MULTILASER BI-DIRECTIONAL PRINTER WITH AN OSCILLATING SCANNING MIRROR

摘要

System and method for generating lines of data (96, 98) on a photosensitive medium (88) for use with a display or a printing apparatus. The lines of data (96, 98) are generated by two or more modulated and parallel laser light beams (14A, 14B) directed by a resonant pivoting torsional hinged mirror (90). The pivoting mirror (90) sweeps the two modulated light beams (14A, 14B) back and forth across the photosensitive medium (88) to provide bi-directional printing. Relative motion between the photosensitive medium (88) and the plane of the sweeping light beam is provided by moving the photosensitive medium (88) when used with a printing apparatus or by also orthogonally moving the sweeping plane of the light beams (14A, 14B) when used with a display device.