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Apparatus and method of microprocessor-controlling laser scanning of a material held by a transport, the loading and unloading of the transport also being microprocessor-controlled
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Inventors: Provisor, Zvi; Burford, Jr., Henry H. T.;
Assignee: Crosfield Data Systems, Inc. (Springfield, VA)
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
A laser platemaking control system includes a control panel (410), microprocessor means (408, 424), and an interface (524) therebetween, the control system controlling (a) the loading and unloading of transports (150) onto and from the inner surface of a support with an arcuate cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the drum (243), (b) the translational scanning of paste-ups (478) to be optically read and plates (516) or the like to be optically written on by optical devices (462, 502) which are translated along and rotated about the drum axis, and (c) the selection of size and position of paste-ups (478) and plates (516) on a transport to be scanned. A display (412) also provides communication to an operator from the microprocessor means (403, 424). The microprocessors (403) and (424) are, optionally, incorporated into a single microprocessor. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION We herein claim as our invention: 1.
A system for controlling a scanner apparatus for (a) scanning, with an optical reading device which rotates about and translates along an axis, an image on an image-carrying element supported by a transport, (b) converting an optical signal from the optical reading device into a electrical signal which is stored in at least one memory as digital data, (c) clocking out said digital data from the memory, and (d) generating an optical signal from the digital data with an optical writer device which (i) rotates about and translates along an axis and (ii) scans an image receiving medium supported by a transport to write an image on the medium, the reading device and writing device operating independently, the control system comprising: a first microprocessor; a control panel having actuatable buttons and keys thereon, each button of which, when actuated, provides a corresponding control-related input to the first microprocessor and each key of which represents a data input; means for interfacing the control panel to the first microprocessor; wherein one button comprises a format button which, when actuated by an operator, permits the operator to selectively actuate at least one key which represents a corresponding image size on the medium, the selective key actuations being directed to the first microprocessor through the interfacing means to provide inputs to the apparatus which (a) control the clocking rate of digital data from the memory to effect vertical image size and (b) control the rate of translation of the optical writer device.
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A control system according to claim 1 wherein actuation of the format button permits the operator to selectively actuate at least one key which represents a corresponding position of the medium on the transport.
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A control system as in claim 2 wherein actuation of the format button permits the operator to selectively actuate at least one key which represents a corresponding position of the paste-up on the transport
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