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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="aggregator">72010410</journal-id>
      <journal-title>NIP &amp; Digital Fabrication Conference</journal-title>
      <abbrev-journal-title>nip digi fabric conf</abbrev-journal-title>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2169-4451</issn><issn pub-type="epub"/>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Society of Imaging Science and Technology</publisher-name>
        <publisher-loc>7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA</publisher-loc>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2005.21.1.art00079_2</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="sici">2169-4451(20050101)2005:2L.640;1-</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">nip_v2005n2/splitsection79.xml</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="other">/ist/nipdf/2005/00002005/00000002/art00079</article-id>
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          <subject>Articles</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Preparation of Pigment-Containing Polyester Toner by Chemical Milling</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Kim</surname>
            <given-names>Chul-Hwan</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Choi</surname>
            <given-names>Eui-Jun</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Yoon</surname>
            <given-names>Hyun-Nam</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date>
        <day>01</day>
        <month>01</month>
        <year>2005</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>2005</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>640</fpage>
      <lpage>643</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-year>2005</copyright-year>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>We previously reported a novel method of chemically-preparing polyester color toner (CM toner&#xAE;). The proprietary design of the first generation CM toner&#xAE; was based on a functional polyester resin, a charge control agent, a wax, and dyestuff.Here we report an extension of
 the CM toner&#xAE; technology to produce a pigment-based polyester color toner&#xAE; Two innovations were incorporated in the technology. First, to disperse pigment particles finely in the toner particles and also to prevent exudation of pigment during chemical milling, we used a pigment master
 batch utilizing a polyester binder resin that is chemically similar to the toner resin. Secondly, we also developed a functional polyester resin containing an appropriate amount of a selected ionic functional group in the chain so that increased surface chemical potential of polymer droplets
 would overcome increased viscoelasticity of droplets containing pigment particles.Pigment CM toner&#xAE; particles (pigment content as high as 10 wt. %) with the volumetric mean diameter in the range of 5-10 microns and the 80% span as low as 0.55 were produced. A four-color toner set was
 developed and it showed excellent imaging quality as well as a good printing page yield in a commercial color laser printer.</p>
      </abstract>
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