Image recording apparatus with an array light source

An image recording apparatus without having a rod lens array, comprising:

• an array light source having a plurality of light-emitting elements arrayed in a predetermined density;
• a photosensitive member exposed to a light beam emitted from said plurality of light-emitting elements so that images are recorded by fixing said light beam from said plurality of light-emitting elements to said photosensitive member and by moving said photosensitive member relative to said light beam;
• beam-converging means for including a bundle of said light beams emitted from said plurality of light-emitting elements within one aperture of said beam-converging means and intercrossing said bundle of light beams at or adjacent to a beam-conversion point;
• and
• focusing means, which is disposed between said beam-converging means and said photosensitive member, for focusing said light beams emitted from said plurality of light-emitting elements and intercrossed by said beam-converging means onto said photosensitive member wherein, without the rod lens array, said light beams travel unimpededly between the array light source and said beam-converging means.