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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yuichiro Toyohara, Fujisawa, JP;
Kenichiro Kitajima, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/700 ;
Abstract
In case of a full-color image forming apparatus, Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) unevenness at an identical location in the longitudinal axis tends to be intensified. The image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a plurality of light emitting heads having rod lens arrays which focus imaging rays on photosensitive members and have different modulation transfer functions, thereby being capable of providing a high quality image at a low cost while preventing optical density unevenness from being produced in the image.