Image forming apparatus and light emitting apparatus

Abstract

A light emitting apparatus including a photosensitive member and an exposure device including a light emitting device array made up of a plurality of light emitting devices arranged in a direction of main scan across a moving direction of the photosensitive member and a switching device array made up of a plurality of switching devices arranged and connected to the light emitting devices in one-to-one relation. The switching device array is divided into a plurality of groups, a first group of leads connected in common to first terminals of the switching devices for each of the plural groups of switching devices, a second group of leads connected to second terminals of each of the switching devices, and a third group of leads, each of the third group of leads connected to third terminals of each switching device in a respective group of switching devices. The apparatus further includes a drive device for operating the simultaneous light emitting circuits to apply a first scan signal to the first group of leads, a voltage signal with one polarity to the third group of leads in synch with the first scan signal, and a discharge signal to the second group of leads, thereby causing capacitors to be discharged.