| abstract |
Provided are a toner having excellent cleaning properties, image quality, and durability, a developer using the toner, and an image forming method. A toner comprising toner base particles containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, and an external additive, the external additive being non-spherical amorphous silica particles, and the silica particles A toner having a major axis of 40 to 180 nm. An embodiment in which the non-spherical amorphous silica particles have a true specific gravity of 1.8 to 2.3, and the silica particles are hydrophobized, and the degree of hydrophobicity is 40 or more. An embodiment in which the mass reduction rate when the silica particles are heated from 30 ° C. to 250 ° C. is 5% by mass or less is preferable. [Selection figure] None |