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Image printer

CA 2118873 C · Owner: Noritsu Koki Co. Ltd. · Inventors: Tanibata, Tohru

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An image printer includes a projection-exposure section for projecting an image born on a film onto a photosensitive material, an image-exposure section for exposing the photosensitive material based on image information comprised of a plurality of image areas each including color data relating to a plurality of colors, and a transport device for transporting the photosensitive material through the projection-exposure section and the image-exposure section. The image-exposure section includes an exposure device for dividing the image information into a plurality of lines and exposing the photosensitive material with switching exposing colors corresponding to the plurality of color data by …

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  • Filed March 11, 1994 and granted July 6, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 11, 2014.
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FiledMarch 11, 1994
GrantedJuly 6, 1999
Term endedMarch 11, 2014
Patent numberCA 2118873 C
Classification (IPC)G03B27/73 +2 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedMarch 11, 1994Patent grantedJuly 6, 1999Term endedMarch 11, 2014

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