Composite image printing method and apparatus
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorsKiichiro Sakamoto, Liyoshi Yamaguchi, Yuji Oshikoshi
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Abstract
A composite image printing method and apparatus for making a print of a composite image comprising a scene or human figure and computer graphics and/or letters, in order, for example, to provide a postcard with a picture. The apparatus has an exposure system for exposing a photographic paper to a photographic image such as scenes and human figures on a photographic original, another exposure system including a CRT display device for exposing the photographic paper to an image such as letters and computer graphics displayed on the CRT screen, and a device for successively using the exposure systems so as to print the composite image on the photographic paper.
Claims16
An apparatus for printing a composite image on a photographic paper in an exposure station which comprises:
- means for exposing said photographic paper to an image on a photographic original;
- means including a CRT display device for exposing said photographic paper to a CRT image displayed on the screen of said CRT display device;
- means for sequentially actuating said photographic image exposure means and said CRT image exposure means while said photographic paper remains in said exposure station so as successively to print said photographic and CRT images as a composite image on said photographic paper;
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- means for projecting simultaneously said photographic original image and said CRT image in the form of said composite image onto a monitor screen disposed in a different position from said exposure station.
An apparatus for exposing photographic paper in an exposure station to make a print with a composite image, said apparatus comprising:
- photographic image exposure means disposed in optical alignment with said exposure station for exposing said photographic paper to an image on a photographic original;
- CRT image exposure means including a CRT display device in said apparatus for exposing said photographic paper to an image displayed on the screen of said CRT display device;
- means for projecting simultaneously compositely said images on said photographic original and said screen of said CRT display device in the form of said composite image onto a monitor screen disposed in a different position from said exposure station;
- means removably disposed between said exposure station and said photographic image exposure means for successively effecting said photographic paper exposures so as to produce a latent composite image of said images on said photographic original and said screen of said CRT display device on said photographic paper;
- said projecting means and exposure effecting means being replaceable with each other.
A method of printing a composite image on a photographic paper, which comprises the steps of:
- preparing a photographic original on which photographic images are visually recorded;
- preparing an image on the screen of a CRT display device;
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- exposing the same said photographic paper to said photographic and CRT images in sequence, thereby to print a composite image of said photographic and CRT images thereon.
An apparatus for printing a composite image on a photographic paper in an exposure station which comprises:
- means for exposing said photographic paper to an image on a photographic original;
- means including a CRT display device for exposing said photographic paper to a CRT image displayed on the screen of said CRT display device;
- means for sequentially actuating said photographic image exposure means and said CRT image exposure means while said ppotographic paper remains in said exposure station so as successively to print said photographic and CRT images as a composite image on said photographic paper;
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- a plate with letters which is removably attachable to said screen of said CRT display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.