stearate, Zirconyl octylate, Germanium oxide, Trifer Ruhosufaito, tris (2, 4-t-butylphenyl) phosphite, ethyltriphenylphosphonium bromide, triethylamine, compounds such as triphenyl amine.

The binder resin that can be used in combination with the crystalline polyester resin of the present embodiment is not particularly limited. For example, the binder resin may be polystyrene, styrene-methyl acrylate copolymer, styrene copolymer such as styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer, polyester resin other than the crystalline polyester resin of the present embodiment, or epoxy resin. Resin material. These binder resins may be used in combination. Among these, the binder resin used in combination is preferably polyester because it is easily colored and a clear color toner can be obtained.

The binder resin of the present embodiment preferably contains an amorphous resin among the above resin materials. The amorphous resin is preferably a resin having a mass average molecular weight of 4000 to 150,000 and a softening point of 95 to 125 ° C. The mass average molecular weight is preferably 4000 or more, and more preferably 5000 or more. The mass average molecular weight is preferably 150,000 or less, and more preferably 12000 or less. The softening point is preferably 90 ° C. or higher, and more preferably 95 ° C. or higher. Moreover, it is preferable that a softening point is 125 degrees C or less, and it is more preferable that it is 120 degrees C or less. When the weight average molecular weight and the softening point are within the above ranges, the obtained toner exhibits excellent low-temperature fixability and storage stability. In the present embodiment, the mass average molecular weight can be determined by polystyrene conversion, for example, by measuring with gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Examples of the apparatus for measuring the mass average molecular weight in terms of polystyrene by GPC include Water 2690 (manufactured by Waters) and PLgel 5 μL MIXED-D (manufactured by Polymer Laboratories) as a column. The softening point can be measured in accordance with ASTM E28-92.

The content of the binder resin other than the crystalline polyester resin of the present embodiment is not particularly limited. As an example, the binder resin content is preferably 75% by mass or more in the toner. Further, the content of the binder resin is preferably 85% by mass or less in the toner. When the content of the binder resin is within the above range, the obtained toner can easily disperse the colorant and can be easily fixed on the recording medium.

-Colorant The colorant is blended to give coloring power to the toner.

The colorant is not particularly limited. For example, the colorant is a colorant such as carbon powder such as carbon black, a colorant such as copper phthalocyanine, methylene blue or Victoria blue, a rhodamine dye, dimethylquinacridone, dichloroquinacridone or carmine red. Colorants exhibiting a magenta color such as benzidine yellow, chrome yellow, naphthol yellow, and disazo yellow. A colorant may be used in combination.

The content of the colorant is not particularly limited. For example, the content of the colorant is preferably 0.1 to 30 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin in the toner. Various master batches in which a high-concentration pigment is dispersed in advance in the resin are commercially available, and may be purchased and used as a colorant. In this case, the amount used can be determined in consideration of the concentration of the pigment contained in the master batch so that the concentration of the pigment contained in the toner falls within the above range.

-Release agent The release agent is not particularly limited, and various known waxes can be used. For example, polyolefin wax such as polyethylene wax and polypropylene wax, branched hydrocarbon wax such as microcrystalline wax, long chain hydrocarbon wax such as paraffin wax and sazol wax, and dialkyl such as distearyl ketone. Ketone wax, carnauba wax, montan wax, behenate behenate, trimethylolpropane tribehenate, pentaerythritol tetrabehenate, pentaerythritol diacetate dibehenate, glycerine tribehenate, 1,18-octadecanedioldi Ester waxes such as stearate, trimellitic trimellitic acid and distearyl maleate, and amines such as ethylenediamine behenylamide and trimellitic acid tristearylamide System wax, and the like. A mold release agent may be used in combination. Among these, the release agent is preferably an ester wax and a hydrocarbon wax.

The content of the release agent is not particularly limited. As an example, the content of the release agent can usually be in the range of 1 to 30 parts by mass, preferably in the range of 5 to 20 parts by mass, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin. The content of the release agent in the toner particles is preferably in the range of 3 to 15% by mass. When the content of the release agent is within the above range, the obtained toner can have good releasability between the fixing roller and the printing surface in the fixing process during printing. In addition, the toner is less likely to bleed the release agent and is less likely to cause charging failure or filming.

Other components In addition to the above, the toner particles are, for example, a charge adjusting agent. The charge adjusting agent is preferably blended in order to adjust the charge amount of the toner.

The charge adjusting agent is not particularly limited. For example, the charge control agent may be a metal complex such as nigrosine, basic dye or monoazo dye, a salt or complex of a carboxylic acid such as salicylic acid or dicarboxylic acid and a metal such as chromium, zirconium or aluminum, an organic dye or naphthene. Resin-type charge control agents such as metal salts of acids and higher fatty acids, alkoxylated amines, quaternary ammonium salt compounds, and aromatic polycondensates. The charge adjusting agent may be used in combination. Among these, it is preferable that the toner contains a resin-type charge control agent from the viewpoint of charging stability.

The content of the charge adjusting agent is not particularly limited. For example, the content of the charge control agent may not be contained in the toner particles, but is preferably 0.5% by mass or more. The content of the charge adjusting agent is preferably 8% by mass or less in the toner particles. When the content of the charge adjusting agent is within the above range, the obtained toner is more excellent in chargeability.

(External additive)
The external additive adheres to the surface of the toner particles and improves the charging characteristics of the toner particles, or is present in a state separated from the toner particles to improve the fluidity of the toner or improve the printability. Is blended into.

External additives are not particularly limited. For example, the external additive is negatively chargeable lubricant particles, positively chargeable lubricant particles, inorganic oxide particles, and the like. External additives may be used in combination. The external additive is appropriately selected according to the model and purpose.

The positively chargeable lubricant particles are lubricant particles that are positively charged by frictional charging between the carrier and the charging blade. Such lubricant particles are known, and metal salt particles of fatty acids are preferably exemplified. Examples of such fatty acid metal salts include zinc stearate, aluminum stearate, calcium stearate, magnesium stearate, zinc laurate, zinc myristate, zinc palmitate, zinc oleate, etc. More preferred are zinc and magnesium stearate. The positively chargeable lubricant particles may be of a single type or a combination of two or more types.

The negatively chargeable lubricant particles are lubricant particles that are negatively charged by frictional charging between the carrier and the charging blade. Such lubricant particles are known, and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), silicone, boron nitride, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), and polyvinylidene fluoride are preferably exemplified. Among them, boron nitride, polytetrafluoroethylene are preferred. (PTFE) is more preferably exemplified. The negatively chargeable lubricant particles may be of a single type or a combination of two or more types.

The inorganic oxide particles are not particularly limited. For example, the inorganic oxide particles are silica, alumina, titania, zirconia, zinc oxide, chromium oxide, cerium oxide, antimony oxide, tungsten oxide, tin oxide, tellurium oxide, manganese oxide, boron oxide, and the like. Inorganic oxide particles may be used in combination. Among these, the inorganic oxide particles are preferably silica and titania from the viewpoints of excellent fluidity and excellent toner chargeability.

The surface of the inorganic oxide particles is preferably hydrophobized. The method of hydrophobizing treatment is not particularly limited. For example, in the method of hydrophobizing treatment, a conventionally known hydrophobizing agent is brought into contact with the surface of the inorganic oxide particles before the hydrophobizing treatment, and the hydrophobic functional groups and components are made to be in the inorganic oxide particles. It is a method of chemically bonding or adhering to the surface. The hydrophobizing agent for hydrophobizing the inorganic oxide particles is not particularly limited. For example, the hydrophobizing agent is octyltriethoxysilane, polydimethylsiloxane, dimethyldichlorosilane, hexamethyldisilazane, and the like. A hydrophobizing agent may be used in combination.

The addition amount of the external additive of this embodiment (the total addition amount when a plurality of external additives are used) is preferably in the range of 0.05 to 5 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the toner. More preferably, it is in the range of 0.1 to 3 parts by mass. When the content of the external additive is within the above range, the obtained toner has good fluidity, chargeability, cleaning properties, and the like.

As described above, the toner according to the exemplary embodiment includes a crystalline polyester resin, the crystalline polyester resin includes sebacic acid as an acid component, 1,10-decanediol as an alcohol component, and has a mass average molecular weight. 3000 to 5000, and 5 to 10% by mass is contained in the binder resin. Such a toner can achieve both excellent low-temperature fixability and storage stability.

<Method for producing toner for developing electrostatic image>
The method for producing an electrostatic image developing toner according to an embodiment of the present invention (hereinafter also referred to as a toner production method) is a production method for producing the above-described electrostatic image developing toner. After solidifying, a step of pulverizing and classifying is included. Each of these steps is a step employed in any conventionally known toner manufacturing method. In other words, the toner manufacturing method of the present embodiment can be manufactured by a conventionally known method using a conventionally known manufacturing apparatus.

More specifically, first, in the kneading step, each component of the toner particles described above is melt-kneaded to produce a kneaded product. For mixing each component, conventionally known various mixing devices (for example, a double-con mixer, a V-type mixer, a drum-type mixer, a super mixer, a Henschel mixer, a Nauta mixer, a mechano hybrid (manufactured by Nippon Coke Industries, Ltd.), etc.) are used. Can do. For melt-kneading, a batch kneader such as a pressure kneader or a Banbury mixer, or a continuous kneader can be used. From the advantage of continuous production, a single-screw or twin-screw extruder has become the mainstream. Yes. For example, KTK type twin screw extruder (manufactured by Kobe Steel Co., Ltd.), TEM type twin screw extruder (manufactured by Toshiba Machine Co., Ltd.), PCM kneading machine (manufactured by Ikekai Co., Ltd.), twin screw extruder (Keikei) -CK Co., Ltd.), Ko Kneader (Bus Co., Ltd.), Kneedex (Nihon Coke Industries Co., Ltd.), etc. are mentioned. A master batch containing the binder resin or the colorant may be used as the toner material.

Thereafter, the kneaded product is cooled, and then the cooled kneaded product is pulverized (for example, roughly pulverized with a pulverizer such as a crusher, a hammer mill, or a feather mill, and further, for example, a kryptron system (Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. )), Super Rotor (manufactured by Nissin Engineering Co., Ltd.), turbo mill (manufactured by Freund Turbo) and air jet type fine pulverizer). The powder (pulverized product) obtained in the pulverization process is classified (for example, inertia classification type elbow jet (manufactured by Nippon Steel Mining Co., Ltd.), centrifugal force classification type turboplex (manufactured by Hosokawa Micron Co., Ltd.) , TSP separator (manufactured by Hosokawa Micron Co., Ltd.) and Faculty (manufactured by Hosokawa Micron Co., Ltd.). The volume median particle size (D50) of the toner particles after pulverization and classification is preferably 4 to 10 μm. In the present embodiment, the volume median particle diameter (D50) is also referred to as a volume-based median diameter, and the total volume of particles whose diameter is smaller than this value and the total volume of particles whose diameter is larger than this value. Indicates values that are 50% each of the total volume. The volume median particle size (D50) can be calculated by performing particle size distribution measurement. Examples of the particle size distribution measuring apparatus include “Multisizer 3” manufactured by Beckman Coulter.

As described above, the toner manufacturing method of this embodiment does not require special equipment, and can manufacture toner using equipment similar to existing equipment. As described above, the obtained toner can achieve both excellent low-temperature fixability and storage stability. Therefore, according to this manufacturing method, the cost of the toner can be prevented from increasing.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described above. The present invention is not particularly limited to the above embodiment. The above-described embodiments mainly describe the invention having the following configuration.

(1) includes toner particles and an external additive, and the toner particles include a binder resin including a crystalline polyester resin, a colorant, and a release agent, and the crystalline polyester resin is used as an acid component. A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image, comprising sebacic acid, comprising 1,10-decanediol as an alcohol component, having a mass average molecular weight of 3000 to 5000 and 5 to 10% by mass in the toner particles.

According to such a configuration, the obtained toner for developing an electrostatic image can achieve both low-temperature fixability and storage stability.

(2) The electrostatic image developing toner according to (1), wherein the crystalline polyester resin has a melting point of 70 to 76 ° C.

According to such a configuration, the electrostatic charge image developing toner has good low-temperature fixability.

(3) The binder resin includes an amorphous resin, and the amorphous resin has a mass average molecular weight of 4000 to 150,000 and a softening point of 90 to 125 ° C. (1) or (2) Toner for developing electrostatic images.

According to such a configuration, the toner for developing an electrostatic image can achieve both excellent low-temperature fixability and storage stability.

(4) The electrostatic image developing toner according to any one of (1) to (3), further comprising a resin-type charge control agent.

According to such a configuration, the electrostatic charge image developing toner is more excellent in chargeability.

(5) The method for producing a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image according to any one of (1) to (4), comprising the steps of producing by kneading, cooling and solidifying, pulverizing and classifying. A method for producing a developing toner.

According to such a configuration, the obtained toner for developing an electrostatic image can achieve both low-temperature fixability and storage stability. In addition, the electrostatic image developing toner can be manufactured using equipment similar to existing equipment. Therefore, according to this manufacturing method, the cost of the toner can be prevented from increasing.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to examples. The present invention is not limited to these examples. Unless otherwise specified, “%” means “mass%” and “parts” means “mass parts”.

The raw materials used and the preparation methods are shown below.
<Binder resin>
Crystalline polyester resin Crystalline polyester resin 1: Polyester of sebacic acid and 1,10-decanediol. Mass average molecular weight 3000, melting point 74 ° C.
Crystalline polyester resin 2: Polyester of sebacic acid and 1,10-decanediol. Mass average molecular weight 5000, melting point 74 ° C.
Crystalline polyester resin 3: Polyester of sebacic acid and 1,10-decanediol. Mass average molecular weight 5000, melting point 75 ° C.
Crystalline polyester resin 4: Polyester of sebacic acid and 1,6-hexanediol. Mass average molecular weight 2600, melting point 66 ° C.
Crystalline polyester resin 5: polyester of sebacic acid and 1,6-hexanediol. Mass average molecular weight 5000, melting point 67 ° C.
Crystalline polyester resin 6: Polyester of sebacic acid and 1,6-hexanediol. Mass average molecular weight 10,000, melting point 69 ° C.
Crystalline polyester resin 7: Polyester of sebacic acid and 1,10-decanediol. Mass average molecular weight 10,000, melting point 74 ° C.
Crystalline polyester resin 8: Polyester of 1,12-dodecanedioic acid and 1,6-hexanediol. Mass average molecular weight 3500, melting point 71 ° C.
Crystalline polyester resin 9: Polyester of 1,12-dodecanedioic acid and 1,10-decanediol. Mass average molecular weight 3000, melting point 78 ° C.
Non-crystalline binder resin used together Non-crystalline binder 1: Commercial non-crystalline polyester resin (Tg 64 ° C., molecular weight 5500)
Amorphous binder 2: Commercially available amorphous polyester resin (Tg 65 ° C., molecular weight 110,000)
<Charge control agent>
Product name Copy Charge N5P-01 (manufactured by Clariant Chemicals)
<Colorant>
Carbon black <release agent>
Mold release agent 1: fatty acid ester wax (melting point 69 ° C)
Release agent 2: Hydrocarbon wax <external additive>
External additive 1: Silica particles surface-treated with silicon oil (particle size: 22 nm)
External additive 2: silica particles surface-treated with dimethyldichlorosilane (particle size 12 nm)
External additive 3: Titanium oxide particles surface-treated with alkylsilane (particle size: 14 nm)

<Examples 1 to 4, Comparative Examples 1 to 14>
(Toner preparation)
According to the mass ratio (mass%) shown in the following Table 1, crystalline polyester resin, commercially available polyester resin (Tg 64 ° C., molecular weight 5500, amorphous), commercially available polyester resin (Tg 65 ° C., molecular weight 110,000, Amorphous), fatty acid ester wax (melting point 69 ° C.), hydrocarbon wax, charge control agent, and carbon black were mixed by a Henschel mixer, and then melt-kneaded using a biaxial kneader. The obtained kneaded material was coarsely pulverized with a rotoplex, then finely pulverized with a jet mill, and classified using an air classifier to obtain toner base particles having a volume average particle diameter of 6.5 μm. Silica particles surface-treated with silicon oil (particle size: 22 nm) 1.0%, silica particles surface-treated with dimethyldichlorosilane (particle size 12 nm) 0.5%, alkylsilane based on 100 parts by mass of toner base particles Then, 0.5% of titanium oxide particles (particle size: 14 nm) surface-treated with the above were added and stirred for 10 minutes with a Henschel mixer to obtain toners of Examples and Comparative Examples.

For the toners of Examples and Comparative Examples obtained above, printed materials were prepared under the following conditions, and the fixability, release property, and storage stability were evaluated. The results are shown in Table 1.

<Fixing rate evaluation>
Using a non-magnetic two-component negative charging printer for evaluation, print a solid image on plain paper (80 g / m ² ) in an environment with a temperature of 25 ° C and a humidity of 50%. A friction test was performed on the above solid image under the following conditions using a testing machine (NR-100, manufactured by Daiei Kagaku Seisakusho Co., Ltd.). The image density before and after the friction was measured using a reflection densitometer (manufactured by Macbeth), and the fixing ratio was calculated by the following equation.
Friction surface: Non-woven fabric (trade name COTTON PADS, manufactured by Hanilon Co., Ltd.)
Load: 500g
Number of round trips: 5 times Horizontal round trip distance: 10 cm
Fixing rate (%): (image density after friction / image density before friction) × 100
A: The fixing rate was 85% or more.
Δ: The fixing rate was 80% or more and less than 85%.
X: The fixing rate was less than 80.

<Evaluation of sheet edge fixability (N / N environment)>
Using a non-magnetic two-component negative charging printer for evaluation, 10 solid images with 100% coverage are continuously printed in an environment of a temperature of 25 ° C. and a humidity of 50%.
◯: The image was not peeled off by rubbing the image in all parts up to the center and the edge of the paper.
Δ: Peeling occurred by rubbing the image only at the edge of the paper.
X: Peeling occurred by rubbing the image at both the center and edge of the paper.

<Evaluation of sheet edge fixability (L / L environment)>
Using a non-magnetic two-component negative charging printer for evaluation, 10 solid images with 100% coverage are continuously printed in an environment of a temperature of 10 ° C. and a humidity of 20%.
◯: The image was not peeled off by rubbing the image in all parts up to the center and the edge of the paper.
Δ: Peeling occurred by rubbing the image only at the edge of the paper.
X: Peeling occurred by rubbing the image at both the center and edge of the paper.

<Releasability evaluation>
Using a non-magnetic two-component negative charging printer for evaluation, print a 100% coverage solid image on plain paper (64 g / m ² ), wrap it around the fuser, peel off nail marks on the fixing roller, and offset stains Evaluate the occurrence of
○: No wrapping around the fixing device, peeling claw marks on the fixing roller, or offset stains occurred.
X: Either winding around the fixing device, peeling claw traces of the fixing roller, or offset stain occurred.

<Storage stability 50 ° C / 8 hours>
20 g of toner is put in a sealed plastic container and stored at 50 ° C. for 8 hours, and then evaluated with a powder tester (manufactured by Hosokawa Micron Corporation). The sieves of sieve A (aperture 355 μm), sieve B (aperture 250 μm), and sieve C (aperture 150 μm) are placed one on top of the other, 20 g of toner is put into sieve A, and vibrates for 30 seconds with an amplitude of 1 mm. The weight of the remaining toner is measured.
Aggregation degree%: (remaining toner on sieve A (g) + remaining toner on sieve B (g) × 0.6 + remaining toner on sieve A (g) × 0.2) / 20 × 100
As described above, the calculated degree of aggregation is evaluated.
○: The degree of aggregation was less than 10%.
Δ: The degree of aggregation was 10% or more and less than 20%.
X: The degree of aggregation was 20% or more.

<Storage stability 55 ° C / 8 hours>
20 g of toner is put in a sealed plastic container, stored at 55 ° C. for 8 hours, and then evaluated with a powder tester (manufactured by Hosokawa Micron Corporation). The sieves of sieve A (aperture 355 μm), sieve B (aperture 250 μm), and sieve C (aperture 150 μm) are placed one on top of the other, 20 g of toner is put into sieve A, and vibrates for 30 seconds with an amplitude of 1 mm. The weight of the remaining toner is measured.
Aggregation degree%: (remaining toner on sieve A (g) + remaining toner on sieve B (g) × 0.6 + remaining toner on sieve A (g) × 0.2) / 20 × 100
As described above, the calculated degree of aggregation is evaluated.
○: The degree of aggregation was less than 10%.
Δ: The degree of aggregation was 10% or more and less than 20%.
X: The degree of aggregation was 20% or more.

As shown in Table 1, the toners of Examples 1 to 4 were excellent in fixability, offset and storage stability. On the other hand, none of the toners of Comparative Examples 1 to 8 using a crystalline polyester containing an alcohol component having a small number of carbons has both fixing ability and storage stability. The toner of Comparative Example 9 using a crystalline polyester having a large molecular weight was inferior in paper edge fixing under an environment of a temperature of 10 ° C. and a humidity of 20%. None of the toners of Comparative Examples 10 and 11 using a crystalline polyester containing a carboxylic acid component having a large number of carbon atoms and an alcohol component having a small number of carbon atoms have both fixing properties and storage stability. Further, the toner of Comparative Example 12 using a crystalline polyester containing a carboxylic acid component having a large number of carbon atoms and an alcohol component having a large number of carbon atoms is inferior in paper edge fixing property in an environment of a temperature of 10 ° C. and a humidity of 20%. It was. In addition, the toner of Comparative Example 13 having a low content of the crystalline polyester resin of the present invention has poor fixability, and the toner of Comparative Example 14 having a high content has poor storage stability.

Claims

Including toner particles and external additives,
The toner particles include a binder resin containing a crystalline polyester resin, a colorant, and a release agent.
The crystalline polyester resin is
Containing sebacic acid as the acid component, 1,10-decanediol as the alcohol component,
The weight average molecular weight is 3000 to 5000;
A toner for developing electrostatic images, which is contained in the toner particles in an amount of 5 to 10% by mass.
The electrostatic image developing toner according to claim 1, wherein the crystalline polyester resin has a melting point of 70 to 76 ° C.
The binder resin includes an amorphous resin,
3. The electrostatic image developing toner according to claim 1, wherein the amorphous resin has a mass average molecular weight of 4000 to 150,000 and a softening point of 90 to 125 ° C.
The electrostatic image developing toner according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a resin-type charge control agent.
A method for producing an electrostatic charge image developing toner according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A method for producing a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image, comprising the steps of kneading, cooling and solidifying, pulverizing and classifying and producing.