Patent · US Expired

High speed index printer

US5400152A · kind A · utility

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11References
8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 18, 1993
Grant dateMar 21, 1995
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2227/005
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus that produces digitally generated index prints and normal optical prints as part of the normal printing operation, without requiring the negatives to be cut and handled separately. The foregoing is accomplished by using the exposure determination and subject classification data generated for the normal optical printing operation to rapidly provide the low resolution digital data for creating the individual index print images, during the normal optical printing operation. While the digital images are being created, each digital image is being simultaneously corrected for its own exposure requirement.

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