Automatic densitometer and method of color control in multi-color printing
CA 1047786 A · Owner: Hallmark Cards · Inventors: Pfahl, Kurt A.; Robinson, Richard A.; Brougher, Craig R.
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A novel and improved method of controlling the quality of color fidelity in the printing of multi-colored subject matter is provided by novel and improved automatic densitometer apparatus adapted to automatically scan the successive differently colored blocks of a color control strip printed along one edge of the printed work piece, to automatically make repeated sensings of color density as the scan proceeds, to automatically change the filters required for sensing the density of different colors as the scan proceeds along the control strip to automatically, activate the apparatus for selecting one sensing of color density as being definitive for each relevant block of the control strip to …
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- Granted February 6, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 6, 1996.
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