Patent · US Expired

Image printer

US5867252A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 12, 1996
Grant dateFeb 2, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 12, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B27/735
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image printer includes a projection exposure unit for projecting and exposing a film image on to a photosensitive material, an image exposure unit for exposing the photosensitive material based on exposure image information with setting an exposure amount for each of a plurality of areas, an image reader for reading information of the film image with the information being divided into a number of areas, and a correction-information instructing unit for instructing correction information for correcting the image information read by the image reader. The image exposure unit generates the exposure image information based on the image information read by the image reader means and on the correction information instructed by the correction-information instructing unit.

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