Inspection/adjustment method and apparatus for laser beam output optical unit and laser scanning optical system

摘要

There is disclosed a laser beam output optical unit adjustment method and apparatus, which can perform inspection and adjustment of a laser beam unit and a laser scanning optical system including this unit used in a laser beam printer within a short period of time. The laser irradiation position is roughly adjusted using a wide-field position detector, and focus rough adjustment is then performed using a narrow-field position detector. Thereafter, fine adjustment of the irradiation position and focus fine adjustment are performed using the narrow-field position detector. An image enhancement tube capable of a high-speed gate operation is arranged in a laser scanning region, and instantaneously takes a beam spot during laser scanning. An image processing devices analyzes the taken spot image, and a calculation unit calculates various data.