Image writing device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorMasaki SATO
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Abstract
An image writing device includes a writing member including an array of multiple light emitting devices that emit light for image writing; and a lighting control member that controls lighting and extinguishing of each of the light emitting devices, the lighting control member setting a light-on period for each of the light emitting devices based on an image to be written, and changing, when the light emitting devices include at least one first light emitting device for which the light-on period exceeds a predetermined range, the number of second light emitting devices to be lit, each of the second light emitting devices being disposed adjacent to the at least one first light emitting device.
Claims20
An image writing device, comprising:
- a writing member including an array of a plurality of light emitting devices that emit light for image writing;
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- a lighting control member that controls lighting and extinguishing of each of the plurality of light emitting devices, the lighting control member setting a light-on period for each of the plurality of light emitting devices based on an image to be written, and changing, when the plurality of light emitting devices include at least one first light emitting device for which the light-on period exceeds a predetermined range, the number of second light emitting devices to be lit, each of the second light emitting devices being disposed adjacent to the at least one first light emitting device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.