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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hisashi Shoji, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoko Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346108 ; 358298 ;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus for electrostatically forming a latent image on an image carrier by driving optics in response to multi-level image data. Before the start of an actual image recording operation, a latent image in the form of a test pattern having a plurality of tones is formed on the image carrier by pulse width modulation. A table for correcting image data is generated on the basis of sensed surface potentials of the test pattern. A semiconductor laser included in the optics is driven such that the tone data and the latent image potential remains in a constant relation.