Optical printer and driving method therefor

Details Optical printer and driving method therefor Optical printer and driving method therefor

2006-08-22

2006-08-22

Moe, Aung (Department: 2618)

Television

Camera, system and detail

Camera connected to printer

C348S207990

Reexamination Certificate

active

07095433

ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed an optical printer for printing a grayscale image on a self-developing type photo film unit based on image data. A printing head of the optical printer is provided with a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a line along a main scan direction whose lighting time lengths are controlled for each pixel in accordance with a tonal level of that pixel. The printing head is shifted relative to the photo film unit in a sub scan direction perpendicular to the main scan direction, to print the image line by line. During each printing cycle of one line, drive voltage applied to the respective light emitting elements are raised with time from an initial value according a predetermined characteristic curve, to increase luminance of the respective light emitting elements as the lighting time for each pixel elapses.

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Abstract WO 99/21055, Apr. 29, 1999.

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