Method for controlling explosure in a photographic color printer

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF EXPOSING A PHOTOGRAPHIC MULTICOLOR SENSITIZED MATERIAL FROM A COLOR IMAGE COMPRISING FIRST DIRECTING A WIDE BAND WHITE PRINTING LIGHT THROUGH AN IMAGE TO EXPOSE ALL EMULSIONS OF THE SENSITIZED MATERIAL UNTIL THE EXPOSURE TO AT LEAST ONE OF THE THREE PRIMARY COLORS IS COMPLETED, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY SMAPLING THE PRINTING LIGHT REACHING THE SENSITIZED MATERIAL WITH THREE PHOTOELECTRIC MEANS EACH RESPONSIVE TO ONE OF THE NARROW BAND PRIMARY COLORS, THEN CHANGING THE PRINTING LIGHT FROM A WIDE BAND WHILE LIGHT TO A NARROW BAND COLORED LIGHT TO COMPLETE THE EXPOSURE TO A COLOR REQUIRING ADDITIONAL EXPOSURE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY MODIFYING THE SAMPLING MEANS TO COMPENSATE FOR THE CHANGE IN THE EFFECTIVE EMULSION SENSITIVITY OF THE SENSITIZED MATERIAL WHICH OCCURS WITH A CHANGE IN THE BAND WIDTH OF THE EXPOSING LIGHT, THEN CHANGING THE PRINTING LIGHT TO ANOTHER NARROW BAND COLOR REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AN EXPOSURE NOT PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF EXPOSING A PHOTOGRAPHIC MULTICOLOR SENSITIZED MATERIAL FROM A COLOR IMAGE COMPRISING FIRST DIRECTING A WIDE BAND WHITE PRINTING LIGHT THROUGH AN IMAGE TO EXPOSE ALL EMULSIONS OF THE SENSITIZED MATERIAL UNTIL THE EXPOSURE TO AT LEAST ONE OF THE THREE PRIMARY COLORS IS COMPLETED, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY SMAPLING THE PRINTING LIGHT REACHING THE SENSITIZED MATERIAL WITH THREE PHOTOELECTRIC MEANS EACH RESPONSIVE TO ONE OF THE NARROW BAND PRIMARY COLORS, THEN CHANGING THE PRINTING LIGHT FROM A WIDE BAND WHILE LIGHT TO A NARROW BAND COLORED LIGHT TO COMPLETE THE EXPOSURE TO A COLOR REQUIRING ADDITIONAL EXPOSURE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY MODIFYING THE SAMPLING MEANS TO COMPENSATE FOR THE CHANGE IN THE EFFECTIVE EMULSION SENSITIVITY OF THE SENSITIZED MATERIAL WHICH OCCURS WITH A CHANGE IN THE BAND WIDTH OF THE EXPOSING LIGHT, THEN CHANGING THE PRINTING LIGHT TO ANOTHER NARROW BAND COLOR REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AN EXPOSURE NOT PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED.