Laser beam printer
AssigneeMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsIsamu Odagiri, Takayuki Ogawa, Tatsuya Eguchi, Norio Tamada, Katsunari Oda
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Abstract
A laser beam printer having an image formation cartridge which is mounted in and dismounted from a printer body, and a light source for radiating a laser beam modulated in accordance with image data. The laser beam radiated from the light source enters the image formation cartridge from a front side of the printer body toward a rear side of the printer body. The image formation cartridge has a substantially non-reflective surface or alternatively a diffused surface around a laser beam receiving portion.
Claims10
A laser beam printer comprising:
- a printer body;
- said printer body having a front side, said front side being the side of the printer at which an operator is intended to be during operation of the printer;
- a first block and a second block which are set in the printer body, one of the blocks being displaceable from a set position;
- a light source, disposed in the first block, for radiating a laser beam modulated in accordance with image data;
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- optical member means for guiding the laser beam radiated from the light source out of the first block and into the second block so that the laser beam travels from a front side of the printer body toward a rear side of the printer body.
A laser beam printer comprising:
- a printer body;
- said printer body having a front side, said front side being the side of the printer at which an operator is intended to be during operation of the printer;
- an image formation cartridge which is mountable in and dismountable from the printer body;
- a light source, disposed in an optically shielded unit in the printer body, for radiating a laser beam modulated in accordance with image data;
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- optical member means for guiding the laser beam radiated from the light source out of the optically shielded unit to the image formation cartridge so that the laser beam travels from a front side of the printer body toward a rear side of the printer body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.