Physical Properties and Electrophotographic Characteristics of a Toner

Abstract

The typical approach to develop an electrophotographic system is the trial and error approach. First of all, an undesirable phenomenon caused by toner properties in each elementary process of the electrophotographic system is observed, next, a relationship between the phenomenon and toner properties is guessed, and then, several modifications are tried and tested in order to find a good condition to control the electrophotographic system. If the relationship between the phenomenon and toner properties is explicit, the electrophotographic system will be developed more efficiently and the quality of the system will be higher than now. Therefore, in this paper, the generol view of physical properties and electrophotographic characteristics of a toner are described.