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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41J / ; G11B / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347233 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor; a plurality of laser beam generation means for generating a plurality of laser beams, respectively; and an optical system in which the plurality of laser beams pass through and scan simultaneously a plurality of lines on the photoreceptor, and thereby dot images are formed on the photoreceptor. The difference in wavelength among the plurality of laser beams is less than a diameter of one dot of laser beam.