Patent ID: 6052140
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:a light source in which at least one row of light emitting elements, which is formed from a plurality of light emitting elements arranged along a predetermined direction, is provided;moving means which moves at least one of said light source and a photosensitive material in a main scan direction crossing the predetermined direction and in a sub-scan direction along the predetermined direction, respectively;first control means which controls said moving means so that a plurality of scanning lines are recorded synchronously at one main scan operation and at least one scanning line is formed overlapping each other in each main scan operation; andsecond control means which controls emission of light of the light emitting elements based on image data so that at least one scanning line is recorded in an overlapping region, in which the scanning lines overlap each other, by a combination of dots recorded by a preceding main scan operation and dots recorded by a succeeding main scan operation.