Patent ID: 6307584
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: B41J,H04N

Abstract:
An inline color laser printer, comprising:a photoconductor section comprising photoconductive material configured to be exposed to receive at least three distinct color toners in a selective manner representative of a color image to be printed; anda scanning section comprising:at least three lasers, each said laser configured to generate pulsed beams of laser energy to be directed to the photoconductor section to selectively expose the photoconductive material; anda single rotatable, polygonal-sided mirror having a plurality of discrete reflective facets corresponding to selected sides of the polygon, the polygonal-sided mirror being positioned relative to the at least three lasers and the photoconductor section such that the pulsed beams of laser energy from each said laser are reflected by an associated one of the discrete reflective facets of the polygonal-sided mirror to a predetermined relative lineal position on the photoconductive material, each predetermined relative lineal position being associated with a selected laser, and further such that as the polygonal-sided mirror rotates, the reflective facets are moved along a curved path to cause the beams of laser energy from each said laser to be variably reflected from the reflective facets and thereby move along their corresponding predetermined relative lineal positions on the photoconductive material to thereby selectively expose lines on the photoconductive material.