Patent ID: 6556275
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An optical printer comprising:a light source which emits light; a rotatable optical member which is located in a light path between said light source and a recording medium and which selects light having a specific wavelength range from said light source; a moving means for moving relatively said light source or said recording medium; and a controlling means for performing synchronously a light emission of said light source by an image signal corresponding to light having the specific wavelength range selected by said optical member and rotation of said optical member and for forming an image to said recording medium by irradiation with light selected by said optical member, wherein said optical member comprises a plurality types of mirrors which have the reflectance relative to light having the specific wavelength range higher than the reflectance relative to light having another wavelength range and which are arranged rotatably and peripherally and the light from said light source is reflected selectively to irradiate said recoding medium.