An improved flying spot scanner (48, 68) is disclosed, which is particularly applicable to use with a raster output scanner (ROS). The primary scan provided by an ROS is a continuous scan of the optical beam (26) along the scan line (40). The present invention provides a discontinuous pixel-by-pixel...http://www.google.de/patents/US5103334?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5103334 - Resolution improvement in flying spot scanner