18828912. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS (CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
MITSUHIRO Obara of Shizuoka JP
TETSUYA Nishiguchi of Kanagawa JP
HIROYUKI Fukuhara of Shizuoka JP
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18828912 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
An image forming apparatus incudes a photosensitive member, a scanning optical unit and a control portion. The scanning optical unit is provided with a light source including a plurality of light emitting points and emitting laser lights form the plurality of light emitting points, respectively and a deflector deflecting each of the laser lights emitted from the plurality of light emitting points into a scanning direction. The scanning optical unit scans the photosensitive member with the plurality of laser lights deflected by the deflector and forms an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member. The control portion controls the scanning optical unit. Based on information regarding a light emitting point pitch as an interval between the plurality of light emitting points, the control portion identifies the light emitting point pitch.