Patent ID: 6738086
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An image recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording material by irradiating the recording material with light beams emitted from a plurality of optical fibers, and causing the light beams to make a primary scan and a secondary scan of the recording material, said apparatus comprising:a plurality of optical fiber rows each having a plurality of optical fibers supported by a base plate having a plurality of grooves arranged at a fixed pitch P and arranged at said fixed pitch P; said plurality of optical fiber rows being arranged parallel to each other in a direction intersecting a primary scanning direction and a secondary scanning direction; optical fibers disposed at adjacent ends of said plurality of optical fiber rows being shifted from each other by a multiple of said fixed pitch P in a direction of arrangement of said optical fibers; and said optical fibers constituting said plurality of optical fiber rows having projections thereof arranged at a fixed pitch PY in said primary scanning direction.