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Dual-processing type recording apparatus for chemical and thermal sensitive material

US6108024A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 16, 1998
Grant dateAug 22, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B26/127
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A recording apparatus records data on a sensitive material with a laser beam. The recording apparatus includes a data storage unit for storing data, a laser illumination unit for generating the laser beam, and a laser beam scanning unit for scanning the laser beam, which is generated by the laser illumination unit, at a predetermined position. The recording apparatus further includes a transporting unit for transporting the sensitive material to the predetermined position, a laser control unit for controlling the laser illumination unit to generate the laser beam on the basis of the data stored in the data storage unit, and an intensity change-over unit for changing over the intensity of the laser beam illuminating the sensitive material at the predetermined position, in dependence on the type of the sensitive material.

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