Patent ID: 6816181
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: B41J,H04N

Abstract:
An image forming device, comprising:an exposure section including a transparent substrate, a plurality of light-emitting elements that are arranged, with a predetermined gap disposed between mutually adjacent light-emitting elements, on the transparent substrate in a main-scanning direction and include light-emitting portions using an organic material, and microlenses formed on the transparent substrate in respective correspondence to each of the light-emitting elements and having an aperture diameter that is larger than the size of the light-emitting portion of each light-emitting element, the emitted light from the light-emitting portions of the plurality of light-emitting elements being focused by the microlens to thereby expose an object to be exposed; and an exposure control section for moving the exposure section and the object to be exposed relative to one another, and dividing exposure corresponding to one main-scanning line into a plurality of exposures in order to fill a space between positions at which images are formed by the light-emitting portions of the organic EL elements that are adjacent to each other in the main-scanning direction.