Patent ID: 6867791

Claim:
An image forming apparatus that includes a photosensitive body, on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, and forms an image, the apparatus comprising: a first exposing unit that effects exposure with a first light amount distribution, thereby forming an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive body; a second exposing unit that effects exposure with a second light amount distribution, differently from the first exposing unit, thereby forming an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive body; wherein the first exposing unit and the second exposing units are distinct and a control unit that effects a control to expose the photosensitive body using one of the first exposing unit and the second exposing unit in accordance with image data for image formation wherein the control unit uses the second exposing unit to expose a solid part of image data, and uses the first exposing unit to expose an edge part of image data.