Lichtsteuerungsverfahren und -vorrichtung einer Lichtquelle einer Bilderzeugungsvorrichtung.

摘要

A lighting control method and an apparatus thereof which determine during the returning motion of the light source (21), whether the next paper (P) is fed to the registration roller (43), and if it is determined that the paper is fed, the light source (21) is caused to turn on from the point of the determination, thereby causing the going motion for the next image forming operation without causing to stay the light source at the home position.