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A process for the preparation of an unsaturated polyester which comprises (i) reacting an organic diol with a cyclic akylene carbonate in the presence of a first catalyst to thereby form a polyalkoxy diol, and (ii) optionally adding thereto a further amount of cyclic alkylene carbonate in the presence of a second catalyst, and (iii) subsequently polycondensing the resulting mixture with a dicarboxylic acid.

Provided are an image display medium which satisfies, a safety and a high-speed response and which is capable of repetitive rewriting, an image-forming method in which an image can be formed on the image display medium, and an image-forming apparatus. An image display medium is formed by interposing black particles and white particles between a display substrate and a non-display substrate made of a dielectric. A printing electrode first applies an AC voltage to frictionally charge the black and white particles, and then applies a DC voltage adapted to an image between the substrates. The black particles adhered to a portion (non-image portion) to which the voltage of the display substrate is applied are moved to the non-display substrate.

A toner process comprising the aggregation and coalescence of an amorphous polyester, a crystalline polyester and a colorant, and wherein the coalescence is conducted at a temperature that is about lower than the melting point temperature of the crystalline polyester.

A toner having a core containing a colorant, a release agent and a binder resin (A), and a shell containing a binder resin (B), the shell overlying the core, wherein the binder resin (A) contains a resin having a polyester skeleton, the binder resin (B) contains a vinyl copolymer resin, and a weight ratio of the shell to the core is from 0.05 to 0.5, and wherein the toner has a volume average particle diameter of from 3 to 8 μm; a toner manufacturing method of such the toner can be used in an image forming apparatus and in a process cartridge.

A toner including a binder resin, a colorant and a release agent, and satisfying the following relationships (1) and (2):

1.0≦FT120/FT160≦1.5  (1)

wherein FT120 is a maximum tensile strength (N) when a recording medium having the toner unfixed on is vertically separated from the surface of a substrate having a temperature of 120° C. at a constant speed after pressed thereto at a pressure of 100 kPa, and FT160 is same except that the substrate has a temperature of 160° C.;

1.0≦FP100/FP200≦1.5  (2)

wherein FP100 is a maximum tensile strength (N) when a recording medium having the toner unfixed on is vertically separated from the surface of a substrate having a temperature of 160° C. at a constant speed after pressed thereto at a pressure of 100 kPa, and FP200 is same except that the pressure is 200 kPa.

The present invention is directed to an electrophoretic display device comprising a plurality of display cells, wherein said display cells are filled with an electrophoretic fluid comprising: a) charged pigment particles of a first color; and b) a solid porous matrix of a second color, in which the charged pigment particles dispersed in a solvent. The electrophoretic fluid has many advantages, such as increased contrast without affecting the switching speed.

A toner is provided that contains a particulate toner material (mother toner) having an average circularity of from 0.93 to 0.99, and including a modified polyester resin and a colorant; and an external additive in an amount of from 0.3 to 5.0 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the mother toner, wherein the toner has a melting viscosity of from 70 to 140 Pa·s at 160° C., a weight-average particle diameter of from 3 to 7 μm, a ratio thereof to a number-average particle diameter of from 1.91 to 1.25, wherein particles satisfy at least one of (I) and (II): (I) particles having a diameter of 4 μm or less in an amount less than 10% by number; or (II) particles having a diameter of 8 μm or more in an amount less than 2% by volume, along with a one or two component developer containing the toner, a cartridge containing the toner, an image forming method using the toner and an image forming apparatus using the toner.

To provide a toner containing at least a toner base containing a binder resin and a colorant, and an inorganic fine particle, wherein the inorganic fine particle contains a compound oxide expressed by the following Composition Formula (1):

[M1]_aSi_bO_c  Composition Formula (1)

where “M1” represents a metal element selected from Sr, Mg, Zn, Co, Mn and Ce, “a” and “b” each represents an integer of 1 to 9 and “c” represents an integer of 3 to 9, wherein an average primary particle diameter of the compound oxide is 0.02 μm to 1.5 μm, and an average secondary particle diameter of the compound oxide is 0.08 μm to 3.5 μm, where the secondary particle is an aggregate of the primary particles.

A toner comprising:

• • a binder resin which is at least a resin selected from the group consisting of modified polyester resins and unmodified polyester resins; and
  • a colorant; the product toner having a volume-average particle diameter (Dv) to a number-average particle diameter (Dn) ratio (Dv/Dn) ranging from 1.00 to 1.30, and the toner having a shape factor SF-1 ranging from 140 to 200.

A toner satisfying at least one of the following relationships:

10° C.<(T1−T2)<60° C. and 0<Q2/Q1<2/3

wherein T1 represents a glass transition temperature of the toner and Q1 represents an endothermic quantity at a melting point thereof before melting when heated from −20° C. to 150° C. at a heating speed of 10° C./min, and T2 represents a glass transition temperature thereof and Q2 represents a an endothermic quantity at a melting point thereof after melting after heated from −20° C. to 150° C. at a heating speed of 10° C./min, cooled to −20° C. at a cooling speed of 10° C./min and heated again at a heating speed of 10° C./min.

By using a high or low viscosity transparent toner, with respect to the other color toners, and different amounts of transparent toner lay-down, the gloss of an image printed by an electrophotographic device may be adjusted. By also applying the transparent toner as a negative mask, the differential gloss of the image may be reduced while still adjusting the gloss of certain portions of the image. Further, because different gloss levels may appear different at different viewing angles, transparent toner may be laid down to encode a transparent image within the image being printed. Such a transparent image may be useful as, for example, an authentication means for a document. Additionally, by varying the gloss levels on particular aspects of a printed image, multiple images of different gloss levels, which are prominent at different viewing angles can be made, thereby, a three-dimensional image effect can be achieved on the printed page.

A process for the preparation of toner comprising mixing a colorant, a latex, optionally a wax and a polyaluminum sulfosilicate.

The present invention provides a catalyst for polyester production capable of producing a polyester with high catalytic activity and a process for producing a polyester using the catalyst. The catalyst for polyester production comprises a solid titanium compound which is obtained by dehydro-drying a hydrolyzate obtained by hydrolysis of a titanium halide and which has a molar ratio (OH/Ti) of a hydroxyl group (OH) to titanium (Ti) exceeding 0.09 and less than 4. The present invention also provides a method to obtain a polyester having a small increase of the acetaldehyde content during the molding. This method comprises bringing a polyester, which is obtained by the use of a titanium compound catalyst and in which the reaction has been completed, into contact with a phosphoric ester aqueous solution or the like having a concentration of not less than 10 ppm in terms of phosphorus atom. The present invention further provides a polyester having excellent transparency and tint and molded products of the polyester such as a blow molded article, a film, a sheet and a fiber. The polyester is obtained by polycondensing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid or an ester-forming derivative thereof and an aliphatic diol or an ester-forming derivative thereof in the presence of a catalyst for polyester production which comprises a polycondensation catalyst component comprising a solid titanium compound and a co-catalyst component comprising a magnesium compound. This polyester has a titanium content of 1 to 100 ppm, a magnesium content of 1 to 200 ppm and a weight ratio (Mg/Ti) of magnesium to titanium of not less than 0.01.

A toner is prepared by dissolving and/or dispersing a modified polyester resin in an organic solvent to yield a solution or dispersion, the modified polyester resin being reactive with a compound having an active hydrogen group, mixing the solution or dispersion with an aqueous medium containing resin particles, and subjecting the modified polyester resin to crosslinking and/or elongation in the aqueous medium. The binder resin further includes a crystalline polyester resin in addition to the modified polyester resin.

A toner is provided including a binder resin, a colorant, and a release agent, which has a volume average particle diameter (Dv) of from 3 to 9 μm, and wherein the binder resin and the release agent form a sea-island structure in which the island formed of the release agent is dispersed in the sea formed of the binder resin in a cross-sectional image of the toner obtained by a transmission electron microscope (TEM), and the following relationships are satisfied: IB>IA and IB>IC, wherein each of IA, IB, and IC represents an area ratio (%) of the island in an outermost region (A) of the cross-sectional image of the toner, an intermediate region (B) thereof located under the outermost region (A), and an innermost region (C) thereof located under the intermediate region (B); and a method of preparing the toner.

A toner for developing an electrostatic image, includes: a colorant; and a binder resin. The toner has a particle including at least one pore having a diameter of 10 nm or over, and a porosity thereof is in a range from 0.01 to 0.60.