Development of full-size thin film electroluminescent Edge Emitter array for electrophotographic applications

A full size 400 dpi Edge Emitter array was designed and constructed. The light-emitting edge is 8. 18 inches long capable of printing across the full width of the page. An Edge Emitter head was assembled consisting of three components: a 400 dpi Edge Emitter array a circuit board containing the channel driver ICs and a SELFOC R lens array in a frame. The frame also provided the means of mounting in a 6 ppm electrophotographic printer. Pages of graphics and alphanumerics were printed to demonstrate capabilities of the Edge Emitter array. 1.© (1990) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.