JP2001305670A - Photographic processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photographic processing device which facilitates setting of print channels and setting of print forms. SOLUTION: This photographic processing device has a printing processing section for printing photographic paper with images, a photographic paper development processing section, a controller for controlling these constitution members, a motor for displaying various kinds of information and a keyboard for inputting various kinds of the information to the controller. A print setting function with which the setting items of the print channels and the setting items of the print formats are displayed on the same screen of a monitor and which allows the setting of the respective items of the print channels and print forms on this screen is built in the controller.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a so-called full-auto type photographic processing apparatus in which, after printing an image of a developed film on photographic paper, the photographic paper is developed so that a print can be finished.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a photographic processing apparatus of this type includes, for example, a film development processing section for developing an undeveloped film and a printing apparatus for printing an image of the developed film on photographic paper. And a photographic paper development processing unit for developing the photographic paper that has been baked in the printing unit.The undeveloped film is developed in the film development processing unit, and then the developed film is processed. The sheet is conveyed to a printing unit, where the image of the film is printed on photographic paper by the printing unit, and the photographic paper on which the image has been printed is developed by a photographic paper development processing unit to finish the print.

Further, the above processing apparatus is equipped with a control device having a microcomputer as a core for controlling the driving of the apparatus main body, and a monitor and a keyboard connected to an input / output unit of the control means.

[0004]

By the way, in the conventional photo processing apparatus, a print channel setting mode for setting paper size, print size or print setting, and a type of index print are stored in a program of the control device. And a print form setting mode for setting the number of prints, etc., and select the print channel setting mode by operating the keyboard when reading each image of the developed film with a scanner and printing it After setting the paper size and print size based on the print channel setting mode screen displayed on the monitor screen, switch to the print form setting mode by operating the keyboard, and Pudding displayed on It is to set the type and number of prints of the index print in accordance with the screen of the form setting mode.

Therefore, in a conventional photographic processing apparatus,
First select the print channel setting mode screen,
After setting the paper size and print size on this print channel setting screen, open the print form setting mode screen and set the index print type and number of prints. Since the setting operation becomes complicated as a whole, it is possible that an erroneous setting may be performed due to an input error.

The present invention has been developed in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a photographic processing apparatus which can easily set a print channel and a print form.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing processing unit for printing an image of a film on photographic paper, and developing processing of the photographic paper on which the image has been printed. Photographic paper development processing unit for controlling the components, a display means for displaying various information, and an input means for inputting various information to the control means In the device, the control unit displays print channel setting items and print form setting items on the same screen of the display device,
A print setting function was built to allow each item of the print channel and print form to be set on the screen.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the photographic processing apparatus according to the first aspect, the print channel setting item includes at least a photographic paper size to be used, and the print form setting item sets the number of prints. It has at least items.

[0009]

FIG. 1 schematically shows a so-called full-auto type photographic processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied. A film developing section 1a for developing and drying the developed films F1 and F2, and the developed films F1 and F2
Print processing unit 1b for printing the image of
A transport section 1c for transporting the developed films F1 and F2 unloaded from the film development processing section 1a to the printing processing section 1b, and a photographic paper development for developing the photographic paper P exposed by the printing processing section 1b. A processing unit 1d, a photographic paper drying processing unit 1e for drying the developed photographic paper P, and a print discharging unit 1f for discharging the photographic paper P dried by the photographic paper drying processing unit 1e are mounted. .

FIG. 2 shows a film F of the photographic processing apparatus described above.
1 and 2 schematically show the transport path of the photographic paper P, and two types of undeveloped films F1 and F2 having different widths, specifically 1
The first transport path L1 for sequentially transporting the 35 film F1 to the plurality of processing tanks mounted on the film development processing unit 1a, and the 240 film F2 are sequentially transferred to the plurality of processing tanks mounted on the film development processing unit 1a. A second transport path L2 for transport is also provided.

The first and second sensors S1 and S1 for detecting the films F1 and F2 loaded in the loading sections 11 of the respective transport paths L1 and L2 are provided in the loading sections 11 of the respective transport paths L1 and L2. S2 is provided.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 13 denotes a print processing unit 1b.
, 14 is a lens, 15 is a paper magazine, L3
Is a transfer path of the developed film in the transfer section 1c, L
Reference numeral 4 denotes a transport path of the developed film in the print processing unit 1b, L5 denotes a transport path of the photographic paper P in the print processing unit 1b, L6 denotes a transport path of the photographic paper P in the print paper development processing unit 1d, and L7 denotes a photographic paper P. And X, an exposure axis of the light source 13 of the printing processing unit 1b.

The above-described photographic processing apparatus transfers the undeveloped films F1 and F2 from the loading section 11 to the film development processing section 1a.
After carrying out the developing process and the drying process while transporting along the transport paths L1 and L2, the film F1 and F2 are transported to the printing unit 1b along the transport path L3 of the transport unit 1c. Is printed on the photographic paper P, and the photographic paper P on which the image is printed is developed by the photographic paper development processing unit 1d and further dried by the photographic paper drying processing unit 1e.
The print is discharged from the print discharge section 1f.

In the above-described photographic processing apparatus, mainly for controlling the driving of each of the components 1a to 1f described above,
A controller 2 as a control means having a microcomputer as a core is mounted, a keyboard 3 as an input means for inputting various information and the like is provided in an input section of the controller 2, and various information is provided in an output section. Monitors 4 as display means for displaying are connected to each other, and driving of each of the constituent members 1 a to 1 f is controlled via a controller 2.

In the photo processing apparatus having the above configuration, in the embodiment shown in the figure, the setting items of the print channel and the setting items of the print form are set on the same screen of the monitor 4 by the setting of “simultaneous print channel / form”. A print setting function 20, which is displayed as a mode and allows setting of each item of a print channel and a print form on the "simultaneous print channel / form" screen, is constructed on the program of the controller 2.

More specifically, when the “simultaneous print channel / form” setting mode is selected by operating the keyboard 3, the “simultaneous print channel / form” screen 40 shown in FIG. The "simultaneous print channel / form" screen 40 has a channel selection display section for selecting a desired print channel from a plurality of preset channels. 41, a print form selection display section 42 for selecting a desired print form from a plurality of preset forms, and a selected channel content display section 43 for displaying the contents of the selected print channel.
And a selection form content display section 44 for displaying the content of the selected print form.

The channel selection display section 41 divides the names of the channels, the names of the types of paper magazines and negative masks to be used, the feed amount of photographic paper, etc. into 135 films and 240 films, and sets a plurality of preset channels. , A desired channel number is selected.

In the form setting content display section 42, print specifications and the number of prints for selecting whether or not an index print is to be created and the form of the index print when the index print is to be created are set in advance for 135 and 240 films. A desired form number is selected from a plurality of types of form specifications.

Thus, on the "simultaneous print channel / form" screen 40, the cursor is moved to the channel selection display section 41 and the print form selection display section 42, and the print channel number and the print form number are input by the key input of the keyboard 3. , The desired print channel and print form are selected, and the selected print channel and the contents of the print form are displayed on the selected channel content display section 43 and the selected form content display section 44, respectively. .

Next, in the case of performing a so-called simultaneous print processing operation in which, for example, an undeveloped 135 film F1 is developed by the above-described photographic processing apparatus, and then the image of the film F1 is printed on photographic paper P and developed. Will be described.

First, when the operator sets the undeveloped 135 film F1 in the loading section 11, the operation of the film development processing section 1a is started, and the undeveloped 135 film F1 loaded in the loading section 11 is transported by the first transporter. After being carried into the path L1, the film F1 is developed and dried, the film F1 is transferred to the printing processing section 1b along the transfer path L3 of the transfer section 1c, and the image of the film F1 is printed by the printing processing section 1b. The printing paper P on which the image is printed is printed on the paper P, is developed by the printing paper development processing unit 1d, and is dried by the printing paper drying processing unit 1e to finish the print.

By the way, each image of the film which has been developed during the above simultaneous printing process is printed by the printing process unit 1b.
When the printing process is performed, the “simultaneous print channel / form” setting mode is selected by operating the keyboard 3 and the screen of the monitor 4 is switched to the “simultaneous print channel / form” screen 40.

On the "simultaneous print channel / form" screen 40, the desired print channel number and print form number are input by operating the keyboard 3 as appropriate.

Thus, in the above-described photo processing apparatus, the print channel setting mode and the print form setting mode are individually selected, and the print channel setting and print form setting modes are compared with the conventional case where each setting is performed independently. Since the setting of the print form can be performed at once on the "simultaneous print channel / form" screen 40, these setting operations can be smoothly performed as a whole.

In the above-described embodiment, a digital exposure unit is used as the printing unit 1b, that is, the image of the developed film is photoelectrically read by a scanner to generate a digital signal, and a desired image processing is performed. A configuration may be adopted in which print data is created, and the printing paper is scanned and exposed by an exposure head using printing light modulated according to the print data.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, the setting items of the print channel and the print form are displayed on the same screen of the display device by the control means, and the print channel and the print are displayed on the screen. By building a print setting function that can set each item of the form, for example, when printing an image on photographic paper, the print setting function allows the print channel and print form to be displayed on the same screen displayed on the display device. Can be set at one time, and the workability of the photographic processing as a whole becomes better than before.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a photographic processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a transport path of a film and photographic paper of the photo processing device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on a monitor.

FIG. 4 is a control block diagram of the photo processing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Apparatus main body 1a Film development processing part 1b Printing processing part 1d Printing paper development processing part 2 Controller (control means) 20 Print setting function F1 135 film F2 240 film P Printing paper

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A printing processing section for printing an image of a film on photographic paper, a photographic paper development processing section for developing a photographic paper on which the image has been printed, and control means for controlling these constituent members. In a photographic processing apparatus provided with display means for displaying various kinds of information and input means for inputting various kinds of information to the control means, the control means is capable of setting the print channel setting items and the print form setting items A photographic processing apparatus characterized by having a print setting function that is displayed on the same screen of a display device and allows setting of items of a print channel and a print form on the screen. 2. The photograph processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting items of the print channel include at least a setting item of a photographic paper size to be used, and the print form establishing items include at least a setting item of the number of prints. .