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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Koji Hanada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Toyo Ink Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359232 ; 359227 ; 359233 ;
Abstract
Plural successive light beam pulses are directed through a continuously adjustable aperture. An actuator is driven to change an aperture diameter of the continuously adjustable aperture for each of the plural successive light beam pulses directed therethrough. The aperture diameter is adjusted in this manner in accordance with a pixel diameter of each of respective plural pixels to be printed on a print medium by the plural successive light beam pulses.