JP2007259361A - Photograph print system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To correct photograph print production conditions of which input operation is already completed, while avoiding print processing delay as much as possible in a photograph print system. <P>SOLUTION: In the photograph print system which accepts the input operation of photograph print production conditions by displaying reduced images on a monitor 4a sequentially for the unit of multiple frames, in a state where print start regarding an image for which the input operation of the photograph print production conditions is completed is delayed in accordance with set conditions, print processing of a preceding image is started while accepting the input operation of the photograph print production conditions for a following image. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention accepts a photographic printing apparatus that prints an image of a photographic print production target in accordance with an input print execution command, and an input operation of photographic print production conditions for the photographic print production target image in which image data has been captured. A printing condition setting device that transmits the print execution command to the photo printing apparatus, and the printing condition setting device includes a monitor and a control device that controls acceptance of an input operation of the photo printing production conditions. The control device is configured to display a plurality of reduced images of the image to be printed on the monitor on the monitor, and to generate the photographic print for an image corresponding to the displayed reduced image. Accepts the condition input operation and supports one screen of reduced image displayed simultaneously on the monitor. In units of a plurality of images, the print execution command is transmitted to the photographic printing apparatus for each of the plurality of images, and the information for making a photo print is deleted for the image for which the transmission of the print execution command has been completed. The present invention relates to a photographic print system configured to.

In such a photo print system, as a flow of processing for producing a photo print, for example, an image of a photographic film is read by a film scanner, or image data of a storage medium in which a photographed image of a digital camera is recorded is read. Image data of an image to be produced as a photographic print is taken in, and an input operation of photographic print production conditions by an operator or the like is accepted with respect to the taken-in image, and the photographic printing apparatus is subjected to print processing under the accepted conditions.
As for the input operation of the photo print production conditions, as described in Patent Document 1 below, in order to assist the input operation, a plurality of reduced images are displayed on the monitor, and images corresponding to the reduced images are displayed. The photographic print production conditions for can be input. In the following Patent Document 1, the conditions for image color correction and the number of photographic prints produced are shown as photographic print production conditions.

In the format in which a reduced image is displayed on the monitor screen and the photographic print production conditions are input, the captured image is divided into a plurality of images that are simultaneously displayed on one screen of the monitor, and the reduced image is displayed on the monitor. The process of sequentially repeating the display and the input operation of the photographic print production conditions for each of the sections is performed.
Conventionally, if there is an input operation indicating that the input operation of the photographic print production conditions has been completed for an image corresponding to a reduced image displayed on one screen, the image of the reduced image displayed on that one screen is displayed. The printing process was started immediately.
JP 07-005593 A

However, in the above-described conventional configuration, when the input operation of the photo print production conditions for the image corresponding to the reduced image displayed on one screen of the monitor is completed, the print processing is performed for the image for which the input operation is completed. Therefore, even if it is desired to perform some correction input after the input operation is completed, nothing can be done with respect to the print process that has been started.
If it was absolutely necessary to correct it, it was necessary to start again from the image capture.
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to correct a photographic print production condition in which an input operation has already been completed while avoiding a delay in print processing as much as possible. It is in.

  According to a first aspect of the present application, there is provided a photographic printing apparatus that prints an image of a photographic print production target in accordance with an input print execution command, and a photographic print production condition for the photographic print production target image into which image data has been captured. A print condition setting device that receives the input operation and transmits the print execution command to the photo printing apparatus, and controls the monitor and the acceptance of the input operation of the photo print production conditions in the print condition setting device A control device that displays a plurality of reduced images of the image to be printed on the monitor on the monitor and an image corresponding to the displayed reduced image. In response to an input operation of the photo print production conditions, a reduction of one screen displayed simultaneously on the monitor In order to make a photographic print for an image for which a plurality of images corresponding to the image are used as a unit, the print execution command is transmitted to the photographic printing apparatus for each of the plurality of images, and the transmission of the print execution command is completed In the photo print system configured to erase the information, the control device classifies the image of the photo print production target in which the image data has been captured into a plurality of units for simultaneously displaying on one screen of the monitor. Then, in the process of sequentially repeating the display of the reduced image on the monitor and the acceptance of the input operation of the photographic print production conditions for each section, images corresponding to the plurality of reduced images displayed on the monitor When there is an input operation indicating that the input operation of the photographic print production conditions has been completed, the information is displayed on the monitor at that time. The photographic print production condition data for the image corresponding to the plurality of reduced images is stored in a storage device, and the print execution command for the image for which the input operation of the photographic print production condition has been completed is a set condition. The print execution command is transmitted for the preceding section during acceptance of the input operation of the photographic print production condition for the subsequent section in a state of being transmitted according to When there is an input operation for requesting re-input of the photographic print production conditions for an image for which the input operation of the photographic print production conditions has been performed on the screen before the image corresponding to the plurality of displayed reduced images In addition, the monitor display of the reduced image and the input operation of the photographic print production conditions for the image requested to be input again Is performed in units of the division.

  In other words, the operation for inputting the photographic print production conditions for the images corresponding to the reduced images while the plurality of reduced images are displayed on the monitor is displayed on the monitor screen. Even if the input operation of the photo print production conditions for the image corresponding to the reduced image displayed on a certain screen is completed and the input operation indicating the completion is performed, At this time, the print processing is not started for the images corresponding to the plurality of reduced images displayed on the monitor screen, and the print execution command for starting the print processing is output with a delay in accordance with the set condition.

The information for photographic print production including the photographic print production condition information stored in the storage device is stored and held without being erased until a print execution command is transmitted, so that the photographic print once the input operation is completed When it is desired to correct the production conditions, an input operation to that effect allows the reduced image to be displayed again on the monitor, and correction input of the inputted photo print production conditions can be performed.
At this time, the input operation of the photographic print production conditions can be traced back only during the delay of the print execution command. For example, the input operation of the photographic print production conditions is performed for all the images of one order. Compared to a configuration in which the print process of the order is started after completion, the delay of the print process can be suppressed as much as possible.

  According to a second invention of the present application, in addition to the configuration of the first invention, the control device is displayed on the monitor as an operation for delaying transmission of the print execution command under the set condition. When there is an input operation indicating that the input operation of the photographic print production conditions for the image corresponding to a plurality of reduced images has been completed, the image is more than the image of the plurality of reduced images displayed on the monitor. It is configured to perform an operation of transmitting the print execution command for the image on which the reduced image is displayed on the previous screen by the number of setting screens and the photographic print production conditions are input to the photographic printing apparatus.

That is, for the image for which the input operation of the photographic print production conditions has been completed, the input operation of the photographic print production conditions for the image of the subsequent section is completed as to how to delay the transmission of the print execution command. Therefore, it is easy for the operator to know how far back the photo print production conditions can be re-input.
Furthermore, the input operation for instructing the completion of the input operation for the photo print production conditions is also an input operation for instructing transmission of a print execution command for an image for which the photo print production conditions have been input on the past screen. The operation can be simplified and the operability can be improved.

  According to a third invention of the present application, in addition to the configuration of the first or second invention, the control device is configured to display the photograph of an image corresponding to a plurality of reduced images displayed on the monitor. When there is an input operation indicating that the print production condition input operation has been completed, images corresponding to the plurality of reduced images displayed on the monitor at that time are images of the last section of one order. When there is, the final screen display indicating that the input operation of the photo print production conditions for one order is completed is displayed on the monitor, and the photo of the order is displayed in the state where the final screen display is being performed. When there is an input operation for confirming completion of an input operation of print production conditions, the print execution command is not transmitted at that time, and the photo print production is stored in the storage device Sending the print execution command to the photographic printing apparatus for an image for which data is stored and holding, and requesting the re-input of the photographic print production conditions for an image that has already been input for the photographic print production conditions When an input operation is performed, the reduced image is displayed on the monitor and the input operation of the photo print production condition is received in units of the classification for the image requested to be input again.

In other words, in the photo print production business, the image that has received the print order is managed according to the order that is the order of the print order from the customer. Specifically, for example, one photographic film or one storage medium on which a photographed image is recorded is handled as one order.
In the situation where such management is performed, when a photographic print production operation is continuously performed for a plurality of orders, the captured photographic prints are distinguished without distinguishing the order even in the vicinity of the joint between the two orders. Divide the image to be created into multiple screens to be displayed simultaneously on one screen of the monitor, and continue to repeat the process of displaying the reduced image on the monitor and accepting the input operation of the photo print production conditions sequentially for each of the categories However, by displaying the final screen display at the joint of the order on the monitor, it is possible to allow the operator to recognize that it is a delimiter for managing the order.
Furthermore, the transmission of the print execution command can be made clear by using the input operation in the final screen display to make one order delimiter clear.
Even in the state where the final screen display indicating the order separation is displayed, if the data of the photo print production conditions remain in the storage device, the correction input thereof is possible.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when it is desired to correct the photo print production conditions once the input operation is completed, the reduced image is displayed again on the monitor by performing the input operation, and the input has been completed. Further, it is possible to perform correction input of the photographic print production conditions, and to suppress the delay of the printing process associated therewith as much as possible.
Further, according to the second invention, the operator who inputs the photographic print production conditions can easily grasp how far back the photographic print production conditions can be re-entered. Work can be performed efficiently, and operability can be improved.
Further, according to the third aspect, the operator who performs the input operation of the photographic print production conditions can accurately grasp the end of the process for one order, and the shift to the print process can be performed in one order. Since it is linked with the end, it is possible to improve workability when managing photo print production work in units of orders.

The photo print system of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
The photographic print system DP exemplified in the present embodiment is a system known as a so-called digital minilab machine, and as shown in FIG. 2, a photographic print apparatus that outputs a photographic print based on input image data. The main part is an EP and an image input device IR that generates image data for taking image data from a photographic film on which an image is taken and various storage media on which the image data is recorded and sending it to the photo printing apparatus EP. It is configured.

[Schematic configuration of image input device IR]
As schematically shown in FIG. 2, the image input device IR includes a film scanner 3 that reads an image of a photographic film and outputs it as image data, a main controller 4 constituted by a personal computer, and a photographic printing device. An image processing device 5 that performs image processing on input image data so that a good photographic print can be obtained by EP is provided. The main control device 4 includes a simulated image that simulates a finished print image, and various types of images. A monitor 4a for displaying control information, a console 4b, a mouse 4c, and a reading device 4d for reading image data from various media such as a memory card and a CD-R are connected.

[Schematic Configuration of Image Processing Device 5]
The image processing device 5 performs image processing on the image data input from the film scanner 3 and the image data input from the reading device 4d via the main control device 4, and generates image data for causing the photo printing device EP to perform a printing operation. To do.
As shown in FIG. 1, the image processing apparatus 5 executes an input buffer memory 21 that temporarily stores and holds image data, and performs image processing such as color correction on the image data read from the input buffer memory 21. A correction processing circuit 22; an output buffer memory 23 that temporarily stores and holds image data for which image processing has been completed by the correction processing circuit 22; and a reduced image that generates a reduced image of the image stored in the input buffer memory 21. In addition to the generation circuit 24, a transmission / reception interface 26 for receiving image data sent from the film scanner 3 and a transmission / reception interface 27 for performing data communication with the main control device 4 are provided.
On the main controller 4 side, a communication expansion board 31 is attached to the main board 32 of the main controller 4 in order to communicate with the transmission / reception interface 27.
On the communication expansion board 31, a transmission / reception interface 41 for data communication with the transmission / reception interface 27 on the image processing apparatus 5 side, and a reception memory for receiving image data for storing image data input via the transmission / reception interface 41. 42.

[Overall configuration of photo printing apparatus EP]
As shown in FIG. 2, the photographic printing apparatus EP includes an image forming apparatus EX, a development processing apparatus PP that develops the photographic paper 2 on which an image is exposed and formed by the image forming apparatus EX, and a housing. There is provided a photographic paper transport system PT that transports the photographic paper 2 drawn from the photographic paper magazine 6 installed on the upper side of the body to the development processing apparatus PP by a number of transport rollers 9 and the like.
Although not shown, a sorter for classifying the photographic paper 2 that has been developed and dried by the development processing unit PP is provided outside the housing of the photographic printing apparatus EP. A conveyor 8 is arranged to convey the photographic paper 2 discharged from the apparatus PP to the sorter.
Further, a cutter 10 for cutting the long photographic paper 2 drawn from the photographic paper magazine 6 into a set print size is provided in the middle of the conveyance path of the photographic paper conveyance system PT.

[Configuration of Image Forming Apparatus EX]
The image forming apparatus EX is composed mainly of an image forming head 13 that forms an exposure image on the photographic paper 2 and an exposure control device 14 that controls the image forming head 13.
The image forming head 13 is attached so that an intermediate position in the conveyance path of the photographic paper 2 cut to the set print size is an image formation position, and is orthogonal to the photographic paper conveyance direction (sub-scanning direction) at the image formation position. The laser beam is scanned in the direction (main scanning direction).
The intensity of the laser beam emitted from the image forming head 13 is modulated based on the corrected image data input from the image processing device 5 under the control of the exposure control device 14.
By scanning the photographic paper 2 transported and driven by the photographic paper transportation system PT with the laser beam whose intensity is modulated as described above, an image is exposed and formed on the photographic paper 2, which is a development processing apparatus. When developed with PP, it is finished as a photographic print.

[Basic printing operation]
The basic printing operation by the photo print system DP having the above-described configuration will be outlined.
When producing a photographic print from a photographic film, when the operator sets the photographic film on the film scanner 3, the frame image of the photographic film is read and sequentially written into the input buffer memory 21 of the image processing device 5.
On the other hand, when producing a photographic print from various storage media, when the storage medium on which the image data to be printed is recorded is set in the reading device 4d, reading of the recorded image data on the storage medium is started and read. The image data is sequentially written into the input buffer memory 21 of the image processing device 5 through the main control device 4.
Captured image data from one photographic film and captured image data from one storage medium are collectively managed as one order.

The image input device IR includes a monitor 4a, an operation console 4b, and the like. Using these, an operation for inputting photographic print production conditions for an image of a photographic print production target in which image data has been taken in as described above is performed. Function as a print condition setting device PC.
In this embodiment, the photographic print production conditions will be described by exemplifying the color correction conditions of the image by the image processing apparatus 5 and the number of photographic prints produced.
The control device RC that controls the acceptance of the input operation of the photo print production conditions is the main control device 4, and the main control device 4 executes the print condition setting process shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. Fulfill.

When the image data of the captured image is input to the input buffer memory 21 of the image processing device 5, the main control device 4 starts the print condition setting process shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
First, the image processing device 5 is requested to transmit a reduced image of an image whose image data is stored in the input buffer memory 21 (step # 1).
In relation to the display form on the screen of the monitor 4a, which will be described later, this reduced image transmission request requests transmission of reduced images of six frames according to the arrangement order of the images in the order. In response to this transmission request, the image processing apparatus 5 divides the transmission request into a plurality of segments (in this embodiment, six frames) from the head of the order, and sends one reduced image transmission request. A reduced image is generated for a plurality (6) of images in the section and output to the main control unit 4. Every time a request for transmitting a reduced image is received, the operation is repeated.

When the main control device 4 receives the reduced image generated by the reduced image generation circuit 24 (step # 2), the main control device 4 uses the received reduced images of the six frames to input the photo print production conditions illustrated in FIG. A screen is displayed on the monitor 4a (step # 3), and an input operation of a photo print production condition for the photo print production target image on which the reduced image is displayed is accepted.
This photographic print production condition input screen displays a plurality of (6 in the present embodiment) reduced images of the photographic print production target image received from the image processing apparatus 5. It has reduced image display areas S1 to S6 for displaying reduced images.
In addition, a color correction instruction field 51 for inputting color correction conditions for an image corresponding to the displayed reduced image (original image of the reduced image), and a picture of the image corresponding to the displayed reduced image A print number input field 52 for inputting the number of print preparations is provided corresponding to each of the reduced image display areas S1 to S6, and accepts an input operation of photo print preparation conditions.
Also, an operation for inputting the photo print production conditions for the images corresponding to the six reduced images displayed on the photo print production condition input screen (input operation to the color correction instruction column 51 and the print number input column 52). The “OK” button display 53 for performing an input operation to complete the image processing, and as will be described in detail later, an image preceding the image corresponding to the six reduced images displayed on this photo print production condition input screen. In addition to displaying a “return” button display 54 for performing an input operation for requesting re-input of photographic print production conditions for an image for which photographic print production condition input operation has been performed on the screen, various information is displayed. An information display field 55 is displayed.

If the input value in the color correction instruction column 51 is changed by the input operation from the console 4b while the screen display of FIG. 5 is being displayed on the monitor 4a (step # 4), the color correction instruction column that has been changed and input. For the reduced image corresponding to 51, image correction is executed with the new color correction value after the change, and the reduced images in the corresponding reduced image display areas S1 to S6 are updated.
In order to perform this operation, the main control device 4 is provided with a function for executing image processing equivalent to that of the image processing device 5 as software.

  While observing the screen display shown in FIG. 5 on the screen of the monitor 4a, the operator performs an input operation to the color correction instruction column 51 and the print number input column 52 as appropriate, and the six frames displayed on the monitor 4a. When the input operation of the photographic print production condition for is completed, if the “OK” button display 53 is operated with the mouse 4c as an input operation indicating the completion (step # 9), 6 displayed on the monitor 4a at that time The main controller 4 is provided with the input value of the color correction instruction column 51 and the input value of the print number input column 52 (that is, the data for the photo print production conditions) input for the image corresponding to the reduced image. It is stored and held in the storage device 33 composed of a memory or a hard disk device (step # 10). Further, each reduced image is also stored and held in the storage device 33.

Next, an instruction to execute the print processing is performed on the image for which the input operation of the photo print production conditions has been completed. At this time, the target is to complete the input operation of the photo print production conditions. This is not an image corresponding to the six reduced images displayed on the screen, but is an image of six frames in which the input operation of the photographic print production conditions has been completed on the previous screen.
Therefore, it is confirmed whether or not there is an image for which the input operation of the photo print production conditions has been completed on the previous screen (step # 11), and if such an image exists, the print processing is performed for the six frames of images. An instruction for starting is transmitted to the image processing apparatus 5 (step # 12).
Since it is not necessary to store information for producing a photographic print with respect to the six frames instructed to start the printing process, the information is erased in accordance with the instruction to start the printing process. Here, the photographic print production condition data stored in the storage device 33 and the image data of the reduced image are deleted.

For example, if the image of the 6 frames for which the input operation of the photo print production conditions has just been completed is the first 6 frames of the order being processed, there is no previous screen for that order, so the start of the print process is instructed. If the 6-frame image for which the input operation for the photo print preparation conditions has just been completed is 6 frames from the top of the order being processed to the 7th to 12th frames, the image for the top 6 frames of the order Since the photo print production condition data is stored and held in the storage device 33, the start of print processing is instructed for the top six frames.
In the print processing start instruction transmitted from the main control device 4 to the image processing device 5, information for specifying which of the six frames is targeted, and the photographic print production information for each of the six frames. And are included.

The image processing apparatus 5 extracts information on the color correction conditions included in the photographic print production conditions, reads out the corresponding image from the input buffer memory 21, and causes the correction processing circuit 22 to perform correction processing under the color correction conditions. Is completed, and the image data written in the output buffer memory 23 is sequentially transmitted to the exposure control device 14 of the photo print apparatus EP together with information on the number of photo prints produced.
The storage area where the image data sent to the correction processing circuit 22 is stored is released as an area where new image data can be received, and the image data is substantially erased.
When image data of an image to be produced as a photo print and related data are sent from the image processing device 5 to the photo print device EP, the exposure control device 14 of the photo print device EP receives the data as a print execution command, In accordance with the received data, a print process for an image to be produced as a photographic print is started.
Accordingly, this print execution command is substantially issued by the main control device 4 in the above-described step # 12 (the same applies to step # 19 described later), and passes through the image processing device 5 to the photo print device EP. It will be sent to.

As described above, with respect to the six-frame image for which the input operation of the photographic print production conditions has just been completed, the inputted photographic print production condition data is stored and held in the storage device 33, and the photographic print production conditions are set. After confirming that the image for which the input operation has been completed is not the frame image at the end of the order being processed (step # 13), the image processing apparatus 5 is requested to transmit reduced images for the next six frames of the order. The process is repeated from step # 1.
That is, the main control device 4 uses a plurality (six in this embodiment) of images (original images of reduced images) corresponding to the reduced images for one screen displayed simultaneously on the monitor 4a as a unit. A print execution command is transmitted to the photographic printing apparatus EP for each of the images, and a plurality of images (in this embodiment) for simultaneously displaying the captured photographic print production target images on one screen of the monitor 4a. In the embodiment, the display of the photo print production condition input screen displays the reduced image on the monitor 4a and accepts the input of the photo print production condition input operation. It repeats sequentially according to the order.

  In this iterative process, as described above, it indicates that the input operation of the photographic print production conditions for the images corresponding to a plurality of (six in this embodiment) reduced images displayed on the monitor 4a is completed. When there is an input operation (operation of the “OK” button display 53), the number of setting screens (one screen in this embodiment) is larger than the images corresponding to the plurality of reduced images displayed on the monitor 4a. An image in which the input operation of the photographic print preparation conditions is completed on the condition that the reduced image is displayed on the previous screen and the print execution command is transmitted to the photographic printing apparatus EP for the image in which the photographic print preparation conditions are input While delaying the transmission of the print execution command for Command is in the running configuration that is transmitted.

By repeatedly processing in this way, in the state where the screen display shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the monitor 4a, except for the state where the input operation of the photo print production conditions is accepted for the top six frames of the order, In the previous screen (that is, the screen for inputting the photographic print production conditions in the previous section), information about the image for which the input operation of the photographic print production conditions is completed is left in the storage device 33, and the image of the image is displayed. The data is held in the input buffer memory 21 without being subjected to print processing.
For this reason, in the screen display shown in FIG. 5, the screen returns to the previous screen where the input operation for the photo print production conditions has already been completed (the photo print production condition input screen for the previous section), and the photo print production conditions are entered. The operation can be repeated, and when the “return” button display 54 for requesting re-input of the photo print production conditions is operated with the mouse 4c in the screen display of FIG. 5 (step # 6), the re-input is performed. It is confirmed that the data for the previous screen requested is present in the storage device 33 (step # 7), that is, the processing for the first six frames of the order is not being processed and has already been performed once. The “return” button display 54 is operated to confirm that it is not in the returning state, and the previous screen including the monitor display of the reduced image is constituted by the information read from the storage device 33. Displays Nita 4a (step # 8), a state for accepting an input operation of the photographic print producing conditions for them.
As described above, the re-input of the photographic print production conditions is also executed in units of the divisions, that is, in units of screens.
In addition, since the information in the storage device 33 is read to configure the previous screen, the screen display at the time when the “OK” button display 53 is operated on the previous screen is reproduced.

As described above, while appropriately operating the “return” button display 54, the input operation of the photo print production conditions from the screen of the monitor 4a is repeated to advance the work, and the last section of the order being processed is selected. When the input operation of the photo print production conditions for the image is completed and the “OK” button display 53 is operated (step # 9), the data of the photo print production conditions for which the input operation has just been completed is stored in the storage device 33. In the same manner as described above, the start of the printing process is instructed for an image for which the input operation of the photo print production conditions has been completed on the previous screen (step # 12).
At this time, since the input operation of the photographic print production conditions has been completed for the image at the end of the order (that is, the image of the last section of the order) (step # 13), the one order shown in FIG. A final screen display indicating that the photo print production condition input operation has been completed is displayed on the monitor 4a (step # 14).
Also in the final screen display of FIG. 6, the “OK” button display 53 and the “RETURN” button display 54 are displayed, and the “RETURN” button display 54 for requesting re-input of the photo print production conditions is operated with the mouse 4c. (Step # 15), the previous screen for which re-input was requested, that is, the screen in which the photographic print production conditions were input for the image in the last section of the order is reproduced, and the reduced image is monitored. An input operation of display and photographic print production conditions is accepted (step # 16, step # 17). In this case as well, the classification is handled as a unit (that is, a screen as a unit).

On the other hand, when the “OK” button display 53 is operated in the final screen display of FIG. 6 (step # 18), the operation is an input for confirming the completion of the input operation of the photo print production conditions for the order. A print execution command is sent for all images that are operations and belong to the order being processed, for which no print execution command has been sent at that time and the photo print production conditions are stored in the storage device 33. (Step # 19).
The operation associated with the print processing start instruction is the same as the operation in step # 12.
Thereafter, when processing of a subsequent order is waiting (step # 20), the processing is started from step # 1 for the subsequent order, and when there is no subsequent order to be processed, the processing is performed. finish.

[Another embodiment]
Hereinafter, other embodiments of the present invention will be listed.
(1) The above embodiment exemplifies a case where one section is composed of six images when the sections are divided according to the number of reduced images displayed on one screen of the photo print production condition input screen. However, it may be 5 or less, or 7 or more.
(2) In the above embodiment, when there is an input operation indicating that the input operation of the photo print production conditions has been completed, a print execution command is transmitted for the previous screen (that is, the previous category). However, the print execution command may be transmitted for an image on two or more previous screens (that is, two or more previous sections).
(3) In the above embodiment, the input operation of the photo print production conditions for the subsequent one screen is completed as a condition for delaying the transmission of the print execution command for the image for which the input operation of the photo print production conditions has been completed. However, the delay may be delayed under the condition that a print execution command is transmitted after the set time has elapsed after the input operation of the photo print production conditions is completed.
(4) In the above embodiment, the photographic printing apparatus EP is exemplified by a type having the image forming head 13 of the laser beam scanning exposure type. However, various types of photographic printing such as an ink jet photographic printing apparatus are used. The device can be used.

Main part block block diagram concerning embodiment of this invention 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a photo print system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The flowchart concerning embodiment of this invention The flowchart concerning embodiment of this invention The figure which shows the example of a monitor screen display concerning embodiment of this invention The figure which shows the example of a monitor screen display concerning embodiment of this invention

Explanation of symbols

EP Photo printing device PC Print condition setting device RC control device 4a Monitor

Claims (3)

A photographic printing apparatus that prints an image of a photographic print production target in accordance with an inputted print execution command; and an input operation of a photographic print production condition for the photographic print production target image in which image data is taken in A printing condition setting device that transmits the print execution command to the printing device;
The print condition setting device includes a monitor, and a control device that controls acceptance of an input operation of the photo print production conditions,
The control device causes the monitor to display a plurality of reduced images of a photo print production target image for one screen and input the photo print production conditions for an image corresponding to the displayed reduced image. In response to the operation, a plurality of images corresponding to a reduced image for one screen displayed simultaneously on the monitor, and the print execution command is transmitted to the photographic printing apparatus for each of the plurality of images, A photo print system configured to erase information for making a photo print for an image for which transmission of the print execution command has been completed,
The controller is
An operation for displaying the reduced image on the monitor and inputting the photographic print production conditions by dividing the image of the photographic print production target in which the image data has been captured into a plurality of units that are simultaneously displayed on one screen of the monitor. In the process of sequentially repeating the acceptance of each category,
When there is an input operation indicating that the input operation of the photographic print production conditions for an image corresponding to a plurality of reduced images displayed on the monitor is completed, it is displayed on the monitor at that time Storing and holding data of the photographic print production conditions for an image corresponding to a plurality of reduced images in a storage device;
In a state where the print execution command for the image for which the input operation of the photographic print production conditions has been completed is transmitted in a delayed manner according to the set condition, it is preceded between acceptance of the input operation of the photographic print production conditions of the subsequent section. Configured to execute transmission of the print execution command for the section of
An input operation for requesting re-input of the photographic print production conditions for an image for which the input operation of the photographic print production conditions has been performed on a screen before an image corresponding to a plurality of reduced images displayed on the monitor. A photo print system configured to perform the monitor display of the reduced image and the input operation of the photo print production conditions for the image requested to be re-input in units of the classification.   The control device has completed the input operation of the photographic print production conditions for an image corresponding to a plurality of reduced images displayed on the monitor as an operation of delaying transmission of the print execution command under the set condition. When an input operation is performed, a reduced image is displayed on a screen that is a set number of screens ahead of the image for a plurality of reduced images displayed on the monitor, and the photo print production conditions are input. The photographic print system according to claim 1, wherein the photographic print system is configured to perform an operation of transmitting the print execution command for the operated image to the photographic print apparatus. When there is an input operation indicating that the input operation of the photographic print production conditions for an image corresponding to a plurality of reduced images displayed on the monitor is completed, the control device at that time When the image corresponding to the plurality of reduced images displayed on the screen is the image of the last section of one order, the input operation of the photographic print production conditions for one order is completed on the monitor Display the final screen showing
When there is an input operation for confirming the completion of the input operation of the photo print production conditions for the order while the final screen is displayed, the print execution command is not transmitted at that time. For the image in which the data of the photographic print production conditions is stored and held in the storage device, the print execution command is transmitted to the photographic print device,
When there is an input operation for requesting re-input of the photographic print preparation conditions for an image that has already been input for the photographic print preparation conditions, the reduced image is displayed on the monitor for the image that has been requested to be input again. 3. The photo print system according to claim 1, wherein the photo print production condition input operation is accepted in units of the divisions.

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