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Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2009
Applicants:

Hayato Yoshikawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasuhiro Arai, Kanagawa, JP;

Masaki Fujise, Kanagawa, JP;

Kenji Koizumi, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Hayato Yoshikawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasuhiro Arai, Kanagawa, JP;

Masaki Fujise, Kanagawa, JP;

Kenji Koizumi, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/385 (2006.01); G03G 15/043 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An image forming apparatus is provided. An exposure component is equipped with a plurality of light emitting elements arrayed along a first direction. An output component is equipped with output ends corresponding to each of the light emitting elements and the output component, when correcting an amount of misalignment in the first direction, outputs drive signals of one line corresponding to a line on a most upstream side of drive signals of plural lines from the output ends that have been shifted by a number corresponding to the amount of misalignment in the first direction. A plurality of connecting wires interconnect each of the output ends and each of the light emitting elements. A judging component is connected to each of the connecting wires, and judges whether or not the drive signals are being normally transmitted through the connecting wire that the judging component has selected.


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