摘要:
An optical scanning apparatus includes a plurality of light sources (51,52) for emitting light beams and a rotary deflector (57) for deflecting the light beams. A revolution number (Rm) of the rotary deflector is reduced to Rdef × (V/Vmax) if V/Vmax is greater than a predetermined value; and the revolution number (Rm) thereof is reduced to Rdef × (V/Vmax) × m and the number of the light beams is reduced to Ndef/m if V/Vmax is not greater than the predetermined value. V is a process linear velocity of the image forming apparatus; Vmax is a maximum process linear velocity thereof; Ndef is the number of the light beams at the maximum process linear velocity Vmax; and Rdef is the revolution number of the rotary deflector thereat; and m is a positive integer, and Vmax is greater than V (Vmax>V).
摘要:
To provide an image processing method including at least an image recording step and an image erasing step, wherein a laser beam is parallel light and wherein the laser scanning speed for the peripheral region surrounding the central region of the optical axis of the laser beam is lower than the laser scanning speed for the central region, the laser output for the peripheral region is greater than the output for the central region, or an overlapping area between a laser irradiation area that corresponds to a peripheral region surrounding a central region of the optical axis of the laser beam and a nearby laser irradiation area is larger than an overlapping area between a laser irradiation area that corresponds to the central region and the nearby laser irradiation area.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a light source for which intervals between spots formed on the photosensitive member by respective beams emitted from a plurality of light-emitting portions are narrower than a predetermined resolution, and a rotating polygonal mirror having a plurality of mirror plane each of which deflects beams emitted from the light source while rotating. In particular, the image forming apparatus includes a selection unit which selects a light-emitting portion corresponding to a mirror plane used to deflect a beam from the light source, and a driving unit which drives the light source to emit a beam from the selected light-emitting portion.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes light source having multiple light-emitting portions, rotating polygonal mirror which deflects a beam that is emitted from light source, and photosensitive member which is exposed by beams in an image period that is included in one scanning cycle of the beam. One scanning cycle of the beam includes an image period and a non-image period. This apparatus includes selection unit which selects one or more light-emitting portions to be used in image period from among multiple light-emitting portions, and driving unit which drives selected light-emitting portions to emit a beam in a non-image period that is immediately before image period. This apparatus further includes control unit which executes auto light power control for one or more light-emitting portions to be used in image period according to light power of beams detected by beam detection unit.
摘要:
Data in only three colors is printed in the three colors plus black. The coverage amount represented by the smallest intensity of the three colors is determined. When that amount is above a predetermined value at which observable grain becomes minimal, an exponent value is determined and a formula is followed. As an additional improvement, lightness is redefined on a model which favors less black at the lighter values and more balck at the darker values. Hue is to remain the same, ans is known from the original color data. The chroma is refined based on the original chroma, CMY, and CMYK full gamut boundaries. Since black, lightness, chroma and hue are known, the new three color values are found by known techniques.
摘要:
A laser color image forming apparatus uses a plurality of laser beams, forms a latent image on a photosensitive belt by laser scanning having a fixed scanning frequency and a pixel forming clock frequency within one scanning, develops the latent image on the photosensitive belt by toner absorption using toner of a color corresponding to each laser beam, and then transfers the developed image to a printing medium such as a paper sheet or the like. Regarding image patterns for the detection of positional deviation, specifically designed to detect the quantity of printing positional deviation of a color to be measured, zonal patterns arrayed on a fixed cycle for a reference color and zonal patterns having shapes similar to the former and designed for the color to be measured are superposed to form a plurality of image patterns on the photosensitive belt. For the respective image patterns, the zonal patterns for the reference color and the color to be measured are shifted from each other based on the mutually different quantities of deviation. The reflection density of each image pattern is measured, and an image pattern having a minimum reflection density is detected. Based on the quantity of deviation of this detected pattern, the quantity of printing positional deviation of the color to be measured is detected. To eliminate the printing positional deviation, based on the detected quantity of printing positional deviation, the scanning start timing of laser scanning and the pixel forming clock frequency are changed.
摘要:
A scanning optical device includes an incidence optical system that causes the principal rays of all of a plurality of light fluxes emitted from a light source means (1) comprising a plurality of light-emitting parts on the same substrate to impinge upon the same deflecting surface of a light deflector (5) at different angles in a plane orthogonal to a main scanning plane, and be deflected to form a latent image on a plurality of different photosensitive scanning surfaces (8), thereby achieving a scanning optical device and an image forming apparatus that are small in size and inexpensive.
摘要:
To obtain an optical element that can reduce Fresnel (surface) reflection on a lens surface to be a cause of flare or ghost, and a scanning optical system having the same. An optical element in which a microstructure grating is provided on at least one optical surface, in which the microstructure grating consists of a structure having an antireflection action corresponding to an incidence angle of light beams.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus (300) comprising: an exposure portion (320) having a light source, for forming a latent image on a photothermographic imaging material by exposing the photothermographic imaging material to a light beam from the light source; a thermal development portion (360) having a heating portion (330) for thermally developing by heating the photothermographic imaging material on which the latent image is formed, and a cooling and conveying portion (340) for conveying and cooling the thermally developed photothermographic imaging material; a detecting member (370) for detecting a quantitative processing history of the photothermographic imaging material thermally developed in the thermal development portion and a control unit (390) for controlling a factor relating to thermal development on a basis of the quantitative processing history detected by the detecting member.