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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Motomu Fukasawa, Iruma, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/700 ;
Abstract
A rod lens array to be used for an optical printer includes a plurality of rod lenses arranged densely in an array, an opaque substance filled in the gaps separating the plurality of rod lenses, and a pair of side panels sandwiching the plurality of rod lenses and the opaque substance. The rod lens array satisfies the requirement as defined by the formula: S<(Z/L)·(25.4/5P) where P is the resolution of the optical printer expressed in dpi, Z is the length of the rod lenses expressed in mm, L is the conjugate length of the rod lenses expressed in mm, and S is the flatness of the surfaces of the side panels bearing the rod lenses.