Patent 7510812 was granted and assigned to Lexmark International, Inc. on March, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention relates to toner compositions containing extra particulate additives. The additives may include a mixture of silica particles having differing BET surface areas and may include an acicular inorganic oxide. The control of such additives may be relied upon to control toner performance with respect to functional performance considerations such as filming and/or overall print quality.