Scanning apparatus for scanning a partially supported media
AssigneeScitex Corporation Ltd.
InventorsAmnon Stein, Rafail Bronstein
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Abstract
A scanning system which includes a medium support unit for supporting a medium in a generally curved orientation by contacting substantially less than the entire surface area of the medium and a scanning unit for scanning the medium.
Claims34
Scanning apparatus for scanning a medium, comprising:
- medium support means for supporting a medium in a generally curved orientation by contracting substantially less than an entire surface area of the medium;
- and
- scanning means for scanning said medium;
- and
- wherein the medium support means supports the medium in the generally curved orientation by engagement with the medium only in the vicinity of the edges thereof.
A method for scanning a medium comprising the steps of:
- providing a medium defining a writing area on at least most of the area thereof;
- maintaining the medium in a generally cylindrical orientation, while contacting the medium only peripherally of the writing area thereof;
- and
- scanning at least a portion of the writing area.
Scanning apparatus for scanning a medium comprising:
- medium support means for supporting a medium in a generally curved orientation by contracting substantially less than an entire surface area of the medium;
- and
- scanning means for scanning said medium;
- means for changing the configuration of the medium support means thereby to accommodate media having a variety of dimensions;
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- wherein the medium support means supports the medium in the generally curved orientation by engagement with the medium only in the vicinity of the edges thereof.
Spinning apparatus for scanning a medium arranged in a configuration defining at least a segment of a cylinder, such that a writing surface of the medium defines an inner surface of the cylinder, the spinning apparatus comprising:
- scanning means for simultaneously scanning a plurality of locations on the writing surface of the medium.
Scanning apparatus for scanning a medium comprising:
- medium support means for supporting a medium in a generally curved orientation by contracting substantially less than an entire surface area of the medium;
- and
- scanning means for scanning said medium.
- and wherein said scanning means comprises:
- a plurality of facet arrays, each individual facet array comprising two facets defining a 90 degree angle therebetween and being arranged such that an imaginary line of intersection between said two facets perpendicularly intersects the axis rotation of the scanning means.
Scanning apparatus comprising:
- means for supporting a medium in a generally curved orientation, the curved orientation defining an axis;
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- a spinner body for scanning the medium, the spinner body defining an axis of rotation and including at least one facet array, each facet array comprising two facets defining a 90 degree angle therebetween and being arranged such that an imaginary line of intersection between said two facets perpendicularly intersects the axis of rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.