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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1995
Norio Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Tsukagoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Kamimura, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihisa Aikoh, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is a light emission intensity width compensating method of an optical print head having a large number of light emitting devices, comprising the steps of measuring a light emission intensity distribution of each of the light emitting devices of the optical print head, slicing the distribution corresponding to a reference light emission intensity value, calculating a light emission intensity width of the reference light emission intensity value for each of the light emitting devices, designating a compensation value of drive energy so that each of the light emission intensity widths becomes equal, and causing each light emitting device to emit light corresponding to the compensation value of the drive energy. In addition, the present invention is an apparatus corresponding to the light emission intensity compensating method. The compensation values of the drive energy are stored in a storing means of the apparatus. When data is printed, the light emitting devices of the optical print head are lit corresponding to the compensation value of the drive energy. Thus, the drive energy is varied corresponding to the light emission intensity width. Consequently, a dot image can be printed free of uneven density.