Transparency imaging systems and methods
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorCharles Roger Shilling
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Abstract
Transparency imaging systems and methods. One embodiment of the transparency imaging system comprises an imaging surface and a cover mounted adjacent the imaging surface. A media adapter is provided as part of the cover, and a chamber is formed in the media adapter. At least one template is receivable within the chamber formed in the media adapter, the at least one template loading the transparency media in the media adapter adjacent the imaging surface for an imaging operation.
Claims21
A transparency imaging system, comprising:
- an imaging surface;
- a cover mounted adjacent said imaging surface;
- a media adapter provided as part of said cover;
- a chamber formed in said media adapter;
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- at least one template receivable within the chamber formed in said media adapter, said at least one template positioning transparency media in the chamber formed in said media adapter for use in an imaging operation adjacent said imaging surface;
- wherein a single one of said at least one template is both insertable into and removable from within the chamber formed in said media adapter even when said cover is in either of an open position and a closed position.
A method of imaging transparency media, comprising:
- retaining transparency media in a single template;
- loading the single template into a media adapter haying a media slot formed in a one-piece cover of an imaging device regardless of the cover position, wherein the single template is both insertable into and removable from within the media slot formed even when said one-piece cover is in either of an open position and a closed position;
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- backlighting the transparency media by a light source in the one-piece cover for an imaging operation.
A transparency imaging system, comprising:
- means for capturing an electronic image;
- means for covering said capturing means, said means for covering movable between an open position and a closed position;
- lighting means positioned in said covering means for backlighting transparency media;
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- means for loading the transparency media in said covering means between said backlighting means and said capturing means, wherein a single one of said means for loading the transparency is both insertable into and removable from within a chamber in said means for covering even when said means for covering is in either of an open position and a closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.