Patent ID: 8446445

Claim:
An exposure device for exposing a photoreceptor, comprising: a plurality of data electrodes disposed for each of a plurality of columns parallel to a moving direction of the photoreceptor; a plurality of selected electrodes disposed for each of a plurality of rows perpendicular to each of the data electrodes; a plurality of light emitting element arrays which include a plurality of light emitting elements disposed near intersection points between the data electrodes and the selected electrodes in intersections between the data electrodes and the selected electrodes, the plurality of light emitting elements being linearly arrayed; a driving signal output circuit for generating a driving signal based on an image signal to supply the driving signal to the light emitting element arrays; and a column selection unit for switching the light emitting element arrays to be selected based on a lighting situation of each of the light emitting elements of each of the light emitting element arrays.