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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Carsten Deppe, Aachen, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention describes a laser printing system () for illuminating an object () in a working plane (). The object () moves relative to a print head () of the laser printing system (). The print head () comprises a total number of laser modules (), each laser module () comprises at least one laser array () of lasers (). At least two of the laser modules () share an electrical power supply (). The laser printing system () further comprises a controller () being adapted such that at maximum processing speed of the print head () only a predefined number of laser modules () can be driven at nominal electrical power, wherein the predefined number of laser modules () is smaller than the total number of laser modules. The invention further relates to a corresponding method of laser printing. The laser printing system and the method allow designing the laser printing system for, for example, only 20% of the total power which would be required to drive all lasers at nominal electrical power while having only slightly reduced processing speed.