An imaging head faces an imaging surface and is relatively moved along the
scanning surface in a predetermined scanning direction. The imaging head
includes an imaging element group and an alteration section. The imaging
element group is structured by a plurality of imaging elements, which are
arranged two-dimensionally in a plane substantially parallel to the
imaging surface. The imaging element group generates a group of image
pixels at the imaging surface in a two-dimensional arrangement which is
inclined, as a whole, at a predetermined inclination angle with respect
to the scanning direction. The alteration section alters a number of
image pixels in a direction which is inclined from the scanning direction
by the inclination angle, on the basis of a difference between the
predetermined inclination angle of the imaging element group and an
actual inclination angle of the image pixel group.