Laser beam printer
US4467334A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 9, 1981 |
| Grant date | Aug 21, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K15/129
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A laser beam printer comprises a single scanner deflecting a plurality of laser beams for the purpose of scanning, a laser beam position detector detecting the position of one of the deflected laser beams, and a plurality of delay circuits determining the recording starting timing of the plural laser beams in response to the output signal from the laser beam position detector. The surface of a photosensitive drum is scanned with the plural laser beams to sequentially form a plurality of electrostatic latent images corresponding to a plurality of predetermined colors respectively, and the latent images are sequentially developed with a plurality of color toners during one rotation of the photosensitive drum. The color toner images are simultaneously transferred onto a recording sheet to obtain a record printed in plural colors.
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