Image forming apparatus
First Claim
1. An apparatus for forming an image on a plurality of light sensitive materials, comprising;
- an exposing device having an exposing region on which each of the plurality of light sensitive materials in a conveying direction to the exposing region, the plurality of conveyors arranged side by side so that the plurality of light sensitive materials are placed side by side and conveyed in parallel to each other, wherein the exposing region is arranged to be perpendicular to the conveying direction so that the exposing region crosses the plurality of light sensitive materials and is divided into plural exposing sub-regions corresponding in position to the plurality of light sensitive materials;
a memory to memorize a plurality of correction data each determined based on a characteristic of each of the plurality of light sensitive materials, wherein the plurality of correction data are set separately for each of the plural exposing sub-regions in accordance with the characteristic of a corresponding one of the plurality of light sensitive materials; and
a correcting section to correct an amount of light at each of the plurality of exposing sub-regions based on a corresponding one of the plurality of correction data.
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Abstract
In an image forming apparatus provided with an exposing section and a conveyor for conveying a plurality of light sensitive materials relative to the exposing section, the plurality of light sensitive materials are arranged in parallel in the conveying direction so that the exposing section is divided into plural exposing blocks corresponding to the plurality of light sensitive materials. There are provided a memory to memorize plural correction amounts each set based on a characteristic of one of the plurality of light sensitive materials, wherein the plural correction amounts are correlated with the plural exposing blocks in accordance with the corresponding light sensitive material; and a correcting section to correct the amount of light for each exposing block on the basis of the corresponding correction amount.
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17 Claims
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1. An apparatus for forming an image on a plurality of light sensitive materials, comprising;
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an exposing device having an exposing region on which each of the plurality of light sensitive materials in a conveying direction to the exposing region, the plurality of conveyors arranged side by side so that the plurality of light sensitive materials are placed side by side and conveyed in parallel to each other, wherein the exposing region is arranged to be perpendicular to the conveying direction so that the exposing region crosses the plurality of light sensitive materials and is divided into plural exposing sub-regions corresponding in position to the plurality of light sensitive materials;
a memory to memorize a plurality of correction data each determined based on a characteristic of each of the plurality of light sensitive materials, wherein the plurality of correction data are set separately for each of the plural exposing sub-regions in accordance with the characteristic of a corresponding one of the plurality of light sensitive materials; and
a correcting section to correct an amount of light at each of the plurality of exposing sub-regions based on a corresponding one of the plurality of correction data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
a finish setting section to set a same finish request to make plural images on plural light sensitive materials with the same finish; and
a control section to control the exposing device to expose the plural images to be made with the same finish on a light sensitive material conveyed by the same one of the plurality of conveyors.
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10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the same finish request is made based on one of print sheet number information, approximate scene information and continuous photographing scene information.
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11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the finish setting section includes an input device to input the same finish request.
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12. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:
a sorting device including a device to collect the plural light sensitive materials with the same finish at a predetermined position.
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13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the exposing device comprises an array light source in which a plurality of light emitting elements are aligned along a line and the plurality of light emitting elements are divided so as to form the plural exposing sub-regions.
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14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of conveyors are constructed to convey to a large size light sensitive material cooperatively.
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15. A method of forming an image on a plurality of light sensitive materials, comprising:
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placing a plurality of light sensitive materials side by side at positions corresponding to a plurality of conveyors arranged side by side;
conveying the plurality of light sensitive materials in parallel to each other by the plurality of conveyors in a conveying direction to an exposing device;
wherein the exposing device has an exposing region on which each of the plurality of light sensitive materials is exposed with light to form an image, and wherein the exposing region is arranged to be perpendicular to the conveying direction so that the exposing region crosses the plurality of light sensitive materials and is divided into plural exposing sub-regions corresponding in position to the plurality of light sensitive materials;
memorizing plural correction data each determined based on a characteristic of each of the plurality of light sensitive materials, wherein the plurality of correction data are set separately for each of the plural exposing sub-regions in accordance with the characteristic of a corresponding one of the plurality of light sensitive materials; and
correcting an amount of light at each of the plurality of exposing sub-regions based on a corresponding one of the plurality of correction data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
setting a same finish request to make plural images on plural light sensitive materials with the same finish; and
controlling the exposing device to expose the plural images to be made with the same finish on the light sensitive materials at the same one of the plural exposing sub-regions.
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Specification