Image forming apparatus with array-formed recording elements
US5812176A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 25, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/40031
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium by using a group of recording elements including a plurality of recording elements aligned in an array form of at least a single line, a controller controls each recording element so as to be driven plural times for each pixel in accordance with image data and controls the plurality of recording elements in such a way that while one group of the plurality of recording elements is in an operable condition as working elements, neighboring recording elements located next to the working elements are controlled to be in an inoperable condition as non working elements.
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