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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2000
Masayuki Kurematsu, Hino, JP;
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention concerns a printer for recording an image on a recording material by using a reflecting device such as a digital micro-mirror device or a D-ILA device. The printer includes a light source to emit irradiation light; a reflecting device to reflect the irradiation light, the reflecting device being integrated with a plurality of micro-reflectors, which are arrayed in two-dimensional directions of rows and lines, and each of which is independently controllable to vary a reflection angle of the irradiation light emitted from the light source; a light splitter to split reflection light reflected by the reflecting device; a light guide to guide the reflection light, split by the light splitter, to a predetermined position on the recording material; and a conveying device to move the recording material in a predetermined direction.