Color print simulator

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR SIMULATING THE APPEARANCE OF A COLOR PRINT FROM A PLURALITY OF TRANSPARENT COLOR SEPARATION IMAGE-BEARING ELEMENTS EACH CORRESPONDING TO ONE OF A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF COLORED MATERIALS FROM WHICH THE COLOR PRINT IS TO BE MADE COMPRISING LIGHT SOURCE MEANS, FIRST LIGHT MODULATING MEANS COMPRISING LIGHT DIVIDING MEANS DISPOSED AT A FIRST LOCATION FOR DIVIDING LIGHT INTO TWO BEAMS WHICH FOLLOW DIFFERENT PATHS TO A SECOND LOCATION, ONE OF WHICH HAS A COLOR CHARACTERISTIC APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS THAT OF LIGHT REFLECTED BY THE CORRESPONDING COLORED MATERIAL AND THE OTHER OF WHICH HAS A COLOR CHARACTERISTIC APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS THAT OF LIGHT ABSORBED BY THE CORRESPONDING COLORED MATERIAL, A CORRESPONDING COLOR SEPARATION IMAGE-BEARING ELEMENT INTERPOSED IN THE PATH OF ONE OF THE TWO BEAMS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND LOCATION, AND MEANS DISPOSED AT THE SECOND LOCATION FOR RECOMBINING THE TWO BEAMS OF LIGHT INTO A SINGLE BEAM, SECOND LIGHT MODULATING MEANS COMPRISING LIGHT DIVIDING MEANS DISPOSED AT A THIRD LOCATION FOR DIVIDING LIGHT RECEIVED FROM THE SECOND LOCATION INTO TWO BEAMS WHICH FOLLOW DIFFERENT PATHS TO A FOURTH LOCATION, ONE OF WHICH HAS A COLOR CHARACTERISTIC APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS THAT OF LIGHT REFLECTED BY A SECOND CORRESPONDING COLORED MATERIAL DIFFERENT FROM THE COLORED MATERIAL OF THE FIRST LIGH TMODULATING MEANS, AND THE OTHER OF WHICH HAS A COLOR CHARACTERISTIC APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS THAT OF LIGHT ABSORBED BY THE SECOND CORRESPONDING COLORED MATERIAL, A SECOND CORRESPONDING COLOR SEPARATION IMAGE-BEARING ELEMENT INTERPOSED IN THE PATH OF ONE OF THE TWO BEAMS BETWEEN THE THIRD AND FOURTH LOCATIONS, AND MEANS DISPOSED AT THE FOURTH LOCATION FOR RECOMBINING THE TWO BEAMS OF LIGHT INTO A SINGLE BEAM WHEREBY THE APPERANCE OF A SIMULATED COLOR PRINT BE PREVIEWED.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR SIMULATING THE APPEARANCE OF A COLOR PRINT FROM A PLURALITY OF TRANSPARENT COLOR SEPARATION IMAGE-BEARING ELEMENTS EACH CORRESPONDING TO ONE OF A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF COLORED MATERIALS FROM WHICH THE COLOR PRINT IS TO BE MADE COMPRISING LIGHT SOURCE MEANS, FIRST LIGHT MODULATING MEANS COMPRISING LIGHT DIVIDING MEANS DISPOSED AT A FIRST LOCATION FOR DIVIDING LIGHT INTO TWO BEAMS WHICH FOLLOW DIFFERENT PATHS TO A SECOND LOCATION, ONE OF WHICH HAS A COLOR CHARACTERISTIC APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS THAT OF LIGHT REFLECTED BY THE CORRESPONDING COLORED MATERIAL AND THE OTHER OF WHICH HAS A COLOR CHARACTERISTIC APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS THAT OF LIGHT ABSORBED BY THE CORRESPONDING COLORED MATERIAL, A CORRESPONDING COLOR SEPARATION IMAGE-BEARING ELEMENT INTERPOSED IN THE PATH OF ONE OF THE TWO BEAMS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND LOCATION, AND MEANS DISPOSED AT THE SECOND LOCATION FOR RECOMBINING THE TWO BEAMS OF LIGHT INTO A SINGLE BEAM, SECOND LIGHT MODULATING MEANS COMPRISING LIGHT DIVIDING MEANS DISPOSED AT A THIRD LOCATION FOR DIVIDING LIGHT RECEIVED FROM THE SECOND LOCATION INTO TWO BEAMS WHICH FOLLOW DIFFERENT PATHS TO A FOURTH LOCATION, ONE OF WHICH HAS A COLOR CHARACTERISTIC APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS THAT OF LIGHT REFLECTED BY A SECOND CORRESPONDING COLORED MATERIAL DIFFERENT FROM THE COLORED MATERIAL OF THE FIRST LIGH TMODULATING MEANS, AND THE OTHER OF WHICH HAS A COLOR CHARACTERISTIC APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS THAT OF LIGHT ABSORBED BY THE SECOND CORRESPONDING COLORED MATERIAL, A SECOND CORRESPONDING COLOR SEPARATION IMAGE-BEARING ELEMENT INTERPOSED IN THE PATH OF ONE OF THE TWO BEAMS BETWEEN THE THIRD AND FOURTH LOCATIONS, AND MEANS DISPOSED AT THE FOURTH LOCATION FOR RECOMBINING THE TWO BEAMS OF LIGHT INTO A SINGLE BEAM WHEREBY THE APPERANCE OF A SIMULATED COLOR PRINT BE PREVIEWED.