A method for image generation on a recording material reduces the
nonlinear spacing error between individual beams. In the method for image
generation on a recording material, in which, in order to produce
recording points on the recording material, individual radiation sources
are used which are disposed along a line on a carrier material and in
which the individual radiation sources are driven in accordance with an
image and the individual beams are imaged onto a radiation-sensitive
layer of the recording material. The spacing of the recording points on
the recording material is set by length changes in the direction of the
line being produced thermally in the carrier material.