Abstract: Registration of an image with respect to a recording medium in a film recorder or the like is provided by first roughly positioning the recording medium in a support. A beam is then scanned across an unused portion of the recording medium until it impinges a fixed reference mark such as a sprocket hole edge. The coordinates of the beam are determined at the reference mark, and a registration signal is computed therefrom. The beam is then scanned across the recording medium in response to the registration signal to record information in registered relation to the reference mark. An intensity profile of the beam is calculated as it passes over an edge of the recording medium. The focus of the beam is then adjusted according to the intensity profile. Adjustment of both beam focus and lens focus is provided.

Abstract: An image recorder for providing a CRT image and apparatus to store the image on a film disposed on a film plane. The relative position, intensity and focus parameters of the image are measured during an initial startup of the image recorder, wherein the position, intensity and focus parameters of the CRT and the image thereon are automatically aligned to assure enhanced performance. The apparatus according to the present invention provides an alignment mask disposed in the CRT plane, and the CRT parameters are measured by observation of the light collected through the alignment mask from the CRT and processing the corresponding light intensity signals. The light sensing device provides a signal which is processed typically by a microprocessor controlled geometry engine to derive a set of correction data which is based on a prototype array of initialized data values. The correction data provide signals which are combined with uncorrected CRT deflection signals to provide a corrected signal.

Abstract: A method of packaging solid members having rigid projections, e.g., electrical connectors, on a flexible foam substrate assembly. The method generally includes disposing a portion of the substrate at a workstation and causing the solid member to move toward the substrate so that the projections penetrate the substrate to removably mount said solid member therein. This procedure is repeated as different portions of the substrate are presented to the workstation until a desired number of solid members have been mounted on the substrate. The substrate can then be reeled or arranged in such a manner to be mounted within a suitable container for future removal of the solid members from the substrate.

Abstract: A method of packaging solid members having rigid projections, e.g., electrical connectors, on a flexible foam substrate assembly. The method generally includes disposing a portion of the substrate at a workstation and causing the solid member to move toward the substrate so that the projections penetrate the substrate to removably mount said solid member therein. This procedure is repeated as different portions of the substrate are presented to the workstation until a desired number of solid members have been mounted on the substrate. The substrate can then be reeled or arranged in such a manner to be mounted within a suitable container for future removal of the solid members from the substrate.

Abstract: An image recorder for providing a CRT image and apparatus to store the image on a film disposed on a film plane. The relative position, intensity and focus parameters of the image are measured during an initial startup of the image recorder, wherein the position, intensity and focus parameters of the CRT and the image thereon are automatically aligned to assure enhanced performance. The apparatus according to the present invention provides an alignment mask disposed in the CRT plane and the CRT parameters are measured by observation of the light collected through the alignment mask from the CRT and processing the corresopnding light intensity signals. The light sensing device provides a signal which is processed typically by a microprocessor controlled geometry engine to derive a set of correction data which is based on a prototype array of initialized data values. The correction data provide signals which are combined with uncorrected CRT deflection signals to provide a corrected signal.