A polygon mirror that can be manufactured at low cost and high productivity and
a method of manufacturing the same, a polygon mirror that can be manufactured at
low cost and presents little variations in reflectance in a wide range of angles
of incident, an optical scanner and electrophotographic equipment that are less
expensive and compact is provided. The polygon mirror has a single layer film formed
of a substance having an index of reflection of 1.45 or below on the reflecting
surface. The method of manufacturing the prism shaped polygon mirror having a film
on the reflecting surface comprises a step of application for applying a solution
containing a substance for forming a film on the reflecting surface, and a step
of forming a coated film of the solution on the reflecting surface by rotating
the polygon mirror, and the solution is applied only in the area of which the distance
from the axis of rotation of the polygon mirror is at least Ri in the application
step, where Ri is the minimum distance between the reflecting surface and the axis
of rotation. The polygon mirror preferably has a film having the distribution of
film thickness on the reflecting surface. Such a polygon mirror is included in
the optical scanner and electrophotographic equipment.