This application discloses processing equipment, electrode plate processing equipment, battery processing equipment, and a sheet processing method. The processing equipment includes a rotation roller and a laser assembly. The rotation roller is rotatable around a first axis. An outer peripheral surface of the rotation roller around the first axis is configured to allow winding of a sheet. The outer peripheral surface of the rotation roller is able to move synchronously with the sheet around the first axis. The laser assembly is disposed on the rotation roller and able to rotate with the rotation roller. The laser assembly is configured to drive a laser beam to be emitted toward the sheet, and further configured to drive the laser beam to move linearly and/or oscillate around a second axis that intersects the first axis.

An optical scanning device includes a laser light emitter in which an excess of a current over a bias current is increased or decreased in proportion to an analog signal input thereto, a laser driver to drive the laser light emitter, an optical scanner to scan a surface of an object with laser light emitted from the laser light emitter, an offset value determiner to determine an offset value of the analog signal input to the laser light emitter based on a target light quantity of the laser light emitter, and a laser driver controller to control a quantity of light emitted from the laser light emitter by inputting a signal on the basis of a signal of the determined offset value to the laser driver.

This application discloses processing equipment, electrode plate processing equipment, battery processing equipment, and a sheet processing method. The processing equipment includes a rotation roller and a laser assembly. The rotation roller is rotatable around a first axis. An outer peripheral surface of the rotation roller around the first axis is configured to allow winding of a sheet. The outer peripheral surface of the rotation roller is able to move synchronously with the sheet around the first axis. The laser assembly is disposed on the rotation roller and able to rotate with the rotation roller. The laser assembly is configured to drive a laser beam to be emitted toward the sheet, and further configured to drive the laser beam to move linearly and/or oscillate around a second axis that intersects the first axis.

A controller which causes a light emitting element to continuously perform minute emission for a plurality of dots in a level in which toner is not attached to a non-image section on an image bearing member is provided. The controller controls a first driving current for an image section and controls a second driving current used to perform the minute emission by the light emitting element in the non-image section several times in one job. In the image section, a driving current obtained by adding the first driving current to the second driving current is supplied so that the light emitting element emits light.

A laser printing system includes a laser configured to produce a beam of light modulated according to image data input to the laser printing system, a photoreceptor drum including a photoconductive layer disposed along an outer peripheral surface of the photoreceptor drum, and a non-mechanical beam steerer configured for receiving the modulated light beam from the laser and steering the light beam in a scanning motion back and forth across the photoconductive layer of the photoreceptor drum. The laser printing system also includes a printer controller configured to structure the image data input to the laser printing system, and control an amount of electrical current flowing through portions of the non-mechanical beam steerer to change an effective index of refraction of the non-mechanical beam steerer and steer the modulated light beam in the scanning motion.

A light scanning device includes: a first semiconductor laser 44a that emits a light beam L1; a polygonal mirror 42 that deflects the light beam L1; a reflective mirror 64a that reflects the light beam L1 deflected by the polygonal mirror 42 and causes the light beam L1 to enter a photosensitive drum 13; and a BD sensor 72 that detects the light beam L1 deflected by the polygonal mirror 42. The light scanning device scans the photosensitive drum 13 with the light beam L1 and set scanning timing of the photosensitive drum 13 using the light beam L1 based on detection timing of the light beam L1 using the BD sensor 72. The BD sensor 72 is arranged in the position farther from the polygonal mirror 42 than the last reflective mirror 64a that reflects the light beam L1 immediately before entering the photosensitive drum 13 and arranged inside a scanning angle range of the light beam L1 corresponding to an effective scan area of the photosensitive drum 13.

A laser marking method and system, and laser marked object are disclosed. The method includes directing a pulsed laser beam towards an object such that an interface between an oxidized layer and non-oxidized substrate is in a mark zone of the pulsed laser beam, and scanning the pulsed laser beam across the object in a predetermined pattern to create a mark having an L value of less than 40 and a surface roughness that is substantially unchanged compared to adjacent unmarked areas. The system includes a fiber laser generating amplified pulses that are directed towards a galvo-scanner and focusing optic, while the object includes an oxidized surface layer, an underlying non-oxidized substrate, and a mark having an L value of less than 40 with substantially unchanged roughness features.

The present disclosure provides an image-forming apparatus and a controller. The image-forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member; a scanning unit, configured to perform laser scanning on the photosensitive member at a non-constant linear speed along a main scanning direction to form an electrostatic latent image; and includes a controller, configured to make a first scanning period corresponding to a first pixel at a central region of the photosensitive member to be not equal to a second scanning period corresponding to a second pixel at a non-central region of the photosensitive member. The first pixel and the second pixel are each configured with a light-emitting time period and a non-light-emitting time period; and the light-emitting time period satisfies that a light-emitting time length of the light-emitting time period of the first pixel is same as a light-emitting time length of the light-emitting time period of the second pixel.

Provided is an optical scanning device, which includes a bottomed box-like casing (31) in which a ceiling side is opened, a rotating polygon mirror (35) housed in the casing (31) to deflect and scan light beams emitted from a light source, a driving motor (41) fixed to a bottom wall of the casing (31) to drive the rotating polygon mirror (35), and a lid member (37) that closes the ceiling side of the casing (31) and is fixed to the casing (31) via a fixing mechanism (311), wherein the fixing mechanism (311) is provided adjacent to a minimum separation part (B) of a sidewall of the casing (31) in which a distance from the rotating polygon mirror (35) is minimum.

An image forming apparatus includes: a light source that emits a laser beam; a polygon mirror that reflects the laser beam; a photoreceptor that is to be exposed to the laser beam reflected by the polygon mirror; a motor that rotates the polygon mirror; and a hardware processor capable of detecting sheet type, that is, type of a sheet conveyed in the image forming apparatus, wherein the hardware processor controls to rotate the motor at a first rotation speed until the sheet type is detected, and rotate the motor at a second rotation speed determined on the basis of the sheet type after detection of the sheet type.