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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1987
AGFA-Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DE;
Abstract
An original to be copied is electrooptically scanned point-by-point. The resulting imaging signals are stored in a first memory and then forwarded to a first image processing unit where the signals are electronically corrected to enhance the image of the original. The corrected signals are loaded into a second memory. A portion of the corrected signals is recalled from the second memory and sent to a third memory. This portion of the corrected signals is then transmitted to a second image processing unit and thereafter converted into a low-resolution video image which can be inspected to determine image quality. If image quality is satisfactory, the contents of the second memory are sent to an exposure unit which prints a high-resolution image of the original on copy material. Imaging signals for a second original are loaded into the first memory as the contents of the second memory are recalled for printing. The second processing unit functions to adjust the video image so that it closely corresponds to the printed image of the original.