TONER

1 . A toner comprising a toner particle containing a polyester resin composition, wherein

i) the polyester resin composition comprises:

a polyester resin having a structure at a terminal thereof, the structure derived from at least one of a long-chain alkyl monoalcohol having an average carbon number of 27 to 50 and a long-chain alkyl monocarboxylic acid having an average carbon number of 27 to 50; and

an aliphatic hydrocarbon having an average carbon number of 27 to 50, and

ii) the total content of the aliphatic hydrocarbon, the structure derived from the long-chain alkyl monoalcohol, and the structure derived from the long-chain alkyl monocarboxylic acid is from 2.5% by mass to 10.0% by mass with respect to the mass of the polyester resin composition, wherein

in an endothermic curve of the polyester resin composition measured by differential scanning calorimetric (DSC),

a peak top temperature of an endothermic peak in the polyester resin composition is from 60.0° C. to 90.0° C., and

an endothermic quantity of the endothermic peak is from 0.10 J/g to 1.90 J/g.

2 . The toner according to claim 1 ,

wherein the polyester resin composition is a reaction product of an alcohol component-containing composition (A) and an acid component-containing composition (B), and

the composition (A) and the composition (B) satisfy at least one of the following conditions i) and ii):

i) the alcohol component comprises the long-chain alkyl monoalcohol and the composition (A) comprises the aliphatic hydrocarbon; and

ii) the acid component comprises the long-chain alkyl monocarboxylic acid and the composition (B) comprises the aliphatic hydrocarbon.

3 . The toner according to claim 1 ,

wherein the polyester resin composition is a reaction product of:

a composition (C), and

a polyester resin having a carboxyl group at a terminal, and

the composition (C) comprises the long-chain alkyl monoalcohol and the aliphatic hydrocarbon.

4 . The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the polyester resin composition is a reaction product of:

a composition (D), and

a polyester resin having a hydroxyl group at a terminal, and

the composition (D) comprises the long-chain alkyl monocarboxylic acid and the aliphatic hydrocarbon.

5 . The toner according to claim 2 , wherein the composition (A) and the composition (B) satisfy at least one of the following conditions iii) and iv):

iii) the content ratio of the long-chain alkyl monoalcohol is at least 85% with respect to the total of the long-chain alkyl monoalcohol and the aliphatic hydrocarbon; and

iv) the content ratio of the long-chain alkyl monocarboxylic acid is at least 85% with respect to the total amount of the long-chain alkyl monocarboxylic acid and the aliphatic hydrocarbon.

6 . The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the polyester resin composition is a hybrid resin composition comprising a hybrid resin in which a polyester segment and a vinyl polymer segment are chemically bonded.

7 . The toner according to claim 6 , wherein the mass ratio between the polyester segment and the vinyl polymer segment (polyester segment/vinyl polymer segment) in the hybrid resin is 50/50 to 90/10.

8 . The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the long-chain alkyl monoalcohol contains a secondary alcohol as its major component.

9 . The toner according to claim 1 , wherein the acid value of the polyester resin composition is from 15.0 mg KOH/g to 30.0 mg KOH/g.