Patent ID: 7164434
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus for printing an image from digital data onto a photosensitive medium in one of a plurality of image formats, the apparatus comprising: (a) a light source for providing a source light beam; (b) a control logic processor for formatting the digital data according to said one of said plurality of image formats to provide formatted image data; (c) a spatial light modulator for modulating said source light beam according to said formatted image data in order to form an exposure image; (d) a telecentric imaging optics assembly disposed along the output axis at one of a set of predetermined positions according to said one of said plurality of image formats, for directing said exposure image onto the photosensitive medium; (e) wherein a first relative distance between said spatial light modulator and said telecentric imaging optics is changed for each of said predetermined positions; and (f) wherein a second relative distance between said spatial light modulator and said photosensitive medium is changed for each of said predetermined positions.