Digital film recorder
First Claim
1. A digital film recorder for recording a digital image on a strip of photographic film, comprising:
- a) a light tight housing;
b) a cartridge chamber in the housing for receiving a cartridge of unexposed photographic film;
c) a film receiver in the housing for receiving the film strip from the cartridge;
d) a write head located in the housing between the cartridge chamber and the film receiver, the write head including a linear array of pixels for exposing the film strip a line at a time across the width of the film strip;
e) a film transport for moving the film from the cartridge to the film receiver a line at a time; and
f) control electronics for receiving the digital image and controlling the film transport and the write head to write the digital image on the film strip as a plurality of color separations including at least one positive human readable image.
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Abstract
A digital film recorder for recording a digital image on a strip of photographic film includes a light tight housing; a cartridge chamber in the housing for receiving a cartridge of unexposed photographic film; a film receiver in the housing for receiving the film strip from the cartridge; a write head located in the housing between the cartridge chamber and the film receiver, the write head including a linear array of pixels for exposing the film strip a line at a time across the width of the film strip; a film transport for moving the film from the cartridge to the film receiver a line at a time; control electronics for receiving the digital image and controlling the film transport and the write head to write the digital image on the film strip as a plurality of color separations including at least one positive human readable image.
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25 Claims
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1. A digital film recorder for recording a digital image on a strip of photographic film, comprising:
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a) a light tight housing;
b) a cartridge chamber in the housing for receiving a cartridge of unexposed photographic film;
c) a film receiver in the housing for receiving the film strip from the cartridge;
d) a write head located in the housing between the cartridge chamber and the film receiver, the write head including a linear array of pixels for exposing the film strip a line at a time across the width of the film strip;
e) a film transport for moving the film from the cartridge to the film receiver a line at a time; and
f) control electronics for receiving the digital image and controlling the film transport and the write head to write the digital image on the film strip as a plurality of color separations including at least one positive human readable image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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- 23. A film strip having a plurality of human readable color separations including a plurality of color separations including at least one positive human readable image, a timing track for assisting in scanning the color separations, and a calibration target for calibrating the density of the color separations.
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