Abstract: A method and system for color transformation of a color variation in an original image into a new color variation in a transformed image of the original image based on a representative color in a target image, the color image workstation is provided having a color computer and a video monitor. The original image and the target image are input into the color computer. A plurality of color samples are picked at points on the target image by use of the video monitor. A statistical analysis is employed to obtain the representative color of the target image. A plurality of color samples are picked at points on the original image also by use of the video monitor. A statistical analysis is employed to obtain a representative color of the original image. By use of the representative color of the original image and the color variation of the original image, and also by use of the representative color of the target image, image points of the original image are transformed to the transformed image.

Abstract: A method for producing circular distributions, particularly color distributions on a recording medium, and which is particularly suited for employment in the field of reproduction technology. A center of concentrically arranged distributions is first determined and a spacing from the center as well as an allocated intensity or color value that is employed for recording the distribution are subsequently determined for at least one prescribable picture element on the recording medium. For determining the center-to-center spacing for a picture element, at least the center-to-center spacing of at least one neighboring picture element is evaluated and only linear transformation steps are implemented in the derivation of the center-to-center spacing for the current picture element from the center-to-center spacing of the neighboring picture element. Subsequently, the intensity or color value dependent on center is allocated to the determined center-to-center spacing.

Abstract: A method is provided for generating a data format for describing a reproducible printer page for electronic recording. A programmed page description of a content of the printed page composed of text, graphics and image information is processed by an interpreter, and a list of graphic objects is generated. The objects are superimposed in a memory according to their position on the printed page. The objects are subdivided into simpler objects free of superimposition. Picture elements are generated for the simpler, superimposition-free objects. The picture elements are presented by grey scale values. The picture elements are combined to form a description of the printed page organized pixel-by-pixel and line-by-line as a contone map.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for exposing the recording material. A light beam is generated by a light source. The light beam passes through an optical isolator, through a light modulator, and then exposes recording material point-by-point and line-by-line. The modulator is activated during exposing of each line in an exposing time span, the modulator being deactivated at least at times within a return time span for each line. The optical isolator is enabled during the exposing time span. To compensate for heating of the optical isolator, the optical isolator is also activated for at least a portion of the return time span. A sum of time extents of the exposing time span and the compensation time span are approximately a constant for each line. Activation of the isolator during the compensation time span compensates for thermal effects which occur in the optical isolator as a result of activation and de-activation thereof.

Abstract: A register punch system for printing plates has several punch modules for an interior drum printing plate exposer in which the printing plate is arranged inside a cavity formed of a segment of a circle. The punch modules are arranged next to one another on a base plate at one end of the cavity outside an inside of the cavity in which the printing plate is located. The punch modules each have a guide block arranged on the base plate, a stamping punch guided inside the guide block, a connecting rod for actuating the stamping punch and a stripper plate arranged on the base plate at the end of the base plate facing the cavity and through which the stamping punch is furthermore guided. The stamping punch has a cutting finger at the end that reaches through the stripper plate, the cutting finger reaching over the end of the printing plate. The stamping punch is actuated through the connecting rod, so that a punching is carried out at the end of the printing plate during the drawing back of the stamping punch.

Abstract: An apparatus for splitting a light beam into two sub-beams is formed of a stationary light source for generating a light beam, of a first polarization converter and of a deflection unit rotating around the optical axis in which two sub-beams are generated from the light beam. The deflection unit contains a polarization beam splitter, a following, second polarization converter and a reflector that is preferably designed as a prism. An automatic correction of positional offsets of the sub-beams is implemented in the deflection unit since the polarization beam splitter or the deflection unit is tilted and/or the lenses are shifted with adjustment drives. The positional offsets of the sub-beams are measured in their focus plane, and corresponding correction values are transmitted with a transformer to the adjustment drives in the rotating deflection unit.

Abstract: A light beam deflection unit for deflecting a light beam has a carrier seated in rotatable fashion around an optical axis, a reflector arranged at the rotatable carrier, and a reflection face oriented transversely relative to the optical axis. The carrier is connected to a sleeve that laterally surrounds the reflector at least in certain regions, and that rotates with the carrier. The sleeve has a light entry aperture for the incident light beam at an end face facing away from the reflector, and a light exit aperture for the deflected light beam in the generated surface. An achromatic lens that is displaceable in the direction of the optical axis for the purpose of focussing the light beam and that is held by the sleeve is located in the light entry aperture. A wedge-shaped, transparent insert is arranged in the light exit aperture for astigmatism correction.

Abstract: A light beam deflection unit is formed of a light-transmissive deflection prism extending in the direction of an optical axis and of a carrier prism. The deflection prism has a light entry face oriented essentially perpendicular to the optical axis, a reflection face proceeding obliquely relative to the optical axis and a light exit face. The carrier prism is joined to the deflection prism at the reflection face and supplements the latter to form a composite unit essentially symmetrical relative to the optical axis that is seated rotatable around the optical axis. For the purpose of reducing air turbulence upon rotation of the composite unit, a hollow-cylindrical element whose cylinder axis essentially coincides with the optical axis and whose inside diameter at least corresponds to the diameter of the light beam incident onto the light entry face and that is connected to the composite unit is arranged in front of the light entry face.

Abstract: An electron beam generator includes: an electron emitting cathode (1); an anode (3) with an anode bore (4) for the passage of an electron beam (6); a Wehnelt electrode (2) between the cathode (1) and the anode (3) for controlling the electron beam; the cathode (1); the anode (3) and the Wehnelt electrode (2) disposed within a vacuum chamber (100); and a magnetic unit (7) disposed between the cathode (1) and the anode (3) for generating a static transverse magnetic field causing the electrons to be deflected along a curved path until the electrons enter the anode (3) such that ions follow an ionic path back to strike the Wehnelt electrode (2) and are kept from striking the cathode (1) by displacement caused by the ionic path. The present invention reduces the number of ions that impact the cathode and reduces the number of ions that are formed by the ionization of residual molecules, increasing the service life of the cathode.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for producing a rastered gray composite proof in which the color values of the chromatic printing inks "cyan", "magenta" and "yellow" are united to brightness-equivalent gray scale values for simple advance monitoring of a color printing. The gray scale values to be printed on the gray composite proof are corrected compared to the gray scale values of the chromatic printing inks for the color printing represented by the color separation values, being corrected to different percentage parts that respectively correspond to the subjectively sensed brightness impression of the chromatic printing inks relative to "black". The color separation values of the chromatic printing inks are converted into individual bit maps by different raster functions such that the recorded pixels of the chromatic printing inks lie next to one another on the recording material. The individual bit maps of the chromatic printing inks are united to form an overall bit map by an OR operation.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for the conversion of color values of a first color space into color separation values of a printing color space characteristic of a printing process in apparatus and systems for color image processing. For the purpose of exact adaptation of the color separation values ?C, M, Y, K! of the printing color space to the respective printing process, the functionally allocated color separation values ?C, M, Y, K! are first approximately analytically calculated from the color values ?L*, a*, b*! of the first color space as a printing table ?C, M, Y, K=f(L*, a*, b*)!, taking the printing colors of the respective printing color space of the later printing process, the colorimetric properties of the printing material employed later, and the printing process parameters into consideration.

Abstract: In an optoelectronic recording element for point-by-point and line-by-line recording, the recording element is composed of a laser diode for generating a light beam, of an objective, of a light detector arranged spaced from the laser diode and of a reflector arranged turned in the beam path of the light beam that reflects a part of the light beam onto the light detector. The reflector is composed of concave mirror segments that are positioned between the laser diode and the objective. The reflector has an aperture whose center line coincides with the optical axis and whose diameter at least corresponds to the diameter of the light part of the light beam employed for the recording. As a result thereof, the light part of the light beam employed for the recording passes through the reflector loss-free, and the light part of the light beam that is not used is nearly completely focussed onto the light detector.

Abstract: A chuck system for machine tools with a rotating jaw chuck has clamping jaws of the jaw chuck which can be radially adjusted relative to an axis of rotation. The clamping jaws are displaceably mounted in a bearer connected with a drive shaft, and in which engagement openings for the introduction of an adjustment tool for the positioning of the clamping jaws are arranged in the region of the bearer. The bearer is surrounded by a protective sheath that is guided so as to be displaceable in the direction of the axis of rotation. The protective sheath comprises through openings, which are arranged so as to be congruent to the engagement openings in a handling position of the protective sheath, and are arranged so as to be offset to the engagement openings in an operating position of the protective sheath. In the operating position, the clamping jaws are radially surrounded, at least in regions, by the protective sheath.

Abstract: A process and circuit arrangement for regulating the luminous power of a laser diode in an optoelectronic point-by-point or line recording device for recording information on a recording material. A deviation is determined by comparing a luminous power set value to a measured luminous power real value. A fast regulator generates a regulating current based on the deviation. A slow regulator with storage capabilities generates a working point regulating current that determines the working point on a laser diode characteristic curve and that is added to the regulating current to provide the driving current of the laser diode. The luminous power set value and the slow regulator are used during the switching-on periods of the laser diodes at the beginning of the recording periods and during preliminary periods that precede the recording periods.

Abstract: Method for generating harmonic color corrections in a color image. The color image is deposited in an image store and is displayed on a monitor. Color samples of the colors that are to be subjected to a selective color correction are taken from the image with a coordinate input means. Color correction values that act on the colors defined by the color samples are input. In order to obtain harmonic transitions at the locations in the image where the selected colors meet non-selected, neighboring colors, the color correction decreases toward the edges of the color correction area. This is achieved by a filtering of the color samples or color correction values. A color computer calculates the corresponding color correction values.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the analysis and correction of the image gradation of an image original to be reproduced by evaluating image values acquired by point-by-point and line-by-line, optoelectronic scanning with an input device in apparatus and systems for image processing. The image original is geometrically subdivided into a plurality of sub-images. The frequency distribution of the image values or, respectively, of the luminance components of the color values in a corresponding sub-image is separately identified as a sub-image histogram. The sub-image histograms of the individual sub-images are evaluated and the sub-images relevant for the image gradation are identified by means of the evaluation. An aggregate histogram that corresponds to the frequency distribution of the image values or, respectively, of the luminance component of the color values in the relevant sub-images is calculated from the sub-image histograms of the relevant sub-images.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the correction of the image values of faulty sensors of an optoelectronic transducer comprising a plurality of sensor elements. In order to avoid errors at light/dark transitions in the scanned original, the erroneous image value of a faulty sensor element is fully corrected in areas of the original having nearly constant brightness values and is only slightly corrected in regions of light/dark transitions (contours) in the original. In order to achieve this, the erroneous image value of a faulty sensor element is replaced by the image value of the sensor element neighboring the faulty sensor element that comprises the least difference from the erroneous image value in terms of amount. Alternatively, the erroneous image value is replaced by the median value calculated from the image value of the faulty sensor element and from the image values of the sensor elements neighboring the faulty sensor element.

Abstract: A process control strip for visual monitoring of an exposure process for a recording material as course signal elements and fine signal elements. A first stripe extending in a direction of a greatest expanse of the process control strip has a tonal value wedge with process-independent reference tonal values as the course signal elements that change in the stripe direction. A second stripe proceeds parallel to the first stripe and has a raster with fine raster points and the fine signal elements that represent a uniform, highly process-dependent tonal value.

Abstract: A method for the transformation of color solids of different color reproduction processes in color image reproduction, whereby spatial positions of the colors respectively representable in a color reproduction process are defined by a color solid characteristic of the color reproduction processes in a three-dimensional color coordinate system (L, a, b). First, an initial color solid characteristic of an initial process and a target color solid characteristic of a target process are calculated in the color coordinate system (L, a, b). The initial color solid in the color coordinate system (L, a, b) is then distorted. Subsequently, the distorted initial color solid is transformed into a standardized intermediate color solid in a cylindrical color coordinate system (h, p, q) by a first transformation according to a three-dimensional, first transformation rule (F.sub.1).

Abstract: In a method for creating at least five to seven color separations for input into a raster image processor for creation of at least five screen separations for use with at least a five color press to create at least a five color printed page, a scanned digitized image is created represented by at least three digitized color image signals. These at least three digitized color image signals are input into a digital color separation computer. The digital color separation computer is used to create at least five single color unscreened image separations in the form of computer files. The computer files are input into a raster image processor to create at least five single color screen separations in the form of electronic signals. The electronic signals are then fed to a film recorder to create at least five single color screen separation films used in conjunction with a five color press to create the at least five color printed page.