Image recording method
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorHitoshi Kawaguchi
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Abstract
An image recording method, where the image is transferred by superposing an exposed light-sensitive material and an image receiving material on the surface of a drum. Before superposing, in circumferential direction with respect to the axial direction of the drum reduced or magnified image is exposed onto the light-sensitive material. When a reduced image has been exposed, the exposed light-sensitive material will be positioned between the image receiving material and the surface of the drum. When a magnified image has been exposed, the image receiving material will be positioned between the exposed light-sensitive material and the surface of the drum. In this way an image without distortions will be transferred.
Claims17
An image recording method wherein an image which is subjected to one of proportional reduction in both planar dimensions, proportional magnification in both planar dimensions, and duplication at the same size, is exposed on a light-sensitive material and said image is transferred to an image receiving material by superposing said exposed light-sensitive material and said image receiving material on a surface of a drum, comprising the steps of:
- (a) performing one of
- (i) exposing said image on said light-sensitive material such that said image exposed on said light-sensitive material is subjected to a reduction in the dimension along the circumference of the drum before conducting said superposition when said light-sensitive material is positioned between the surface of said drum and said image receiving material, and
- (ii) exposing said image on said light sensitive material such that said image exposed on said light-sensitive material is subjected to a magnification in the dimension along the circumference of the drum before conducting said superposition when said image receiving material is positioned between the surface of said drum and said light-sensitive material;
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- (b) conducting said superposition of said light-sensitive material and image receiving material on the surface of the drum, and conducting said transfer of said image on said light-sensitive material.
An image recording method, comprising the steps of:
- carrying a light-sensitive material at a predetermined carrying speed,
- moving a light source with respect to a manuscript at a speed faster than the speed of said light source as determined by a magnification of the image on an image receiving material from the manuscript image, and said predetermined carrying speed of said light sensitive material, and
- determining the position of a lens unit disposed between the manuscript and the light-sensitive material in accordance with said magnification.
- thereby, exposing on said light-sensitive material an image to be reduced in a dimension along the circumference of the drum with a magnification which is smaller than the magnification on said image receiving material;
- (b) superposing in close contact with a surface of said drum said light sensitive material and the image receiving material wherein said light-sensitive material is positioned between the surface of said drum and said image receiving material;
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- (c) thermal developing said light-sensitive material and transferring the image of said light-sensitive material to said image receiving material.
An image recording method, comprising the steps of:
- (a) carrying a light-sensitive material at a predetermined carrying speed,
- moving a light source with respect to a manuscript at a speed slower than the speed of said light source as determined by a magnification of the image on an image receiving material from the manuscript image, and said predetermined carrying speed of said light sensitive material,
- determining the position of a lens unit disposed between the manuscript and the light-sensitive material in accordance with said magnification,
- thereby, exposing on said light-sensitive material an image to be magnified in the dimension along the circumference of the drum with a magnification which is smaller than the magnification on said image receiving material;
- (b) superposing in close contact with a surface of said drum said light-sensitive material and the image receiving material wherein said image receiving material is positioned between the surface of said drum and said light-sensitive material;
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- (c) thermal developing said light-sensitive material and transferring the image of said light-sensitive material to said image receiving material.
An image recording method, comprising the steps of:
- (a) transporting a light-sensitive material to an exposure location;
- (b) exposing said light-sensitive material to an image of an original while transporting said light-sensitive material through said exposure location;
- (c) subsequently transporting said light-sensitive material onto the surface of a drum, where it is superposed with an image receiving material, for transferring the image recorded on said light-sensitive material to said image receiving material;
- wherein when said light-sensitive material is to be positioned between the surface of said drum and said image receiving material, said exposing step is conducted so as to reduce the size of the exposed image in the transport direction of said light-sensitive material;
- and when said image receiving material is to be positioned between the surface of said drum and said light sensitive material, said exposing step is conducted so as to magnify the size of the exposed image in the transport direction of said light sensitive material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.