Abstract: A multiprobe apparatus for probing a device having a plurality of contacts includes a holder for holding the device in a fixed position; a plurality of electrically conducting elongated probes, each probe being adapted for electrical communication with a respective one of the contacts by tangential linear contact along the length of the probe; and a probe support for supporting the probes and for maintaining the probes in electrical communication with the contacts.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing a laser diode assembly package is taught. Briefly stated, in a first embodiment, a housing having an access area at one end has a laser mounted therein. A collimator lens is placed at the other end of the housing and is movable along the optical axis of the laser output. This enables the collimator to be adjusted along the optical axis in order to produce an optimum amount of collimated light, with the housing and lens then be hermetically sealed with UV curable epoxy. In an alternate embodiment, the laser is mounted on a socket module which is then inserted into the housing.

Abstract: A printing machine with control device for identifying solid areas to be imaged. The printing machine is regulated on a picture element (pel) basis to produce pels representing the interior of solid areas with an intensity sufficient to create a relatively large development vector and to produce non-solid area pels, such as the edges of solid areas, text, and line pels with an intensity sufficient to create a smaller development vector. In that manner, toner deposit densities are balanced for solid interiors, the edges of solids, test, and lines. A control method is provided for establishing the desired line stroke width, toner density, and exposure level for an electrophotographic printer, and thereafter establishing the exposure level needed to balance toner density in the solid areas with the line toner density.