Toner set, image forming apparatus, and image forming method
A toner set includes a brilliant toner including a brilliant pigment; and a chromatic toner including a coloring agent that is different from the brilliant pigment, wherein the toner set satisfies the following expression: 1.2≦ Q 1/ Q 2≦5.0 wherein Q 1 represents an endothermic quantity of the brilliant toner and Q 2 represents an endothermic quantity of the chromatic toner.
1. A toner set comprising:
a brilliant toner including a brilliant pigment; and
a chromatic toner including a coloring agent that is different from the brilliant pigment,
and the toner set satisfies the following expression:
1.2 ≦Q 1 /Q 2≦5.0
wherein Q 1 represents an endothermic quantity of the brilliant toner, and Q 2 represents an endothermic quantity of the chromatic toner.
2. The toner set according to claim 1 ,
wherein the brilliant toner contains a crystalline resin, and a content ratio of the crystalline resin in the brilliant toner is from 3% by weight to 20% by weight.
3. The toner set according to claim 1 ,
wherein the chromatic toner is at least one selected from the group consisting of a cyan toner, a magenta toner, and a yellow toner.
4. The toner set according to claim 1 ,
wherein the chromatic toner is a black toner.
5. The toner set according to claim 1 ,
wherein the brilliant toner satisfies the following expression when a solid image is formed,
2 ≦A/B ≦100
wherein A represents reflectance at a light receiving angle of +30° that is measured at the time of irradiating the image with incident light having an incident angle of −45° by a goniophotometer, and B represents reflectance at a light receiving angle of −30°.
6. The toner set according to claim 1 ,
wherein the brilliant toner contains toner particles having a flake shape, and an average equivalent circle diameter D of the toner particles is greater than an average thickness C of the toner particles.
7. The toner set according to claim 6 ,
wherein a ratio (C/D) of the average thickness C of the toner particles to the average equivalent circle diameter D of the toner particles is in a range of 0.001 to 0.200.
8. The toner set according to claim 1 ,
wherein a ratio (Q 1 /Q 2 ) of the endothermic quantity is in a range of 2.0 to 3.5.
9. An image forming method comprising:
forming a brilliant toner image by using a brilliant toner including a brilliant pigment;
forming a chromatic toner image by using a chromatic toner including a coloring agent;
transferring the brilliant toner image and the chromatic toner image onto a recording medium; and
fixing the brilliant toner image and the chromatic toner image onto the recording medium,
and the brilliant toner and the chromatic toner satisfy the following expression:
1.2≦Q1 /Q 2≦5.0
wherein Q 1 represents an endothermic quantity of the brilliant toner, and Q 2 represents an endothermic quantity of the chromatic toner.
10. The image forming method according to claim 9 ,
wherein the brilliant toner contains a crystalline resin, and a content ratio of the crystalline resin in the brilliant toner is from 3% by weight to 20% by weight.
11. The image forming method according to claim 9 ,
wherein a ratio (Q 1 /Q 2 ) of the endothermic quantity is in a range of 2.0 to 3.5.