Patent ID: 6646716
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: B41J,G02B,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
A method of printing multiple simultaneous images onto a photosensitive media comprising the steps of:imaging light from a light source through an optics assembly; passing said light from said optics assembly through a polarization beamsplitter element to produce a first polarization state of said light and a second polarization state of said light; directing said first polarized light to a first spatial light modulator to create an essentially telecentric illumination at said first spatial light modulator; addressing said first spatial light modulator with a first signal to create a first modulated light beam; imaging said first modulated light beam through a print lens assembly onto said photosensitive media to create a first image on said photosensitive media; directing said second polarized light to a second spatial light modulator to create an essentially telecentric illumination at said second spatial light modulator; addressing said second spatial light modulator with a second signal to create a second modulated light beam; and imaging said second modulated light beam through said print lens assembly onto said photosensitive media to create a second image spatially separated from said first image, on said photosensitive media.