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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1996
Kerry L Shaklee, Brighton, CO (US);
Sienna Imaging, Inc., Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
A photographic printer that uses a plurality of small CRTs, or multiple image segments displayed on a single CRT, to print wide format images. Within the printer, the multiple CRTs are positioned adjacent one another and display through lenses so that image segments displayed by adjacent CRTs join one another. The image segments of the single CRT also display through lenses, or mirrors and lenses, that join the segments. The printer may decompose each line of the image into horizontal image segments, or the printer may receive each image segment from a host computer system, and the printer displays the image segments on the CRTs such that they are exposed joined with one another on the photographic media. The printer also contains a closed loop calibration system to adjust the length of each image segment.