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Digital film recorder

  • US 6,724,990 B2
  • Filed: 08/01/2002
  • Issued: 04/20/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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 and a timing track for assisting in the readout of the recorded image.

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