Patent ID: 6037963
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
A laser printer in which a plurality of laser beams is generated for simultaneously scanning a recording medium to produce an image thereon at at least a first print resolution and a second print resolution, said first and said second print resolutions being different print resolutions including:at least three laser beams having their centers separated predetermined distances from each other with at least two of the laser beams having their centers separated from each other a predetermined distance necessary to produce said first print resolution and with at least two of the laser beams having their centers separated from each other a predetermined distance necessary to produce said second print resolution;and means to select laser drive circuits to control at least two of said laser beams to be used during each scan in accordance with each of said first and said second print resolutions of the image to be produced on the recording medium.