JP2000137295A - Reprinting system for piece negative - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reprinting system capable of surely making a piece negative correspond to reprinting information even when the piece negatives are in disorder due to some trouble in the midst of reprinting processing. SOLUTION: This system is constituted of an acceptance station 200 equipped with an identification medium issuing machine 13 applying an identification medium consisting of an order ID and a piece negative ID showing the order of the piece negative in a piece negative set to the piece negative 1 of one order of piece negative set the reprinting order of which is received, and a printing station 300 performing the reprinting processing of the piece negative 1 to which the identification medium is applied in order based on the piece negative ID.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a reprint system for piece negatives.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a negative film photographed by a camera is taken to a DPE store and requested to be printed simultaneously. In a photo lab (lab), a negative film is developed, and the visualized image frame is printed on photographic paper. Simultaneously printed photographic paper and developed negative film are handed over to the customer from the DPE store. At that time, the negative film is cut in 4 or 6 frame units as a piece negative, and each piece negative is stored in a negative sheet and provided to the customer. Will be returned. At a later date, when additional printing is required, the customer enters the image frame to be reprinted and the number of additional printings in the order slip at the DPE shop, and hands over the negative sheet containing the piece negatives. ). At the photo lab that received the order slip and negative sheet from each DPE store, in order to efficiently perform such additional printing processing, that is, reprint processing,
As shown in Utility Model Publication No. 57-82332, a large number of piece negatives to be reprinted are spliced with a leader tape that records the positions of frames to be reprinted and the number of reprints for each order. They are joined to form a long film, and are continuously supplied and exposed. The exposed long film must be peeled off the splice tape again and divided into piece negatives. The work of attaching and detaching the splice tape is troublesome, and continuous supply of such a piece negative into a long film requires one piece.
If the order of about 00 is not settled, sufficient economies of scale cannot be obtained, so that the additional printing process tends to be delayed.

On the other hand, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Sho 56-42 discloses
No. 227 discloses a device for accommodating a large number of piece negatives by successively inserting piece negatives between long tapes wound on a reel, and supplying the piece negatives one by one in a reverse order by rewinding the long tape. The reorder information such as order separation of the piece negatives stored at that time is sequentially recorded on a separately provided magnetic tape. For this reason, at the time of exposure processing, it is necessary to confirm the reorder information of each piece negative by reproducing this magnetic tape,
If the order of the piece negatives goes out of order due to a transport error or the like, there is also a danger that the reorder information will be incorrect for the order thereafter.

Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 10-17103 is disclosed.
In No. 0, a piece negative and an order piece are successively sandwiched between long tapes wound on a reel, so that a large number of order negatives are stored, and the order piece and the piece negative are reversed by rewinding the long tape. Discloses a device for supplying a printer to a printer for reprint processing one by one, in which case the reprint information of each order (the position of a frame to be reprinted, the number of reprints, etc.) is attached to an order piece and a barcode sheet is provided. It is recorded in. However, even in this case, if some piece negatives are removed in the printer due to transport trouble, etc., it is necessary to determine to which order the removed piece negative belongs and to which order in the order. , Lost,
There is a problem that it is not possible to cope with the reprint information recorded on the order piece. Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 10-20408 discloses a technique of attaching a barcode seal on which reprint information is recorded to a first piece negative instead of an order piece. The same problem still arises when is removed.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to take into consideration the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and to ensure that even if a piece negative becomes fragmented due to some trouble during the reprint processing, the reprint information and the piece negative can be reliably obtained. An object of the present invention is to provide a reprint system that can be associated with a reprint.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a reprint system for piece negatives according to the present invention comprises an order ID and a piece negative set for each piece negative of a one-order piece negative set ordered for reprint. A receiving station provided with an identification medium issuing machine for applying an identification medium comprising a piece negative ID representing the order of the piece negatives in the printer, and a print for sequentially reprinting the piece negatives provided with the identification medium based on the piece negative ID Station.

In this configuration, each piece negative has an order ID.
And the piece negative ID are assigned, so even if the piece negatives fall apart during the reprinting process, they can be easily reset in the correct order, and the association between the reprint information held by the print station and the piece negative to be processed is maintained. Is done.

In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the reception station is provided with a magazine mounting portion for a negative magazine capable of sequentially storing a plurality of pieces of piece negatives, and is provided with the identification medium. Piece negatives are stored in the negative magazine in a predetermined order based on the piece negative ID. In this configuration, the piece negatives to which the identification medium has been added are sequentially stored in the negative magazine in a predetermined order, so that the order of the piece negatives does not change during the reprint acceptance process.
Further preferably, also in the print station,
A magazine mounting portion for the negative magazine is provided,
The piece negatives are pulled out from the negative magazine in a predetermined order based on the piece negative ID and sent to the exposure unit, whereby the order of the piece negatives for a plurality of orders during the transport between the receiving station and the print station. No more worries about going crazy.

Further, in one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the identification medium is a seal printed in a form in which both the order ID and the piece negative ID can be read mechanically and visually. For example, when the order ID and the piece negative ID are represented by numbers, they can be read mechanically using an OCR or visually by an operator, but a bar code is used as an ID for mechanical reading, and Efficiency of reading can be obtained by using a dedicated form such as using a number as an ID for visual reading. In addition these IDs
Is printed on a sticker, and the printed sticker is attached to each piece negative, so that the unnecessary identification medium can be easily peeled off, which is convenient. Other features and advantages according to the present invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

[0010]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing an example of a reprint system according to the present invention. This print system sequentially stores a receiving station 200, a printing station 300, and a piece negative 1 received by the receiving station 200. And a negative magazine 100 that is carried to the print station 300 and sequentially supplied.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a reception station 200 includes a controller 10 for controlling the entire operation, a keyboard 11 and a monitor 12 connected to the controller 10, and an ID seal as an identification medium. 2
And a sticker 13 for observing a frame image of the piece negative 1, a negative transport line 15 for transporting the piece negative 1, and the negative magazine 100. And a magazine mounting unit 16 for mounting the.

As a reprint order, when the DP bag 3 containing the piece negative 1 and containing reprint information such as the target frame number, the number of prints, and the print size is brought into the reception station 200, the operator operates the DP bag 3 The user takes out the piece negatives 1, checks them one by one with the viewer 14, operates the keyboard 11 while looking at the reprint information specified by the customer, and inputs various reprint data to the controller 10. At that time, the controller 10 issues an order ID, here a 5-digit number, in order units, that is, in order units. In other words, 1 order is 1 in the case of reprint using piece negative 1.
This is an order for additional copies for a piece negative set consisting of piece negatives 1 contained in one negative sheet. For ordering each piece negative 1 in a piece negative set of one order, a piece negative ID, here a two-digit number, is assigned. In inputting the reprint data, the rightmost frame image of the piece negative 1 of the piece negative ID "01" of the order ID "00022" is printed with the printing size "service version".
Are performed, and these data can be confirmed by the monitor 12. For this reason, the controller 10 includes the reprint data management unit 1
0a and the ID issuing unit 10b are constructed by hardware and software.

After the reprint data has been input, the piece negative 1 is conveyed to the sealing machine 13 by the negative conveying line 15, where the ID seal 2 as shown in FIG. 3 is attached. This ID sticker 2
The order ID 2a and the piece negative ID 2b are recorded.
Both are printed in the form of numbers and barcodes. The sealing machine 13 and the negative transfer line 15 are controlled by a sealing machine control unit 10c and a negative transfer control unit 10d, which are constructed by hardware and software in the controller 10, respectively.

At the end of the negative transport line 15, a magazine mounting section 1 for mounting a negative magazine 100 shown in FIG.
6 are provided. The negative piece 1 to which the ID seal 2 has been attached is further transported, and is sequentially taken up by the negative magazine 100 mounted on the magazine mounting section 16. The negative magazine 100 has a built-in PC card memory 90. When the negative magazine 100 is mounted on the magazine mounting section 16, the terminal section 91 of the PC card memory 90 is connected to the PC card slot provided in the magazine mounting section 16. 17 and connected to the controller 10. The PC card slot 17 is connected to a bus line of a CPU as a core member of the controller 10, and the external memory controller 10e operates the PC card slot 17 with the controller 10.
Data can be exchanged with the C card memory 90. In other words, the reprint data based on the order ID and the piece negative ID received by the controller 10 is stored in the negative magazine 100 that stores the negative piece 1 to be reprinted.

Next, the structure of the negative magazine 100 is shown in FIG.
The appearance of the negative magazine 100 is covered by a housing 101 made of translucent plastic as shown in FIG. Part 91,
A film guide 145 as a negative piece entrance and exit port and an input gear 10 for obtaining rotational power from outside will be described in detail later.
7 sticks out.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the main body of the negative magazine 100 includes a pair of metal case members 104 such as stainless steel having an inner surface with high smoothness. A gap having a width slightly wider than that of the negative piece 1 is formed between the case members 104, and a timing pulley 106 as a driving roller that can be rotated by an external rotational driving force, and a rotating shaft center. Timing pulleys 108, 110a, 110b, 1 fixed horizontally
10c, 110d, 110e, and 110f are rotatably supported in sets of two each.

Further, between the case members 104, a cylindrical core 140 made of resin is rotatable and axially movable.
In addition, it is housed so that it can be removed from the case member 104. In the case member 104, a pair of endless timing belts 130 made of rubber are provided, a part of which is wound around the outer periphery of the core 140, and the remaining part of the timing belt 130 is After passing between the timing pulleys 106 and 108, the shaft core is
04, timing pulleys 110a, 110 fixed to
b, 110c, 110d, 110e, and 110f. And in the case member 104,
Since the tension pulleys 116 and 117 for applying a predetermined tension to the timing belt 130 are provided, the core 140 is always drawn toward the timing pulleys 106 and 108 by the timing belt 130. In other words, the timing pulleys 106, 10
8 is a core 140 (more precisely, a core 14
The rotation mechanism is configured to rotate while rotating the roll of the piece negative 1 formed on the core 140 via the timing belt 130. As a result, regardless of the amount of the piece negative 1 wound on the core 140, The core 140 or the roll body can always be stably rotated and held in the case member 104. At that time, the timing belt 130
The two belts 130 each have a width corresponding to the edge 1a of the piece negative 1 and press the edge 1a of the piece negative 1 respectively.

The tension pulleys 116 and 117 are provided independently for each of the two timing belts 130. A tension arm 112 as a support member that supports the tension pulleys 116 and 117 so that the position can be changed is also provided independently for each of the two timing belts 130. The tension arm 112 is formed of a rigid material such as stainless steel.

Each tension arm 112 is provided on the case member 104 so as to be swingable around an axis 112a, and the free end of the tension arm 112 always approaches the respective timing pulleys 106 and 108 by an urging mechanism. It is biased to the posture to do. The urging mechanism includes a pulley 124 rotatably provided outside the case member 104 but immovable in the axial position, and a tension arm 112 at one end.
A wire rope 125 fixed to a pin 112 b provided at an intermediate position between the wire rope 125 and the other end of the wire rope 125 is connected to timing pulleys 106 and 108.
One end of the case member 1 to pull it away from
The coil spring 126 is fixed on the coil spring 126.

As described above, since the tension mechanisms capable of adjusting the biasing force are provided independently for each of the two timing belts 130, one of the timing belts 130 may be extended for some reason. Even if there is a certain length difference between the timing belts 130, a predetermined amount of tension is maintained on the timing belts 130.

As shown in FIG. 6, a timing pulley 106 as a driving roller is provided so as to rotate integrally with an input gear 107 supported concentrically with the timing pulley 106. As schematically shown in FIG. 2, the output gear 18 of the step motor M <b> 1 is also provided on the mounting section 16 of the reception station 200, and by mounting the negative magazine 100 on the mounting section 16, the negative magazine 100 input gear 107 and output gear 18 mesh. The step motor M1 is controlled by a motor control unit 10f constructed of hardware and software in the controller 10. The rotation of the step motor M1 is transmitted to the timing pulley 106 via the output gear 18 and the input gear 107, and when the timing pulley 106 is rotated, the timing belt 130 and the core 140 inscribed in a part of the timing belt 130 Will also rotate.

A pair of film guides 145 having a smooth surface is provided between the pair of timing pulleys 106 and 108.
Are provided horizontally as film entrances. When the piece negative 1 is inserted in the direction of the timing pulley 106 from the film guide 145 while rotating the timing pulley 106 clockwise in FIG. 5, the tip of the piece negative 1
First, while being held between the core 140 and the timing pulley 106, the timing pulley 106 and the core 140 are drawn in a tangential direction,
Next, the whole of the piece negative 1 is wound around the outer periphery of the core 140, in other words, the outer peripheral surface of the core 140 and the timing belt 1 wound around the core 140.
It is stored between 30.

Further, when the piece negatives 1 are inserted one after another following the wound piece negatives 1, all of them are similarly sequentially stored between the core 140 and the timing belt 130. At this time, the leading end of the succeeding piece negative 1 is slightly overlapped with the trailing end of the preceding piece negative 1 and wound. By the above operation, (the timing pulley 10
6 rotates the core 140 and the timing belt 1.
The roll body sandwiched between the 30 and the timing belt 13
However, a roll body composed of a large number of piece negatives 1 is formed in the roll body. However, in this roll body, the first inserted piece negative 1 (which is located at the innermost side of the roll body and Starting at the end, and the last inserted piece negative 1 (located on the outermost side of the roll,
(In contact with the timing belt 130), the order of insertion is maintained. Therefore, when the timing pulley 106 is reversed (counterclockwise in FIG. 5), the piece negatives 1 can be supplied one by one in a first-in first-out procedure.

Next, the configuration of the print station 300 will be described with reference to FIG.
Reference numeral 0 denotes a printer processor in which the above-described negative magazine 100 is mounted, and which can perform a reprint process using the piece negative 1 supplied from the negative magazine 100.

In the printer processor, a long film obtained by elongating a large number of negative films with a splice tape and winding them on a reel is used at the time of the simultaneous printing process, and four or six image frames from the negative film are used at the reordering process. Piece negative 1 cut to have
Here, a state in which the piece negative 1 is processed is shown. The main components shown are a mounting part 30 for receiving the negative magazine 100 described above, a piece negative supply device 100 for feeding out a large number of stored piece negatives 2 one by one, and a piece negative 1 pulled out from the negative magazine 100. A negative supply line 40 to be conveyed, an exposure unit 50 for projecting and exposing the frame image of the piece negative 1 on the photographic paper 4, and a developing processing unit 60 for developing the exposed photographic paper 4
And a controller 70 for controlling the operation of each component.

The mounting section 30 has substantially the same configuration as the mounting section 16 of the reception station 200, and is connected to the terminal section 91 of the PC card memory 90 of the negative magazine 100 when the negative magazine 100 is mounted. An output gear 32 meshing with the PC card slot 31 and the input gear 107 of the negative magazine 100 is provided. The output gear 32 is rotated by the stepping motor M2. In the negative supply line 40, the ID attached to the piece negative 1
A bar code reader 20 for reading the order ID 2a and the piece negative ID 2b in the form of a bar code printed on a sticker is arranged. The bar code reader 20, the stepping motor M2 and the PC card slot 31 are connected to the controller 7
0, and are connected to a reprint data management unit 70a, a motor control unit 70b, and an external memory control unit 70c, which are constructed by hardware and software in the controller 70, respectively. The controller 70 is further connected with a console 71 for inputting various control instructions and a monitor 72 for displaying an image of the piece negative 1 read by the scanner 80.

In the reprinting process, first, the controller 70 uses the order ID 2a and the piece negative ID 2b read by the barcode reader 20 as a key to send the reprint data management unit 70a storing the reprint data read from the PC card memory 90. The corresponding reprint data, the position of a reprint frame, the number of reprints, and the like are extracted. If the sent piece negative 2 is the piece negative 1 to be printed, the image of the piece to be printed of the piece negative 2 is read by the scanner 80, and the image information is sent to the controller 70. The controller 70 determines an exposure condition based on the obtained image information. Then, an image that would be obtained when the photographic paper 4 is projected and exposed is simulated based on the determined exposure conditions and displayed on the monitor 72. When the sent piece negative 2 is not a printing target, the piece negative 2 is passed through the exposure unit 50.
In any case, the piece negative 1 that has passed through the exposure unit 50
Are stored in a negative sheet by a negative inserter (not shown) in order units.

The exposure unit 50 includes an exposure light source 51 and a dimming filter 52 for adjusting the color balance of the light emitted from the exposure light source 51 by the yellow, magenta, and cyan filters coming and going in the exposure optical path. , Mirror tunnel 5 that uniformly mixes light whose color balance has been adjusted by dimming filter 52
3. A printing lens 54 for forming an image of a frame to be printed on the photographic paper 4, a shutter 55, and an auto-negative mask 56 for positioning the piece negative 1 at an exposure point are provided. The auto-negative mask 56 has the scanner 80 described above.
In addition, a negative detection sensor 21 is also incorporated. The photographic paper 4 is drawn out of the photographic paper magazine 4a by a driving roller 61 constituting a photographic paper transport line, and is sent to a developing processing unit 60 after exposure processing.

In the exposure processing, the position of each filter of the light control filter 52 and the opening time of the shutter 55, that is, the exposure time, are controlled in accordance with the exposure conditions determined by the controller 70. When the operator of the printer processor looks at the display on the monitor 72 and finds that an appropriate image has not been obtained, the operator can input a correction instruction for the determined exposure condition from the console 71, and the controller 70 sets the exposure condition based on the correction instruction. Is corrected to determine final exposure conditions. Then, based on the determined exposure conditions, the exposure unit 5
By controlling the operation of each of the components 0, the image of the frame to be printed of the piece negative 1 is projected and exposed on the printing paper 4 pulled out from the printing paper magazine 4a.

As shown in FIG. 8, all of the negative pieces 1 sent from the negative magazine 100 to the exposure unit 50
D seal 2 is stuck. The same order, that is, each negative piece 1 constituting a piece negative set has the same order ID and a negative piece ID indicating the order in the piece negative set. Therefore, if the negative piece 1
Even if the order is out of order, the operator can easily confirm the order to which the piece negative 1 belongs and the order within the order by visually observing the order ID 2a and the piece negative ID 2b printed with the numbers on the ID seal 2, and the recovery work is quick. Done in Also, by comparing the order ID 2a and the piece negative ID 2b read by the barcode reader 20 with the reprint data read from the PC card memory 90, the quantity of the piece negative 1 within one order can be checked.

In the above description of the embodiment, the order I
The identification medium representing D and the piece negative ID is an ID sticker 2 printed on a sticker sheet in the form of a bar code and a number, and the ID sticker 2 is attached to the edge 1a of the piece negative 1. Instead of this, an order ID And the piece negative ID may be recorded directly in the piece negative 1. In that case, a fog area between image frames is appropriate as a recording location. Further, instead of the bar code method, various code methods or identification methods based on colors or patterns may be adopted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an example of a reprint system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a reception station.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a part of a piece negative to which an ID seal is attached.

FIG. 4 is an external view of a negative magazine.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a negative magazine.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a negative magazine.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a print station.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing a transport state of a piece negative.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Piece Negative 2 ID Sticker 2a Order ID 2b Piece Negative ID 4 Photographic Paper 90 PC Card Memory 100 Negative Magazine 200 Reception Station 300 Print Station

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A piece negative I indicating the order ID and the order of the piece negatives in the piece negative set, for each piece negative of the order negative piece negative set for which a reprint order has been received.
A receiving station having an identification medium issuing machine for applying an identification medium consisting of D and a print station for sequentially reprinting the piece negatives provided with the identification medium based on the piece negative ID. Reprint system for 2. The receiving station is provided with a magazine mounting portion for a negative magazine capable of sequentially storing a plurality of pieces of piece negatives, and the piece negatives provided with the identification medium are arranged in a predetermined order based on the piece negative ID. The reprint system for piece negatives according to claim 1, wherein the reprint system is stored in the negative magazine. 3. The print station is provided with a magazine mounting section for the negative magazine, wherein the piece negatives are drawn out of the negative magazine in a predetermined order based on the piece negative ID and sent to an exposure section. The reprint system for piece negatives according to claim 1. 4. The identification medium according to claim 1, wherein both the order ID and the piece negative ID are stickers printed in a form that can be read mechanically and visually. A reprint system for piece negatives as described in.