Apparatus, system, and method for flash printing

摘要

An apparatus, system, and method to flash print an image. The apparatus includes an energy source that delivers energy. The apparatus includes an energy pulse width modulator coupled to the energy source. The energy pulse width modulator may receive energy from the energy source and modulate the energy received from the energy source. The energy pulse width modulator may be driven by a logic module. The apparatus also includes a plurality of imaging pixels modulated by the energy pulse width modulator and conveying modulated energy to a host material. The host material may be in close proximity to a receiving medium and the modulated energy may release dye from the host material into the receiving medium.

主权项

1. An apparatus to flash print an image, the apparatus comprising:
an energy source that delivers energy; an energy pulse width modulator coupled to the energy source, the energy pulse width modulator receiving energy from the energy source and modulating the energy received from the energy source, the energy pulse width modulator driven by a logic module; a two-dimensional array of imaging pixels modulated by the energy pulse width modulator and conveying modulated energy to a host material such that the modulated energy impinges on the host material substantially simultaneously for each of the imaging pixels, the host material attached to a curved surface of a receiving medium, the host material comprising a plurality of dye-filled microspheres, the modulated energy releasing dye from the host material into the receiving medium.