| 摘要 |
An image forming apparatus includes a light source including a plurality of light emitting elements for emitting a light beam for exposing the photosensitive member, the light emitting elements being arranged respectively corresponding to one pixel of the image in a direction of a rotational axis of the photosensitive member, an output unit for outputting pixel data for driving each of the light emitting elements, a drive unit for driving the light emitting elements based on the output pixel data, a storage unit for storing a cumulative number of times of light emission of a target light emitting element included in the light emitting elements, and a light amount control unit for controlling a light amount of a light beam emitted by the target light emitting element and the other light emitting elements based on the stored cumulative number of times of light emission of the target light emitting element. |
