Stephen A Pavelick

US Patent:

61176257, Sep 12, 2000

Filed:

Mar 8, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/264009

Inventors:

Fred F. Cao - Richmond, CA
Larry Hsu - Blaine WA
Daryl Gordon James - Burnaby, CA
Kevin MacArthur - Delta, CA
Wendy Macura - West Vancouver, CA
Derek G. Montgomery - New Westminster, CA
John A. Nelson - Bellingham WA
Stephen A. Pavelick - Bellingham WA
Gary K. Pringle - Surrey, CA
Alastair M. Reed - Delta, CA
Matthew P. Rektor - Bellingham WA
Horst W. Schaaf - Bellingham WA
Con Verburg - Delta, CA

Assignee:

Cymbolic Sciences Inc. - Bellingham WA

International Classification:

G03C 730

US Classification:

430394

Abstract:

A method of producing a composite image on an image recording medium from first and second component images, represented by digital image data, comprising the steps of converting the digital image data of each image into electromagnetic radiation image data; and forming the composite image by successively exposing the recording medium to the electromagnetic radiation image data of the first and second images so that the images are created on the medium in overlapping relationship to form a join region. The medium is doubly exposed, first by the image data of the first image and then by the image data of the second image. The intensity of the electromagnetic radiation representing the first image is progressively ramped off in the join region and the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation representing the second image is progressively ramped on in the join region.