IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS: abstract simplified (18336485)

• This abstract for appeared for patent application number 18336485 Titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS'

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes an image forming apparatus that includes an exposure head and a controller. The exposure head has a light emitting portion with a first electrode layer, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer has multiple electrodes arranged in both a rotation direction and a rotational axis direction of a photosensitive member. The controller is responsible for controlling the voltage applied to each electrode to form one pixel. The electrodes are arranged in a way that the pitch of the electrodes in the rotation direction is a multiple of the image resolution, excluding an equal multiple.

Original Abstract Submitted

An image forming apparatus includes: an exposure head including a light emitting portion that includes a first electrode layer including a plurality of electrodes that are two-dimensionally arranged in a rotation direction and a rotational axis direction of a photosensitive member, a light emitting layer stacked on the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer through which light is transmissible; and a controller configured to control a voltage applied to each of the plurality of electrodes in such a way that one pixel is formed by controlling the voltage applied to the plurality of electrodes arranged at different positions in the rotation direction, in which the plurality of electrodes are arranged in such a way that a pitch of the plurality of electrodes included in the first electrode layer in the rotation direction is an integer multiple of a resolution of an image formed by the image forming apparatus in the rotation direction, excluding an equal multiple.