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Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2006
Applicants:

Masato Mikami, Saitama, JP;

Kunihiro Maie, Saitama, JP;

Kouji Tsutsumi, Saitama, JP;

Shingo Yano, Saitama, JP;

Inventors:

Masato Mikami, Saitama, JP;

Kunihiro Maie, Saitama, JP;

Kouji Tsutsumi, Saitama, JP;

Shingo Yano, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/455 (2006.01); B41J 2/385 (2006.01); B41J 2/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An image forming apparatus utilizing a light-emitting diode (LED). The image forming apparatus includes: an LED head including an LED array that has a plurality of dots, in which a resolution a (dpi) of the LED array and a resolution b (dpi) in a main scanning direction at an image data exposure satisfy a relation: a>b (a being an integral multiple of b); and a lighting control unit that performs a lighting control for the LED head such that main dots used for an exposure are turned on in every {(a/b)−1} dots.


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