CONTACT DUPLICATING & RESEAU PRINTR AND HIGH RESOLUTION STEP & REPEAT PRINTER SIXTH MONTHLY LETTER REPORT

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• Publication Date: January 10, 1964
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CONTACT DUPLICATING & RESEAU PRINTER ,~ y 7b 93
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HIGH RESOLUTION STEP & REPEAT PRINTER
SIXTH MONTHLY LETTER REPORT
January.10, 1964
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Period': December 1, 1964 to January 1, 1965
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NGA Review
Complete
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section No. Page No..
1.0 CONTACT DUPLICATING AND RESEAU PRINTER. . . 1
1.1 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Activity of This Report Period . . . 1
1.3 Plans for Next Report Period . . . . . 2
1.4 Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.5 Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.
2.0 HIGH RESOLUTION STEP AND REPEAT PRINTER 4
2.1 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2 Activity of This Report Period . . . 4
2.3 Plans for Next Report Period . . . . .
2.4 Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.5 Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.0 STATUS OF FUNDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1.0 CONTACT DUPLICATING AND RESEAU PRINTER
1.1 Purpose
The overall objective of the current contract is the design,
fabrication, test, and delivery in fifteen months of a photo-
graphic Step and Repeat Contact Duplicating & Reseau Printer.
Prime design goals are high speed automatic operation, variable
format capability, and high resolution with minimum film dis-
tortion or damage. The deliverable equipment will be suitable
for operational use. The Printer will accommodate films of
70mm to 9-1/2" width with frame lengths up to 30'x, and will
offer operation in the Reseau mode and selective mode as options.
1.2 Activity of This Report Period
The Design Plan, lay-out drawings, and Industrial Design render-
ings were submitted on 11 December 1964. While awaiting formal
approval, further development of the breadboard unit continues
in the areas of film transport, image sensing, light source,and
automatic exposure control. --
Preliminary photographic tests have been initiated on the bread-
board unit to evaluate automatic timing and cycling of film
transports, frame sensing, contact pressure means, and exposure
source. Primary effort is being devoted to light sources, col-
limation devices, and exposure control. Parallel testing is
being performed at
Reseau samples are being evaluated
in both breadboard devices to demonstrate required objectives
and to resolve specifications for Reseau,grid manufacture.
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Progress in other areas is continuing toward a final-design con-
figuration, and it is not anticipated at this time that the res-
olution of the light source and exposure control system will delay
scheduled progress.
A recent meeting withi pro- STAT
duced some tentative decisions regarding final machine configur-
ation, control panel design and human factors engineering. A
cardboard mock-up of the Printer is now being fabricated to
demonstrate general machine operation, loading and accessibility.
.The photoelectric circuitry breadboard being fabricated for
localized automatic exposure control has been successfully
demonstrated in partial component assemblies and is now being
combined into an integrated circuit. Evaluation of sensor types
and sampling area is proceeding on the basis of electronic func-
tions and photographic characteristics. Final design and selec-
tion of components is dependent upon the final choice of exposure
source and configuration.
Studies by
on Environmental Control and Film
Sensitometry have been completed and are included in the Design
Plan. Further consultations are planned to help develop the final
design during the fabrication phase of the program.
1.3 Plans for Next Report Period
Photographic tests will be continued at
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ponents for the exposure system.
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in an effort to fix the configuration and selection of com-
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will be intensified in order to
obtain maximum benefit from the parallel investigations and
experimental programs being conducted.
.Lay-out and design effort on the Pre-View and Punch Station
is forecast now that functional requirements have been resolved.
An industrial design study has been initiated.
Specifications for the Reseau grid are expected to be finalized
and released for quotation during, the coming period in view of
the extended lead-time required for manufacture.
1.4 Problems
Concentrated efforts are being applied to resolution of the
light source and exposure control problem, and, while final
configuration is not yet resolved,.the overall program schedule
has not been affected.
In order to avoid possible delivery delays and, possibly, addi-
tional costs, L_____]requires immediate approval of the Design
Plan.
1.5 Documentation
No further changes or clarifications to the Printer specification.
were documented in the past report period. A comprehensive list
of specification-changes has been included' in the Design Plan re-
cently submitted for approval.
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2.0 HIGH RESOLUTION STEP AND REPEAT PRINTER
2.1 Purpose
The purpose of this effort is to design, fabricate, test and
deliver in twenty months a high-precision Step and Repeat Photo-
graphic Contact Printer. This Printer will be capable of produc-
ing photographic contact prints of the highest possible quality,
resolution and acutance from roll films of width varying from
70 mm to 9-1/2" and in pre-selected frame lengths from 2-1/4"
up to a maximum of 30".
This program will include a six-month Feasibility Study followed
by a Breadboard Phase. Following design approval a prototype
Printer will be produced in accordance with the Design Plan.
2.2 Activity of This Report Period
The major activity during this reporting period was the prepara-
tion of the Feasibility Report in accordance with the requirements
of the contract. The report presents the characteristics and
components recommended to meet the performance specifications
set forth in the purchase description, and includes the proposed
methods for accomplishing the desired objectives. Included, in
addition, are revisions to the performance specifications based
on agreements with the Technical Monitor.
During this reporting period additional breadboards were initi-
ated. The major breadboarding will be in the following areas:
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1. Exposure Control and Light Source
2. Film Drive and Transport'
3. Film Gate
4. Code Reader
5. Electronic Packaging
It is intended that each breadboard will be carried only as far
as necessary to demonstrate feasibility of the concepts outlined
in the Feasibility Study.
A Breadboard Schedule and Budget is being prepared for each Bread-
board Task, and Task Leaders have been assigned area responsibili-
ties. The following is a description of the progress made in each
breadboard area to date:
1. Exposure Control and Light Source
Two types of photo sensors have been ordered and received, and
test circuits have been designed. A preliminary design has been
initiated for a log amplifier and some of the components have
been ordered and received. Lamp modulator-circuitry is in the.
planning stage and a block diagram has been prepared. Lamp vendors
have been contacted, with favorable results to date. A preliminary
lamp specification has been prepared for the exposing and sensing
lamps.
2. Film Drive and Transport
The layout drawing of-the transport is progressing. Spool motors,
capstan motor, spool brake and the capstan brake have been-specified
and ordered. It has been decided to drive the capstan with a DC
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motor instead of an AC synchronous motor because of RFI problems
caused by AC switching.
It is expected that the layout will be completed in the coming
month and that fabrication will be initiated.
3. Film Gate
Preliminary design activity has been initiated,-
4. Code Reader
Circuit design and component selection are in progress. A reader
test target specification has been prepared. Test photocells
have been ordered
Spectral response tests and
response time tests are being planned.
5. Electronic Packaging
Techniques for packaging microcircuit modules are being investigated.
Sample microcircuits have been obtained and optimum module concept
design is being studied.
2.3 Plans for Next Report Period.
Breadboard design and component selection will be accelerated.
Fabrication will be initiated in some areas and layout drawings
will be started in the Gate and Code Reader Breadboards.
The Feasibility Report will be delivered approximately on schedule
and breadboard plans will be discussed in detail at the next tech-
nical review session.
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2.4 Problems
An early meeting with the procuring technical personnel is re-
quired to discuss the details of film coding and exposure control.
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furnished by the technical monitor, have not been forthcoming.
In that the contents of the requested documents may have an im-
portant bearing on this contract, their absence is now considered
to constitute a problem. A description of the data and documents
follows:
List of spool sizes and formats to be furnished by the
technical monitor.
Document procurement to be furnished by the technical
monitor.
AD-438 418 Density Discrimination for Printer
Utilization Study.
AD-439 600L Test and Evaluate the Kalvar 70 MM and
and 5 Inch Roll to Roll Contact Printer/Processor
(EN-85) .
AD-430 315 Test and Evaluation of
70 MM Film Processor -
January 7, 1964.
AD-426 996 A Continuous Tone Diazo Reproduction
System - September 3, 1963.
AD-405 915 Printer Contact Photographic EN 39 -
December 1962.
AD-293 047 Test and Evaluation of USAF 70 MM Roll
Film Printer EN 31 - August 1962.
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2.5 Documentation
There was no new documentation this report period.
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