Patent ID: 8989644
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B41J,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming device that forms an image on a recording medium, a light source that, after the image has been formed by the image forming device, irradiates the recording medium with light to fix the image on the recording medium, while the recording medium moves relatively in a predetermined movement direction, and a substrate that comprises the light source; wherein the light source includes a current supply section, a light emitting section, and a current output section, electric current for light emission being supplied to the current supply section, the light emitting section including a plurality of light emitting elements that are disposed two-dimensionally, at least the light emitting elements that are provided side by side in the movement direction among the plurality of light emitting elements being electrically connected in parallel, the current output section outputting the electric current that has passed through the light emitting section, and wherein the current supply section, the light emitting section and the current output section are provided on the substrate such that the electric current flows substantially parallel to a transport direction in the light emitting section.