Incremental printing of symbolic information – Electric marking apparatus or processes – Electrostatic
Patent
1995-12-12
1998-03-17
Wong, Peter S.
Incremental printing of symbolic information
Electric marking apparatus or processes
Electrostatic
347129, 347238, 347251, 399177, 358296, 257 88, 313500, B41J 245
Patent
active
057292698
ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus is provided with a photoreceptor, and an exposure device for exposing the photoreceptor based on image data so as to form an electrostatic latent image on the photoreceptor. The exposure device has a plurality of light emitting devices aligned along a main scanning direction of the photoreceptor, the respective light emitting devices having a plurality of luminescence portions, and a light emitting device driver for applying a voltage to the respective luminescence portions so that the luminescence area of the light emitting device increases step by step whenever the applied voltage increases by a predetermined voltage based on the image data. With the arrangement, tone expression is realized in the electrostatic latent image, according to the size of the luminescence area of the respective light emitting devices, which can be controlled by the voltage applied to the respective light emitting devices based on the image data. Accordingly, it is possible to form the electrostatic latent image having many tones on the photoreceptor based on image data accurately and easily.
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Fujimoto Osamu
Kobayashi Toshi-aki
Matsuda Hideo
Ohnishi Kazuyuki
Jardieu Derek J.
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
Wong Peter S.
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