A multibeam light source for use in information recording, including a semiconductor
laser array provided with a plurality of light emitting points in a single package,
in which the plurality of light emitting points are positioned in linear relationship
to one another and have an equidistant pitch so as to respectively emit laser beams
to be simultaneously scanned over a recording substrate. The position of the semiconductor
laser array is adjustable so as to satisfy the relation tan-1{1/(n-1)},
where the angle is defined by two straight lines, the one drawn perpendicular
to the primary scanning direction on an image recording substrate and the other
drawn through respective centers of the first and n-th laser beam spots formed
on the image recording substrate by projecting laser beams emitted respectively
from the plurality of light emitting points. As a result, increases in the speed
and the density of the information recording are achieved through the formation
of suitable laser beam diameters on the recording substrates. Also, excellent recorded
images are achieved without visually recognized phase differences between laser
beam spots.