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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2005
Gee-young Sung, Daegu-si, KR;
Seong-jin Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Seung-joo Shin, Seoul, KR;
Kye-si Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Gee-young Sung, Daegu-si, KR;
Seong-jin Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Seung-joo Shin, Seoul, KR;
Kye-si Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an electrostatic latent image forming medium, a charge unit charging the surface of the electrostatic latent image forming medium with a predetermined potential, a toner supply unit (TSU) supplying toner to an electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the electrostatic latent image forming medium to develop the electrostatic latent image into a toner image, and a transfer unit transferring the toner image to a print medium, the electrostatic latent image forming medium including a transparent frame member, a light source inside the frame member, an optical shutter array including a plurality of optical shutters, and a photoconductive layer on which the electrostatic latent image is formed using light transmitted through the optical shutter array. A diffuser may surround the light source to diffuse light to maintain the intensity of light reaching the optical shutters at a uniform level.