A toner includes toner particles and an inorganic fine powder mixed with the toner particles. The toner particles contain a binder resin, a coloring agent, a releasing agent, and a sulfur-containing resin. The toner particles contain at least one element selected from the group consisting of magnesium, calcium, barium, zinc, aluminum, and phosphorus and satisfy the relationship: 4.ltoreq.T/S.ltoreq.30 wherein T represents the total content of the element in ppm, and S represents the content of sulfur in ppm. The weight-average particle diameter (D4) of the toner is in the range of 3 to 10 .mu.m. The average circularity of the toner is within the range of 0.950 to 0.995.

 
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