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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2008
Kiyoshi Tsujino, Matsumoto, JP;
Nozomu Inoue, Matsumoto, JP;
Yujiro Nomura, Shiojiri, JP;
Ken Ikuma, Suwa, JP;
Kiyoshi Tsujino, Matsumoto, JP;
Nozomu Inoue, Matsumoto, JP;
Yujiro Nomura, Shiojiri, JP;
Ken Ikuma, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus, includes: a latent image carrier that moves in a first direction; an exposure head that includes a first imaging optical system, a second imaging optical system that is distanced from the first imaging optical system in the first direction, a light emitting element that emits a light to be imaged on the latent image carrier by the first imaging optical system and a light emitting element that emits a light to be imaged on the latent image carrier by the second imaging optical system; and a controller that is adapted to control a light quantity of the light emitting element that emits a light to be imaged on the latent image carrier by the first imaging optical system in accordance with an imaging characteristic of the first imaging optical system.