| abstract |
The developer in accordance with the present invention comprises toner and a carrier having a core material of which surface is coated with a coating layer made of polymer, the coating layer having a resistance value sufficient to minimize the counter electric charge remaining in the coating layer, and the toner having any of characteristic values required for preventing the counter electric charge remaining in the coating layer from being increased. The use of the developer of the present invention not only prevents the occurrence of so-called carrier scattering, thereby to present no blanking, but also produces an image of high quality having a high initial image density. |