Method and apparatus for printing to a photosensitive media using multiple spatial light modulators

A method of printing two-dimensional swaths of area onto a photosensitive media comprising the steps of:

• imaging light from a light source through an optics assembly;
• passing said light from said optics assembly through a polarization beamsplitter element to produce a first polarization state of said light and a second polarization state of said light;
• directing said first polarized light to a first color filter;
• passing said first polarized light from said first color filter to a first spatial light modulator to create an essentially telecentric illumination at said first spatial light modulator;
• addressing said first spatial light modulator with a first color signal to create a first modulated light beam;
• imaging said first modulated light beam through a print lens assembly on said photosensitive media;
• directing said second polarized light to a second color filter;
• passing said second polarized light from said second color filter to a second spatial light modulator to create an essentially telecentric illumination at said second spatial light modulator;
• addressing said second spatial light modulator with a second color signal to create a second modulated light beam;
• imaging said second modulated light beam through the print lens assembly on said photosensitive media;
• addressing said second spatial light modulator with a third color signal to create a third modulated light beam;
• imaging said third modulated light beam through the print lens assembly on said photosensitive media;
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• wherein said second signal and said third color signal are processed simultaneously with said first color signal.