Patent 7652683 was granted and assigned to Seiko Epson on January, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A line head includes: a first substrate having a plurality of organic electroluminescent devices; a bonding layer disposed on the first substrate and having optical transparency; a second substrate bonded to the first substrate with the bonding layer therebetween and having a reflective film that covers at least a part of the bonding layer; and a plurality of exit portions respectively from which light that has passed through the bonding layer is exited, the light emitted from the organic electroluminescent devices.