Abstract: Print enhancement circuits for an electrophotographic printing machine are placed between the character generator and the printhead to modify drive signals for the printhead. Modifications include smoothing the digitized edges of slanted lines; broadening single pel width lines in the direction perpendicular to the scan direction as well as in the direction parallel to scan. Inhibiting circuits are provided to prevent passage of enhancement signals under certain conditions. Generally, leading and trailing edge gray signals are provided next to all black data in a direction parallel to scan while expanded black signals are provided for the single pel data in a direction perpendicular to scan by adding to the black signal on both its leading and trailing edges.

Abstract: In an optical information recording apparatus in which a plurality of light beams are focused on a disc to form a write/read spot or an erase spot, the position of the light spots on a track of the disc is detected to control the distance between the light spots or the length of the light spots, so that even when the positions at which the light spots are formed differ in the radial direction of the disc, uniform and accurate write/read/erase of information can be effected irrespective of the light spot positions.

Abstract: Magnetic recording arrangement, for example, in a thermomagnetographic plain-paper printer, produces a latent magnetic image on a magnetic recording medium which is composed of a ferromagnetic layer, first magnetized along a predetermined direction before forming the latent magnetic image, and a magnetic layer of high permeability to be converted into a paramagnetic layer by being subjected to the heat from a heating head until the layer is heated to its Curie point or above. The magnetic layers are respectively laminated to opposite sides of a base layer, the heating head being placed at the opposite side of the base layer from the ferromagnetic layer so as to remain out of contact with the ferromagnetic layer, thus making the cleaning of the heating head substantially unnecessary while keeping the latent magnetic image of high quality.

Abstract: In a recording apparatus of this invention, liquid crystal light shutter operates by using the double frequency drive. The double frequency drive employs a higher frequency f.sub.H and lower frequency f.sub.L. The dielectric anisotropy becomes positive in the case of the lower frequency f.sub.L than crossover frequency f.sub.C and becomes negative in the case of the higher frequency f.sub.H than the frequency f.sub.C of liquid crystal material. The driver circuit of liquid crystal light shutter includes a delay circuit (146). Both a recording data delayed through the delay circuit (146) and a recording data formed without going through the delayed circuit (146) are produced in an LSI, to be supplied to write selecting electrodes and signal electrodes of the liquid crystal light shutter, thereby driving the liquid crystal light shutter in a time sharing manner.

Abstract: An improved thick film resistor is disclosed which is comprised of a substrate, a resistor body comprised of a plurality of overlying layers of a resistor material, and a pair of spaced apart terminals each of which has a primary contact portion and a plurality of spaced apart secondary contact portions. The secondary contact portions are interleaved between the layers of resistor material and extend partially into the resistor body and are in electrical and heat transferring contact with the respective primary contact portions of each terminal. The novel thick film resistor is compact in its dimensions and is capable of dissipating substantially large amounts of heat and providing lower current densities than conventional thick film resistors.

Abstract: In a laser beam scanner apparatus for scanning the surface of a photosensitive drum or a document to be read by deflecting a laser beam emitted from a laser diode with a deflector, there is provided a drive current control circuit for controlling the magnitude of drive current of said laser diode on the basis of a beam deflection angle of said deflector.

Abstract: A flexible printed circuit (1) has conductive tracks (2) each having one end constituting an electrode in a linear arrangement of electrodes. The back of the printed circuit in the vicinity of said arrangement of electrodes is pressed against a convex structure and an insulating film (3) covers printed circuit away from the electrodes in order to ensure a desired gap between the electrodes and the surface of a recording medium (11) pressed against the head. The head is particularly applicable to forming an electrostatic latent image which is subsequently transferred to some other recording medium.

Abstract: A single piece electrode comb or device includes two circuit boards having conductor paths and two separate rows of needle-like recording electrodes which are electrically connected to separate paths of the respective circuit board encapsulated in a single plastic resin body with the electrode rows extending to a recording edge formed in a rib along one edge of the body. To form the electrode comb, a device having two substantially similar rectangular cross-sectional shaped halves is assembled in one position to form a winding core on which a wire is wound with a plurality of turns, clamped and joined to the respective circuit boards which are mounted on faces of the two halves, subsequently the wires are separated along a parting plane and the two halves are disassembled with one being rotated 180.degree.

Abstract: A transfer mechanism for a magnetographic recording apparatus employs a pair of imaging/printing drums arranged for pivotal translation past one another so as to be controllably positionable at a respective one of imaging and printing stations. At the imaging station a latent image of the desired graphics/text to be reproduced is written onto a first drum while, at the same time, at the printing station, a latent image that was previously written at the imaging station onto a second drum is employed for hard copy reproduction. The transfer mechanism preferably comprises a set of rotatably driven and meshed gear wheels about the respective axes of which pivot of a pair of support arms upon which the imaging/printing drums are mounted.

Abstract: An image recording method capable of allowing an optical scan type electrophotographic recording apparatus to record images with a high resolution. The pulse width of video data adapted to modulate a light beam is varied. An optimum light beam scanning condition is provided which causes the pulse width of binary video data to be controlled to suitably vary the power of an exposing beam such that a latent image potential difference at a boundary between an image portion and a non-image portion is increased to enhance electrostatic contrast, thereby recording images with a high resolution. In an optical scan type electrophotographic recording apparatus of the type using minute light emitting segments as a light source, a latent image is formed with high electrostatic contrast. A light beam condition and a light beam scanning condition are provided which makes the pixel diameters of an image to be developed in the main scan and subscan directions equal to each other.

Abstract: A halftone image recording system for an electrophotographic apparatus which records a halftone image of input image data using black dots and white dots. Various different densities are rendered by various different gradation density patterns each of which is determined by a number of black dots or that of white dots in a two-dimensional dot matrix and a direction of arrangement of the black or white dots.