The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2001
Keiki Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Furuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical printing device for exposing a photosensitive recording medium to form a grayscale image includes a print head having n rows of recording elements capable of exposure of different colors and aligned in a direction of advancement of the photosensitive recording medium, where n is an integer more than 1, the n rows of recording elements being spaced substantially a multiple of L×(m+k/n) apart in the direction of advancement of the photosensitive recording medium, where L denotes a distance between the centers of recording pixels according to the desired resolution of a recorded image, m is an integer of 1 or more, and k is an integer of 1 or more and less than n. The optical printing device also includes a head driver for driving the print head. Light from the print head is selectively exposed on the photosensitive recording medium to form the grayscale image.