Incremental printing of symbolic information – Electric marking apparatus or processes – Electrostatic
Patent
1999-12-07
2000-12-26
Brase, Sandra
Incremental printing of symbolic information
Electric marking apparatus or processes
Electrostatic
B41J 2385, G01D 1506, G03G 1501
Patent
active
061667498
ABSTRACT:
An optical scanning system of a printer, which includes: a plurality of optical scanning units which scan line in parallel onto a circulating photoreceptor belt; a plurality of photodetector for detecting light emitted from each optical scanning unit, to output pulse signals according to the detection; a mark sensor for detecting the pass of a mark formed in the photoreceptor belt at a set position, and for outputting a reference path detection signal according to the detection of the mark; a page synchronization signal generation unit for counting the number of pulse signals output from one selectedphotodetector in synchronism with the reference path detection signal input thereto, and for generating page synchronization signals for each optical scanning unit whenever the count value reaches a page synchronization target value for each optical scanning unit, the page synchronization target values have been set according to a point in time at which each page area set in the photoreceptor belt reaches the scanning position of each optical scanning unit; and an optical scanning control unit for controlling each optical scanning unit to scan image information using the page synchronization signals. The optical scanning system can continuously generate page sync signals until a page area set in the photoreceptor belt passes through the scanning area of each optical scanning unit, using pulse signals output from a selected photodetector, thereby suppressing occurrence of an error in writing image information.
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Brase Sandra
Bushnell Esq. Robert E.
Samsung Electronics Co,. Ltd.
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