Patent · US Expired

Copying apparatus

US4952986A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 1989
Grant dateAug 28, 1990
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Expiry dateMar 29, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/01
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A copying apparatus having a prescanning function for obtaining density data to adjust copy parameters includes a correction function which eliminates the data obtained from a portion of a predetermined color, from the density data detected on a prescanning process. The density data can be restricted within a predetermined range. The predetermined range can be easily set by the user.

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