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Abstract

A high-resolution post-objective type optical scanner in which a beam of light is scanned by an optical deflector onto a scanning surface after it is converged by a condensing lens, the light beam converged on the scanning surface having a spot size with an intensity of 1/e.sup.2 and not exceeding 80 .mu.m over the entire area of the scanning surface. The optical deflector includes a reflecting surface composed of a cylindrical surface or a spherical surface. A compensating lens disposed between the optical deflector and the scanning surface has a power which varies in the scanning direction between a central portion and a peripheral portion of the compensating lens. The distance r between an axis of rotation of the optical deflector and a deflecting point, the distance L between the deflecting point and the scanning surface, and an effective scanning width Y.sub.O are related by the relationship r.gtoreq.-0.025.times.L+0.1.times.Y.sub.o +1.4. An image forming apparatus using post-objective type optical scanner is also disclosed.

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