Inventors:
Martin E. Oehlbeck - Rochester NY, US
Richard L. Druzynski - East Rochester NY, US
Robert J. Zolla - Rochester NY, US
James E. Roddy - Rochester NY, US
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY
International Classification:
G06F 15/00
G06K 1/00
US Classification:
358 14, 358 17, 358 118, 347232, 347238, 347241, 347256
Abstract:
A printing apparatus () for printing digital images onto a photosensitive medium () employing, for exposure energy, a light source () that uses various arrays of LEDs (). The printing apparatus () may form the print image using sequential modulation, one color at a time, or by applying all colors simultaneously. Arrangements of discrete LEDs () may include high-intensity devices configured with collector cones () arranged as a multicone structure (), with parabolic reflectors (), or collimating lenses (). Large area LEDs () may alternately be used, arranged on an angled mounting surface (), for example.