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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1988
Filed:
May. 31, 1985
Teiji Miura, Nagano, JP;
Toshihide Okamura, Nagano, JP;
Nobumasa Abe, Nagano, JP;
Masatoshi Yonekubo, Nagano, JP;
Hidetoshi Yoshitaki, Nagano, JP;
Hideo Yamazaki, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus for use in a printer with a photo-sensitive drum. The printing apparatus includes a spotlight source for generating a light provides essentially a point source. A fiber-optical converter which is optically coupled to the spotlight source converts the light from the spotlight source to linear rays of light. A plurality of shutter window optically coupled to the fiber-optical converter selectively transmits the light at selected portions of the array to the photo-sensitive drum. As a result, a light path is defined from the spotlight source through the fiber-optical converter and the microshutters to the photo-sensitive drum.