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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
May. 15, 2009
Ophir Eyal, Ramat Ha-Sharon, IL;
Shay Amsili, Kfar Yona, IL;
Vitaly Burkatovsky, Rishon Le Zion, IL;
Kobi Goldstein, Lapid, IL;
Moshe Liberman, Rishon-LeZion, IL;
Ophir Eyal, Ramat Ha-Sharon, IL;
Shay Amsili, Kfar Yona, IL;
Vitaly Burkatovsky, Rishon Le Zion, IL;
Kobi Goldstein, Lapid, IL;
Moshe Liberman, Rishon-LeZion, IL;
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for optically adjusting a computer-to-plate (CTP) imaging head which includes an a light source (), optical fiber () for transmitting light emitted from the light source; an imaging lens () for focusing light emitted from a distal end of the optical fiber () on a substrate; wherein a portion of light striking the substrate is reflected back to the distal end of the optical fiber; a fiber optic coupler () in the optical fiber which transmits the reflected light to a light detector (); wherein the light detector measures intensity of the reflected light; and a control unit configured to adjust the imaging head according to the intensity of the reflected light.