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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2006
Masato Mikami, Saitama, JP;
Kunihiro Maie, Saitama, JP;
Kouji Tsutsumi, Saitama, JP;
Shingo Yano, Saitama, JP;
Masato Mikami, Saitama, JP;
Kunihiro Maie, Saitama, JP;
Kouji Tsutsumi, Saitama, JP;
Shingo Yano, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
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.