Patent · US Expired

Printing method

US5170261A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 21, 1990
Grant dateDec 8, 1992
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Expiry dateNov 21, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/0402
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Printing apparatus and method particularly suited to provide a hardcopy of an image which is produced by medical imaging equipment or the like. The method produces an area modulation hardcopy having a large number of gray levels per area modulation cell (pixel) and a strong density sensitivity preferably by pulse width modulating two different sized printing radiation beams.

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