JP2001142154A - Photographic processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photographic processing device which is capable of lessening the wasteful consumption of paper without executing useless front end processing. SOLUTION: This photographic processing device is detachably mounted with a paper magazine 3a in which the paper is housed in a roll form. The device is capable of drawing the paper 3 out of the paper magazine 3a and subjecting the paper to the front end processing to cut the front end portion of the paper 3. The paper magazine 3a mounted on the device is provided with a storage device 25 to previously store the information as to whether the front end processing is already executed or not.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a photosensitive material accommodating magazine in which a photosensitive material is accommodated in a roll shape, which is removably mounted. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a photographic processing apparatus capable of performing a cutting edge process.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A photographic processing apparatus can be equipped with one or more photosensitive material storage magazines (hereinafter simply referred to as magazines) in which photosensitive materials are stored in a roll shape. When performing photographic processing, the photosensitive material is pulled out from one of a plurality of magazines, and the image frame of the developed negative film is exposed to the photosensitive material. The exposed photosensitive material is subjected to predetermined development processing and drying processing, and is discharged outside the main body of the photographic processing apparatus to be sorted.

Here, a long photosensitive material is accommodated in a roll in the magazine. When the photosensitive material is pulled out from the magazine and used up, the magazine is removed from the photographic processing apparatus and a new roll is formed. Is refilled, and the photosensitive material is mounted again in the photographic processing apparatus. here,
It is only necessary that the end of the long photosensitive material be cut straight and neatly, but the cut is not always neat and may be cut diagonally. In addition, when refilling a new roll of photosensitive material, there is a possibility that a fingerprint of an operator may adhere to the surface of the photosensitive material. Therefore, since the tip of the photosensitive material cannot be used for image exposure, a tip process for cutting the tip is usually performed. The cut tip is discarded.

Therefore, when a magazine is mounted on the main body of the photographic processing apparatus, a message as to whether or not to perform the tip processing is displayed on a monitor, and the tip processing is performed according to the judgment of the operator. Further, if the tip processing is performed once immediately after refilling a new roll of photosensitive material, it is not necessary to perform the tip processing for the magazine until the photosensitive material is completely used up.

[0005]

However, the operator who operates the photo processing apparatus is not limited to one operator, and may be operated by a plurality of operators. If there is only one operator, the same magazine is once removed from the main body of the photographic processing apparatus before the photosensitive material has been used up, and even if it is later mounted again, the leading edge processing of the magazine is already performed. Since I remember that I was doing it, I can expect that it would not do the tip processing again. However, when another operator mounts the magazine, it does not know whether or not the tip processing has already been performed, so a message as to whether or not to perform the tip processing after mounting is displayed on the monitor. In such a case, the operator is forced to perform the tip processing for safety.

That is, in a state where the magazine may be detached many times, there is a possibility that the wasteful tip processing is performed as described above, and the photosensitive material is discarded unnecessarily. Was.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a photographic processing apparatus capable of reducing waste of photosensitive material without performing useless leading edge processing.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a photographic processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a photosensitive material storage magazine in which a photosensitive material is stored in a roll shape, which is detachably mounted.
In a photographic processing apparatus capable of performing a tip processing for extracting the photosensitive material from the photosensitive material storage magazine and cutting a tip portion of the photosensitive material, whether the mounted photosensitive material storage magazine has already performed the tip processing. Storage means for storing such information.

According to this structure, there is provided a storage means for storing information as to whether or not the loaded photosensitive material magazine has already been subjected to the leading edge processing. If not, the tip processing is performed. If the front end processing has already been performed, the second front end processing can be prevented from being performed. This eliminates the need for wasteful front-end processing, so that the photosensitive material does not needlessly be discarded.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the magazine for storing photosensitive material has unique identification information, and information as to whether or not the tip processing has been performed is stored in association with the identification information. can give.

According to this configuration, the identification information of the loaded photosensitive material magazine is read, and the information as to whether or not the front end processing corresponding to the identification information has been performed is searched. This makes it possible to determine whether or not to perform the tip processing. Further, by providing the magazine with identification information, even when a large number of magazines are attached to and detached from the photographic processing apparatus, it is possible to reliably manage information relating to the leading edge processing.

According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, when all of the photosensitive material stored in the photosensitive material storage magazine is pulled out, information indicating that the front end processing has been performed is cleared from the storage means. Is raised.

When all of the photosensitive material has been pulled out of the magazine containing the photosensitive material, it is necessary to remove the magazine containing the photosensitive material from the main body of the photographic processing apparatus and refill a new photosensitive material. When the magazine containing the photosensitive material is mounted on the main body of the photographic processing apparatus, the front end processing is required. Therefore, by clearing from the storage means the information that the leading edge processing has been performed when all the photosensitive material has been pulled out, the photosensitive material accommodating magazine returns to the state where the leading edge processing has not been performed. When refilled and mounted, the tip processing can be performed reliably.

In still another preferred embodiment of the present invention,
When the magazine containing the photosensitive material which has not been subjected to the tip processing is mounted on a photographic printing apparatus main body, the tip processing is automatically performed.

When performing the front end processing, a method of displaying a message on a monitor to prompt the operator to perform the front end processing may be considered. However, the photo processing apparatus itself determines whether or not the magazine is a photosensitive material storage magazine requiring the front end processing. In this case, it is possible to reduce the work load on the operator.

In still another preferred embodiment of the present invention,
An example is provided in which a setting means for setting a cut length of a front end portion in the front end processing is provided. The cut length of the tip of the photosensitive material that has just been refilled can be in various forms. Is preferably set according to the situation at that time.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS <Configuration of Photographic Processing Apparatus> A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a photographic processing apparatus according to the present invention. This photographic processing apparatus is roughly divided into a print section P1 for projecting and exposing an image frame of a negative film onto paper 3 (corresponding to a photosensitive material), and a processor section P2 for performing development processing and the like of the exposed paper 3. Have.

The printing section P1 includes a light source 11, a light control filter 12 for adjusting the color balance of light applied to the negative film, a mirror tunnel 13 for uniformly mixing light passing through the light control filter 12, and an image of the negative film. A unit 14 having a zoom lens type printing lens for forming an image of a frame on paper 3, a shutter 15, and a negative carrier 20 on the same optical axis forming an exposure optical path (corresponding to a processing optical path) on a film transport path. Is provided. Although not shown in FIG. 1, by moving the unit 14 in a direction perpendicular to the exposure optical axis, the image frames of the negative film can be read by the scanner.

The paper 3 is stored in a paper magazine 3a (corresponding to a photosensitive material storage magazine). The paper 3 drawn out of the paper magazine 3a is conveyed by rollers 82 and then printed by a cutter 81. Cut to size. When the cut paper 3 is fed to a predetermined position on the exposure table 83, the image frame of the negative film is exposed. The exposed paper 3 is placed on a roller 8
2 to the processor section P2 and the development processing section 8
4. After passing through the drying processing unit 85, the print is discharged from the print discharge unit 86 as a finished print.

As can be seen from FIG. 1, two types of paper magazines 3a can be mounted on the main body of the photographic processing apparatus, and the paper 3 is pulled out from one of the paper magazines 3a and a predetermined photographic processing is performed. Is made.
The long paper 3 is stored in a roll shape in the paper magazine 3a, and is used by being sequentially pulled out. The reason why a plurality of paper magazines 3a can be mounted is to allow the user to respond to various requests of users by mounting the paper magazines 3a in which the papers 3 having different widths and surface qualities are accommodated. is there. When the paper 3 is drawn out of the paper magazine 3a in sequence and the paper 3 runs out, the paper magazine 3a is removed from the main body of the photo processing apparatus, a new roll of paper 3 is refilled, and then mounted on the photo processing apparatus again.

As shown in FIG. 1, each paper magazine 3
A magazine detection sensor 21 for detecting the mounting of a is provided. A paper sensor 22 for detecting the paper 3 is provided between the cutter 81 and a roller 82 immediately upstream of the cutter 81.

<Control Block Diagram> FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the photographic processing apparatus shown in FIG. The control device 10
It has a CPU as a core and controls the operation of each part of the photographic processing apparatus. FIG. 2 shows only main functions.

The paper magazine 3a is provided with a detection plate 3b, on which unique identification information is formed. Specifically, information relating to the width and surface quality of the paper 3 accommodated therein is formed by 8-bit detection holes. The magazine detection sensor 21 uses the detection plate 3
b is an optical sensor for reading identification information. The read information is stored in a storage device 24 (e.g., a storage unit) such as a hard disk provided inside the photo processing device.
Is stored in

The paper sensor 22 is a sensor for detecting the leading and trailing ends of the paper 3 by the paper detecting section 27. Information on the detected front and rear ends of the paper 3 is sent to the control device 10.

A tip processing controller 23 is provided to control the operation of the cutter 81 and the rollers 82. The tip processing will be described. When the paper 3 is pulled out of the paper magazine 3a and used up, the paper magazine 3a
Is removed from the photographic processing apparatus, a new roll of paper 3 is refilled, and the photographic processing apparatus is mounted again. Here, it is only necessary that the end of the long paper 3 is cut straight and neatly, but it is not necessarily cut neatly, and it may be cut diagonally. Further, when refilling a new roll of paper 3, a fingerprint of an operator may adhere to the surface of the paper 3. Therefore, since the leading end portion of the paper 3 cannot be used for image exposure, leading end processing for cutting the leading end portion is usually performed. The cut tip is discarded.

As one of the functions of the control device 10, a write control unit 10a is provided, which controls the writing of data relating to the paper magazine 3a read by the magazine detection sensor 21 to the storage device 24,
The writing of data on whether or not the leading edge processing has already been performed and the information such as the remaining amount of the paper 3 in the paper magazine 3a are controlled.

The data clear unit 10b clears data related to the leading edge processing stored in the storage device 24. The monitor 25 displays an image to be printed, and displays a message for performing photographic processing.

The keyboard 26 is provided for inputting various information for photo processing, and has a function as a setting means 26a for designating a tip cut amount when performing tip processing. I have.

<Operation Flowchart 1> FIG. 3 shows a flowchart when the paper magazine 3a is mounted.
The loading of the paper magazine 3a is not necessarily only after the new roll paper 3 is refilled. For example,
After using Paper 3 halfway,
This is because there are many cases where the paper magazine 3a is once rewound and stored in the paper magazine 3a, the paper magazine 3a is removed from the main body of the photographic processing apparatus, and another type of paper magazine 3a is mounted. This is because even in the case of making a photographic print, there are various requests from customers regarding the print size and print quality, so that it is necessary to prepare many types of paper magazines 3a in order to meet such needs. Because there is. Therefore, when the paper magazine 3a is mounted, a completely new unused paper 3 may be stored therein, or a partially used paper 3 may be stored therein.

When the paper magazine 3a is mounted (# 01), the information of the detection plate 3b, that is, identification information, is read by the magazine detection sensor 21 (# 02). Then, the control device 10 compares the read identification information with the data relating to the corresponding leading edge processing stored in the storage device 24, and determines whether the attached paper magazine 3a requires leading edge processing. Is determined (# 03). If advanced processing has already been done,
Since it is not necessary to perform the front end processing again, the process for the front end processing is skipped, and the process proceeds to step # 07.

If the tip processing has not been performed yet,
Since the unused paper 3 is stored in it,
First, a message prompting the operator to perform the tip processing is displayed on the monitor 25 (# 04). The operator looks at the monitor screen and inputs a set value for performing tip processing using a predetermined key (setting means 26a) of the keyboard 26 (# 05). For this, data such as how long the leading end of the paper 3 is cut is input. When a set value is not input, cutting may be performed based on predetermined initial data. When the input is completed, the front end processing is started by a predetermined key input on the keyboard 26 (# 06).

The procedure of the tip processing will be briefly described with reference to FIG. First, the paper 3 is sequentially pulled out from the paper magazine 3 by the rollers 82 along the transport path. When the paper sensor 22 detects the leading end of the paper 3, the driving control of the roller 82 is performed so that the paper 3 is sent out by a predetermined amount from the position of the cutter 81. Then, when the leading end of the paper 3 is sent out from the position of the cutter 81 by the length designated in step # 05 in FIG. 3, the paper 3 is once stopped to cut the paper. FIG.
(A) shows the cut portion of the paper 3, but the leading end portion 3y cannot be used for image exposure. The print paper is conveyed along a predetermined conveyance path, discharged from the print discharge section 86, and
y will be discarded. The portion 3x after the leading end portion is subjected to normal image exposure and returned to the customer as a photographic print. After the end processing (# 06) is completed, normal print processing is performed (# 07).

When the leading edge processing is performed on the loaded paper magazine 3a, data indicating that the leading edge processing has been performed is stored in the storage device 24. Therefore, with respect to the paper magazine 3a of this type, Until the paper 3 is used up, the tip processing is not performed. This eliminates the need for unnecessary front-end processing.

<Operation Flowchart 2> Next, an operation flow chart when the paper end is reached is shown in FIG.
This will be described below. First, it is determined by the paper sensor 22 whether or not the paper end has been reached (# 10). When the paper end is reached, the data in the storage device 24 to the effect that the leading edge processing for the paper magazine 3a of the paper end type has already been performed is cleared (#
11). Thereby, this kind of paper magazine 3a
Returns to the state where the tip processing is not performed.

Next, a paper end process is performed (# 1).
2). If the end of the paper 3 is short, it may not be used for image exposure. Accordingly, the paper 3 is also passed through the treatment transport path in the photographic processing apparatus as it is, discharged to the outside of the apparatus, and disposed of.

When the paper end processing is completed, the paper magazine 3a is removed from the main body of the photographic processing apparatus, and new paper 3 is stored. When the paper magazine 3a is mounted again on the main body of the photo processing apparatus, since the data relating to the leading edge processing has been cleared in the previous step # 11, the leading edge processing can be performed based on the flowchart in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the paper 3 when the front end processing is performed. In FIG. 5A, the tip 3y is cut by the cutter 81 inside the photo processing device, and the subsequent portion 3x is exposed to the normal image 3i.

FIG. 5B shows an example in which the front end is not cut inside the photo processing apparatus. First, the image is exposed in a state including the leading end portion (indicated by 3A), and is discharged outside the main body of the photographic processing apparatus in this state. Then, outside the apparatus, the operator uses an exclusive cutter to set the image portion 3x.
And the tip portion 3y. in this case,
The area of the paper 3y to be discarded can be reduced (when the paper 3y is cut inside the apparatus, the length of the leading end portion y is not less than the minimum dimension for enabling the paper to be conveyed by the conveyance device).
Must be cut. ).

<Another Embodiment> (1) The photographic processing apparatus may be an analog type for projecting and exposing an image frame of a negative film or a digital type for exposing a digital image. Three or more paper magazines may be mounted.

(2) Information stored as to whether or not the leading edge processing has been performed may be stored in a memory (storage device) provided in a paper magazine instead of in the photo processing device. (3) The position of the cutter for performing the tip processing is not particularly limited to the position of the present embodiment. (4) In the present embodiment, a monitor is used for performing the front-end processing.
Although the message is output to the node 25, an algorithm that automatically performs the leading edge processing without outputting such a message may be used (shown by a broken line in FIG. 3).

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a photographic processing apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a control block diagram.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart when a magazine is mounted.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart at the time of paper end.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a paper subjected to a leading edge treatment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 3 paper 3a paper magazine 3b detection plate 21 magazine detection sensor 23 tip processing control unit 24 storage device 15a setting means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A photosensitive material accommodating magazine in which a photosensitive material is accommodated in a roll shape is detachably mounted, and the leading edge processing is performed to draw out the photosensitive material from the photosensitive material accommodating magazine and cut the leading end of the photosensitive material. A photographic processing apparatus, comprising: a storage unit for storing information as to whether or not the loaded photosensitive material magazine has already been subjected to the front end processing. 2. The magazine according to claim 1, wherein the photosensitive material storage magazine has unique identification information, and information as to whether or not the tip processing has been performed is stored in association with the identification information. A photographic processing apparatus as described in the above. 3. The storage unit according to claim 2, wherein when all of the photosensitive material stored in the photosensitive material storage magazine is pulled out, information indicating that the leading edge processing has been performed is cleared from the storage unit. Photo processing equipment. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the magazine containing the photosensitive material which has not been subjected to the front end processing is mounted on a photographic printing apparatus main body, the front end processing can be automatically performed. Item 4. The photographic processing device according to any one of Items 1 to 3. 5. The photographic processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising setting means for setting a cut length of a front end portion in the front end processing.