The base resin for a xerographic toner is typically selected on the basis of its melt rheological properties, especially for highspeed printer applications where imaging fusing performance requires a “low-melt” toner. However, a base resin may also strongly affect the triboelectric aging performance of a xerographic developer. For example, the interaction of a toner charge control additive (CCA) with toner and carrier surfaces will depend on CCA / toner base resin compatibility. Similarly, residual chemical species from the resin polymerization process may act as carrier “poisons” (and thereby degrade or enhance the tribo-charging ability of a carrier). Additionally, a toner base resin can also affect xerographic image performance (via the image density: image development potential relationship), and thereby affect imaging latitude and imaging process control.
Robert J. Nash, John T. Bickmore, Michael L. Grande, Thomas Vasta, Richard N. Muller, "The Effect of Toner Resin on Triboelectric Aging" in Proc. IS&T Int'l Conf. on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication (NIP24), 2008, pp 21 - 25, https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2008.24.1.art00006_1