Method of forming electrophotographic toner
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1. A method of forming electrophotographic toner, comprising:
- providing an organic solution containing a polymer resin and a solvent, wherein the solvent has a solubility of about 0.04 to 1 g/1g to water;
providing an aqueous solution containing an anti-coagulant, wherein the anti-coagulant is present in an amount of 0.1-30 wt% of the aqueous solution, and the aqueous solution is 0.5 to 10 times the amount of the organic solution;
adding the aqueous solution into the organic solution during 0-120 minutes to form a mixture solution containing colloidal polymer particles;
agitating the mixture solution with an agitation speed of 400-3000 rpm during 1-240 minutes to aggregate and coalesce the colloidal polymer particles and remove the solvent without heating to solidify the aggregated and coalesced colloidal polymer particles to form toner particles.
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A method of forming electrophotographic toner. An organic solution containing a polymer resin and a solvent and an aqueous solution containing an anti-coagulant are provided. The aqueous solution is added into the organic solution to form colloidal polymer particles. The colloidal polymer particles are then aggregated, coalesced, and solidified to form toner particles.
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1. A method of forming electrophotographic toner, comprising:
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providing an organic solution containing a polymer resin and a solvent, wherein the solvent has a solubility of about 0.04 to 1 g/1g to water; providing an aqueous solution containing an anti-coagulant, wherein the anti-coagulant is present in an amount of 0.1-30 wt% of the aqueous solution, and the aqueous solution is 0.5 to 10 times the amount of the organic solution; adding the aqueous solution into the organic solution during 0-120 minutes to form a mixture solution containing colloidal polymer particles; agitating the mixture solution with an agitation speed of 400-3000 rpm during 1-240 minutes to aggregate and coalesce the colloidal polymer particles and remove the solvent without heating to solidify the aggregated and coalesced colloidal polymer particles to form toner particles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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