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CA2583864A1
CA2583864A1 CA002583864A CA2583864A CA2583864A1 CA 2583864 A1 CA2583864 A1 CA 2583864A1 CA 002583864 A CA002583864 A CA 002583864A CA 2583864 A CA2583864 A CA 2583864A CA 2583864 A1 CA2583864 A1 CA 2583864A1
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Richard P. N. Veregin
Cuong Vong
Vladislav Skorokhod
Jackie B. Parker
David J. Sanders
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Abstract

A developer includes a carrier and a toner, wherein the toner contains toner particles of at least one binder, at least one colorant, and external additives, wherein the developer has a trimmer clogging value in relation to toner triboelectric charge and toner cohesion expressed according to the equation (-0.80 + 0.039 × (% toner cohesion) + 0.026 × (toner triboelectric charge) (µC/g)) of less than or equal to about 3.2.

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1. A developer comprising a carrier and a toner, wherein the toner comprises toner particles of at least one binder, at least one colorant, and external additives, wherein the developer has a trimmer clogging value in relation to toner triboelectric charge and toner cohesion expressed according to the equation (-0.80 + 0.039 × (% toner cohesion) + 0.026 × (toner triboelectric charge) (µC/g)) of less than or equal to about 3.2.
2. The developer of claim 1, wherein the trimmer clogging value is from about 1 to about 3.
3. The developer of claim 1, wherein the toner particles further comprises a wax, and wherein the external additives include a first silica, a second silica, a titania, an optional cerium oxide, and an optional zinc stearate.
4. The developer of claim 3, wherein the wax is about 5% to about 25%
by weight of the toner particles, and wherein the first silica is about 0.5%
to about 2.5% by weight of the toner particles, the second silica, differing at least in an average diameter from the first silica, is about 0.5% to about 2% by weight of the toner particles, the titania is about 0.5% to about 2% by weight of the toner particles, the optional cerium oxide, when present, is about 0.2% to about 1% by weight of the toner particles, and the optional zinc stearate, when present, is about 0.1 %
to about 1% by weight of the toner particles.
5. The developer of claim 3, wherein the wax is about 6% to about 13%
by weight of the toner particles, the first silica is about 1.6% to about 1.8%
by weight of the toner particles, the second silica differing at least in an average diameter from the first silica is about 1.6% to about 1.8% by weight of the toner particles, the titania is about 0.7% to about 0.9% by weight of the toner particles, the optional cerium oxide, when present, is about 0.4% to about 0.6% by weight of the toner particles, and the optional zinc stearate, when present, is about 0.15% to about 0.25% by weight of the toner particles, and the colorant is about 1% to about 8% by weight of the toner particles.
6. The developer of claim 3, wherein the first silica has an average diameter of from about 20 nm to about 40 nm, the second silica has an average diameter of from 100 nm to about 150 nm, the titania has an average diameter of from nm to about 50 nm, the optional cerium oxide, when present, has an average diameter of from 20 nm to about 40 nm, and the optional zinc stearate, when present, has an average diameter of from 100 nm to about 150 nm.
7. The developer of claim 3, wherein the wax is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, paraffin, Fischer-Tropsch, microcrystalline wax, carnauba wax, jojoba wax, rice wax, beeswax, montanic acid ester wax, castor wax, and mixtures thereof.
8. The developer of claim 3, wherein the wax is a distilled wax.
9. The developer of claim 1, wherein the carrier of the developer has a carrier resistivity of from about 10 6 to about 10 11 ohm-cm, and the developer has a developer density of greater than about 1.6 g/cm3.
10. The developer of claim 1, wherein the carrier of the developer has a carrier resistivity of from about 10 7 to about 10 9 ohm-cm, and the developer has a developer density of from about 1.6 g/cm3 to about 1.75 g/cm3.
11. The developer of claim 1, wherein the toner has a blocking temperature of from about 50°C to about 65°C.
12. The developer of claim 1, wherein the toner has a blocking temperature of from about 52°C to about 55°C.
13. The developer of claim 1, wherein the toner further includes a core and a shell structure, wherein the core comprises the at least one binder as a core binder and the at least one colorant, and wherein the shell comprises at least one shell binder.
14. The developer of claim 13, wherein the shell binder is present in an amount of from about 10 to about 40 weight percent of the toner, and the core binder is present in an amount of from about 20 to about 90 weight percent of the toner.
15. The developer of claim 13, wherein the core binder and the shell binder each comprise an emulsion aggregation styrene/butylacrylate/beta carboxy ethyl acrylate binder or a polyester binder.
16. The developer of claim 1, wherein the toner has a percent toner cohesion from about 10% to about 78%.
17. The developer of claim 1, wherein the toner has a percent toner cohesion from about 45% to about 75%.
18. The developer of claim 1, wherein the toner has a toner triboelectric charge from about 40 µC/g to about 70 µC/g.
19. The developer of claim 1, wherein the toner has a relative humidity sensitivity ratio of from about 1 to about 2.
20. The developer of claim 1, wherein the carrier comprises a core and at least one polymer coated thereover.
21. The developer of claim 20, wherein the carrier core is selected from the group consisting of iron, ferrites, magnetite, steel, nickel and mixtures thereof.
22. The developer of claim 1, wherein the toner has a toner concentration of at least 9.5% without exceeding an emitted toner density level of 1 mg/m3.
23. The developer of claim 1, wherein the toner has a toner concentration of from about 9.5% to about 20% without exceeding an emitted toner density level of 1 mg/m3.
24. An electrophotographic image forming apparatus comprising:
a photoreceptor, a semi-conductive magnetic brush development system, and a housing in association with the semi-conductive magnetic brush development system and containing a developer comprising a carrier and a toner, wherein the toner comprises toner particles of at least one binder, at least one colorant, and external additives, wherein the developer has a trimmer clogging value in relation to toner triboelectric charge and toner cohesion expressed according to the equation (-0.80 + 0.039 × (% toner cohesion) + 0.026 × (toner triboelectric charge) (µC/g)) of less than or equal to about 3.2.
25. The electrophotographic image forming apparatus of claim 24, herein images formed by the apparatus have an image gloss of from about 30 to about GGU.
26. The electrophotographic image forming apparatus of claim 24, wherein images formed by the apparatus have an image gloss of from about 45 to about GGU.
27. The electrophotographic image forming apparatus of claim 24, wherein the external additives include a first silica, a second silica, a titania, an optional cerium oxide, and an optional zinc stearate.
28. A set of developers for forming a color image, comprising:
a carrier and a cyan toner, a carrier and a magenta toner, a carrier and a yellow toner and a carrier and a black toner, wherein each of the cyan toner, the magenta toner, the yellow toner and the black toner comprise toner particles having at least one binder, at least one colorant, and external additives, wherein the developer has a trimmer clogging value in relation to toner triboelectric charge and toner cohesion expressed according to the equation (-0.80 + 0.039 × (% toner cohesion) + 0.026 × (toner triboelectric charge) (µC/g)) of less than or equal to about 3.2.
29. The set of developers of claim 28, wherein the trimmer clogging value is from about 1 to about 3.
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