Patent ID: 6724415
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image recorder for recording information about a two-dimensional image made up of a plurality of dots on a recording material by relatively moving a laser spot in a main scanning direction and in a sub-scanning direction, said laser spot being formed on said recording material by irradiation with a laser beam, said image recorder comprising:a laser light source for emitting said laser beam; a laser light source drive part for driving said laser light source, based on an image signal; an image signal correction part for correcting said image signal to be provided to said laser light source drive part; an input part for inputting factor information influencing the size of said dots; and a setting part for adjusting and setting a light emission duration per dot and a light emission amount of said laser light source in accordance with said factor information inputted by said input part, wherein said setting part is capable of providing a light emission timing correction signal for correcting the light emission duration per dot of said laser light source to said image signal correction part, and of providing a light amount setting signal for setting the light emission amount of said laser light source to said laser light source drive part, and said light emission timing correction signal and said light amount setting signal are associated with each other.