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Image processing apparatus for preparing printing plates having lengthwise or crosswise patterns

US5231518A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 1991
Grant dateJul 27, 1993
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Expiry dateMar 29, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/6011
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to this invention, the original cassette accommdates the color originals having difference sizes The original cassette is mounted on an original board. Plane scanning is carried out without causing flare by use of an image sensor in accordance with a transmissive method or a reflective method. Auxiliary scanning is then effected after executing a linear reading process, thereby obtaining image data of the whole. Printing plates of CMY and black (K) are directly outputted. Processing is performed by executing rough prescanning and fine main scanning when reading the image. The conditional parameters for processing the images are automatically (or manually) set based on the data stored. The images can be outputted at a high efficiency from a relation between the original and the photosensitive material. The image processing system of this invention has a function to indicate a speed preference mode, a photosensitive material consumption preference mode an a quality preference mode. When indicating the speed preference mode, an output pattern having the least number of scannings is selected. When indicating the photosensitive material consumption preference mode, there is se…

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