| abstract |
A carrier for electrophotographic developer, including a core material and a resin layer formed on the surface of the core material, wherein the resin layer has a plastic deformation degree not less than 0.5 mum and an elastic deformation degree not less than 0.5 mum. The resin layer is preferably prepared by crosslinking a mixture including an acrylic resin having a reactive hydroxyl group and at least one of a perfectly-alkylated melamine compound and a perfectly-alkylated guanamine compound. |