JP2724254B2 - Price printer for photo processing system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is used in a photographic processing system provided with a printer for printing an image recorded on a photographic film onto photographic paper, and is used for printing a fee for photographic processing. It relates to a printing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A printer processor is called a mini-lab and is installed in a DPE store. In the printer processor, the exposure unit that exposes the image recorded on the negative film and the processor unit that develops the exposed photographic paper are integrated, and only a long photographic paper is set. The exposure unit and the processor unit can be automatically transferred and processed.

A price printer can be connected to the printer processor. This price printer is a device for printing a development fee, a print fee, and a total amount thereof on a delivery note on which predetermined items and the like are printed in advance.

This price printer is operated in conjunction with the operation of a sort key provided in a printer processor. That is, the sort key is a key operated when one negative film is completed.
The number of prints processed in the case is automatically input to the price printer.

[0005] The price printing unit stores a print unit price and a development allowance for each of a plurality of channels. The print unit price varies depending on the DPE store being handled and during the campaign period, and the development fee is the length of the negative film (12
The development allowance differs depending on whether four or 36 shots are taken. Set these combinations in advance for each channel,
By selecting a necessary channel, when the number of prints is input, a development allowance, a print allowance, and a total amount thereof are calculated, and can be printed at a predetermined position on the delivery note.

[0006]

By the way, if there is a so-called out-of-focus state at the time of verification after the print processing, the photographic paper is removed and is not delivered to the customer. However, in the above-described conventional price printer, the print allowance is calculated and printed in accordance with the number of prints at the time when the sort key is operated, so that if there is the above-mentioned photographic paper, the delivery note must be recreated, The work becomes complicated.

In view of the above, the present invention calculates a print allowance in accordance with the number of photographic papers to be delivered to a customer and prints the print allowance, thereby eliminating a rewriting operation and improving workability. The purpose is to obtain a price printing device.

[0008]

[0009]

The invention according to claim 1 is used in a photographic processing system provided with a printer for printing an image recorded on a photographic film onto photographic paper, and prints a fee for photographic processing. Storage means for storing a development allowance according to the length of one photographic film and the number of prints for each photographic film transmitted from the printer. Selecting means for selecting a corresponding print unit price from the plurality of print unit prices, input means for inputting the number of defective prints selected by examining the image of the photographic paper, and inputting based on the number of prints stored in the storage means. Calculating means for calculating a print allowance based on a number obtained by subtracting the number input by the means and a print unit price selected by the selecting means; It has a printing means for printing the calculated print cost and the total amount thereof, the.

[0010]

[0011]

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the number of prints for each case is transmitted from the printer, this is stored by the storage means. The image of the printed photographic printing paper is verified, and defective prints such as out-of-focus images are extracted. For this reason, there is a difference between the number of prints stored in the storage means and the number actually transferred to the customer. Here, the input means inputs the number of defective prints selected by the verification. The calculation means subtracts the number of defective prints input by the input means from the number of prints stored in the storage means, calculates a print allowance based on the print unit price selected by the selection means, and prints the print allowance together with the development allowance. At this time, the total amount of the development fee and the print fee is also printed.

[0013] Thus, the number of prints transmitted from the printer can be temporarily stored, and an accurate number of prints can be obtained after waiting for verification and actually handed over to the customer. Work such as repairing becomes unnecessary, and workability is improved.

[0014]

FIG. 1 shows a printer processor 10 which is a part of a photographic processing system according to the present embodiment. First, the overall configuration of the printer processor 10 will be described.

The outside of the printer processor 10 is covered with a casing 12. The printer processor 10 includes a work table 14 protruding from the casing 12 to the left in FIG. On the upper surface of the work table 14, a negative carrier 18 on which a negative film 16 is set is placed. The detailed configuration of the negative carrier 18 will be described later.

A light source section 36 is provided below the work table 14. The light source unit 36 includes a light source 38.
The light beam emitted from the light source 38 reaches the negative film 16 set on the negative carrier 18 via the filter unit 40 and the diffusion tube 42. The filter unit 40 is composed of C, M, and Y
Each of the filters is configured to be able to protrude and retract on the optical axis of the light beam.

An optical system 46 is mounted on the arm 44 located above the work table 14. Optical system 46
Has a lens 48, a shutter 50, and a reflection mirror 51, and the lens 48 and the shutter 50 are arranged on the optical axis of the light beam. The light beam transmitted through the negative film 16 passes through the lens 48 and the shutter 50, is deflected by the reflection mirror 51 (the optical axis is approximately 90 degrees), and the image of the negative film 16 is placed on the photographic paper 54 set in the exposure chamber 52. Make an image.

The optical system 46 includes a density measuring device 56 such as a CCD for measuring the density of the negative film 16. The density measuring device 56 is connected to the controller 162, and an exposure correction value at the time of exposure is set based on data measured by the density measuring device 56 and data input by a key operator.

The light source section 36, the optical system 46, and the exposure chamber 52
Thus, a printing process can be performed, and an exposed portion 58 is formed.

A mounting portion 60 is provided at a corner between the upper right side of the arm 44 and the upper surface of the casing 12. The mounting unit 60 is configured to mount a paper magazine 64 that winds and stores the photographic paper 54 on a reel 62 in a layered manner.

A roller 66 is disposed in the vicinity of the mounting section 60, and transports the printing paper 54 to the exposure chamber 52 in a horizontal state while holding the printing paper 54 therebetween. The printing paper 54 is provided with a roller 67 in front of the arm 44.
, Turned 90 degrees and drooped. In addition,
Between the rollers 66 and 67, there is provided a first stock section 69 for guiding and stocking the printing paper in a substantially U-shape.

A roller 68 is provided below the exposure section of the exposure chamber 52.
A, 68B, and 68C are arranged, and the photographic paper 54 on which the image of the negative film 16 is printed in the exposure chamber 52 is substantially 9
The direction is changed at every 0 degree, and is conveyed to the color developing section 74 of the processor section 72 adjacent to the exposure chamber 52.

A cutter 7 is provided downstream of the roller 68A.
1 is provided. The cutter 71 has a function of cutting the rear end of the photographic paper 54 on which the exposure processing has been completed.
For this reason, the photographic paper 54 remaining in the exposure unit 58 can be rewound to the paper magazine 64 again.

A second stock portion 73 is provided between the rollers 68A and 68B for guiding and printing the photographic printing paper 54 in a substantially U-shape. The second stock unit 73 absorbs a difference in processing time between the exposure unit 58 that stocks the printing paper 54 and performs the printing process and the processor unit 72 that performs each of the development, fixing, and washing processes.

The color developing section 74 performs a developing process by immersing the photographic paper 54 in a developing solution. The developed photographic paper 54 is conveyed to a bleach-fixing unit 76 adjacent to the color developing unit 74. The bleach-fixing section 76 immerses the printing paper 54 in a fixing solution to perform a fixing process. The photographic paper 54 subjected to the fixing process is conveyed to a rinsing unit 78 adjacent to the bleach-fixing unit 76. The rinsing section 78 immerses the printing paper 54 in washing water to perform a washing process.

The photographic paper 54 having been subjected to the water-washing process is rinsed 78
Is transported to the drying unit 80 adjacent to. The drying unit 80 winds the printing paper 54 around a roller and exposes the printing paper 54 to high-temperature air for drying.

The printing paper 54 is held between a pair of rollers (not shown), and the dried printing paper 54 is discharged from the drying unit 80 at a constant speed. A cutter section 84 is provided downstream of the drying section 80. The cutter unit 84 includes a cut mark sensor 86 that detects a cut mark provided on the photographic paper 54 and a cutter 88 that cuts the photographic paper 54. The cutter unit 84 cuts the photographic paper 54 for each image frame. It is discharged outside the casing 12.

The cut photographic paper 54 is supplied to the sorter unit 10.
8 and a defective print such as a so-called out-of-focus blur is removed by an inspection work, and then returned to the customer together with a delivery note and a negative film.

On the delivery note, the price for developing the negative film 16, the cost for printing, and the total amount thereof are printed by the price printing device 300 connected online to the printer processor 10. This price printing device 3
The configuration of 00 is described later.

As shown in FIG. 2, each control is controlled by the controller 162. The controller 162
It is configured to include a microcomputer 164.
The micro computer 164 includes a CPU 166 and a RAM 1
68, ROM 170, input / output port 172, and a bus 174 such as a data bus and a control bus connecting them.
It is constituted by.

The controller 162 is connected to a transport control section 176 for controlling the transport system of the negative film 16 and the photographic paper 54 in the printer processor 10, turns on the light source 38 in the exposure section 58, and shifts the optical path of the filter section 40. Appearing, moving forward by the negative carrier 18, shutter 50
An exposure control unit 178 for controlling an exposure system such as opening and closing of the camera is connected. In the controller 162, the drying unit 80
The detection of the cut mark by the cut mark sensor 86 in the drying control unit 182 for controlling the driving of the fan and the heater in the
Control unit 184 for controlling the cutting of the photographic paper 54 by the printer
Is connected.

FIG. 3 shows a negative carrier 18 according to this embodiment.
It is shown. The negative carrier 18 includes a pedestal 200
And the opening / closing cover 202 as a main part.

The pedestal 200 has a negative film transport path 20
4 are formed, and a printing opening 206 is formed at the center in the longitudinal direction.
Is provided, and serves as an irradiation port of a light beam from the light source 38 provided in the printer processor 10.

In the negative film transport path 204, transport rollers 208 are provided on the upstream side (left direction in FIG. 3) and downstream side (right direction in FIG. 3) of the printing opening 206, respectively.
Are provided corresponding to the back surface (lower surface) of the hologram. Each of the transport rollers 208 receives a driving force of a pulse motor 218 by an endless timing belt (not shown). When the pulse motor 218 rotates, each of the transport rollers 208 is driven in the same rotational direction at the same rotational speed. Is done.

The open / close cover 202 is supported by a bar 226 fixed to the pedestal 200 at the lower end of a housing-like cover main body 224, and can be opened and closed with respect to the pedestal 200 around the bar 226. ing.

At the bottom of the cover body 224, a through hole 228 corresponding to the printing opening 206 is provided.
The cover body 224 is closed and the upper guide base 230 is positioned at a position corresponding to the negative film transport path 204.
Is attached.

The upper guide base 230 is provided with an idle roller 234 corresponding to the transport roller 208 so as to hold the negative film 16 therebetween.

At the center of the upper guide base 230 in the direction of transport of the negative film, an upper mask 240 which is movable relative to the upper guide base 230 and has an opening at a position corresponding to the through hole 228 is arranged. It is supported by a base 242.

The mask base 242 includes a cover body 224.
When the solenoid body 250 provided on the pedestal 200 is energized in a state where the cover body 224 is closed, it is attracted by a magnetic force to move the upper mask 240 to the negative film transport path 204. And the negative film 16 positioned on the optical axis P can be sandwiched.

The printing opening 20 of the negative film transport path 204
A light emitting diode (not shown) is provided on the back surface upstream of 6, and the light is applied to the negative film 16 through the slit hole 256.

The slit hole 256 is formed in the upper guide base 23.
0 corresponds to the screen detection sensor 264 provided at 0. Therefore, the transmitted light amount of the negative film 16 is detected by the screen detection sensor 264.

LED elements 270 and 272 are buried along the longitudinal direction at the center in the width direction of the negative film transport path 204 further upstream of the slit hole 256.

LED element 270 near slit hole 256
Is a splice tape 284 applied for bonding a plurality of negative films 16 as shown in FIG.
(This tape is affixed to the central portion in the width direction of the negative film 16 and is hereinafter referred to as a roll splice tape.) As shown in FIG. 4B, the negative film 16 cut every six frames is reconnected and printed again. The splice tape 286 (a tape that is attached to only the both sides in the width direction of the negative film so as not to hide the image frame and is hereinafter referred to as a piece splice tape) for performing the processing is used.

The LED element 272 on the negative film insertion port side of the negative film transport path 204 is
6 is used to detect the presence or absence of the number 6.

The LED elements 270 and 272 correspond to a tape sensor 274 and a negative sensor 276 attached to the upper guide base 230, respectively.

The LED element 270 and the LED element 272
LED elements 280 are embedded at both ends in the width direction of the negative film transport path 204 between the barcode sensors 2, provided at both ends in the width direction of the upper guide base 230.
82, the ID and frame number of the negative film 16 can be read.

FIG. 5 shows a price printing device 3 according to this embodiment.
00 is shown. The price printing device 300 has a side surface and a bottom surface which are covered by a casing 302, and a keyboard 304 serving as input means and selection means on the upper surface.
And an LCD display unit 306 for displaying the contents of the key input.
And are arranged. As shown in FIG. 6, a keyboard 304 includes a user key 308 for selecting users A to E and an order key 31 for changing a reception number.
0, cancel key 312 and skip key 314, entry key 31 for entering input data
6. A print key 318 for instructing printing, a remake key 319 for changing print contents, and a numeric keypad 320 for inputting the number of defective prints to be extracted by verification are provided. Keyboard 304
Are arranged on a control board 324 including a control unit 322. The LCD display unit 306 also controls the control board 324.
It is connected to the.

The LCD unit 306 displays the currently set print unit price, development fee, print fee, and the like. The set price can be changed by operating a predetermined key on the keyboard 304.

The price printing device 300 is provided with a printing section 326 as printing means. The printing unit 326 is connected to the control unit 322, and a driving unit (not shown) is provided with a rubber roller 328 that rotates with a driving force. In addition, a dot impact head 330 is provided corresponding to the rubber roller 328.

The dot impact head 330 is movable in the axial direction of the rubber roller 328 by the driving force of a driving unit (not shown).

An ink ribbon 332 is arranged between the rubber roller 328 and the dot impact head 330, and the form paper 334 is conveyed by the rotation of the rubber roller 328 (sub-scan) while the dot impact head 3 is moved.
The form paper 33 is moved by the main scanning (main scanning).
Letters or numbers are printed on 4.

Note that, as shown in FIG.
4 is continuously printed in delivery note format and is separated by a cut-off line 335.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 322
It comprises a PU 336, a RAM 338, a ROM 340, an input / output port 342, and a bus 344. The input / output port 342 includes keys of the keyboard 304, LC
The D display unit 306 and the printing device 326 are connected. The input / output port 342 has an interface 34
6, the controller 1 of the printer processor 10
62, and the number of prints to be printed by the printer processor 10 is input.

The printer processor 10 outputs a signal corresponding to the length of the negative film 16 (for example, the number of pulses of the pulse motor 218 during detection of the negative film by the negative presence / absence sensor 276) and one signal. A sort signal indicating the end of printing (a detection signal of the roll splice tape 284 attached to the center of the negative film width direction by the tape sensor 274) is input.

The control section 322 determines the number of negative films 16 to be taken from the input length signal of the negative film 16 and the sort signal (for example, taking 12, 24, or 36). R once with the number of prints
The information is stored in the AM 338.

Here, the CPU 336 calculates a print allowance according to the number of prints actually delivered to the customer from the number of defective prints input by the keyboard 304 and the selected print unit price, and also calculates the print cost according to the size of the negative film. The development fee and the total amount of the development fee and the printing fee are output to the printing unit 326, and the form paper 3
34 is printed.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below. First,
The normal printing procedure will be described.

When the process is started, the light source 38 is turned on,
The negative carrier 18 is driven to position the negative film 16. The L of the negative film 16 is measured by the density
An ATD (average transmission density) is measured, an exposure correction value is set from the measured data and data manually input by a key, and an exposure amount (exposure time) is calculated to obtain an optimum printing condition.

Next, the photographic paper 54 is transported to the exposure chamber 52 for positioning, and the shutter 50 is opened. This allows
The light beam emitted from the light source 38 passes through the filter section 40 and the negative film 16 and reaches the exposure chamber 52, and the printing paper 54 positioned in the exposure chamber 52 starts printing an image on the negative film 16 according to the exposure conditions. The C, M, and Y filters located on the optical axis of the light beam are moved. After a predetermined exposure time has elapsed, the shutter 50 is closed. Thus, the printing process for one frame of the image on the negative film 16 is completed. By repeating this, the printed portions of the printing paper 54 are sequentially conveyed to the processor unit 72.

The photographic paper 54 conveyed to the reservoir 70 is conveyed to the color developing unit 74, where it is immersed in a developing solution to perform a developing process. The developed photographic paper 54 is supplied to a bleach-fixing unit 76.
And is subjected to a fixing process. Photographic paper 54 that has been subjected to fixing processing
Is conveyed to a rinsing unit 78 and subjected to a water washing process. The photographic paper 54 that has been subjected to the water-washing process is conveyed to the drying unit 80 and subjected to the drying process.

The dried photographic paper 54 is supplied to the cutter unit 8.
At 4, the cut mark is detected, cut for each image, and sorted by the sorter unit 108.

The sorted printing paper 54 sorts out defective prints by a verification operation. That is, after the printing process by the printer processor 10, defective print such as out-of-focus is extracted and is not delivered to the customer.

When the selection is completed, the price printing device 300 prints the development allowance, the print allowance, and the total amount thereof on the form paper 334 to prepare a delivery note. The delivery note is usually affixed to a DPE bag that contains and returns the negative film 10 and photographic paper 54 and is sent to a handling DPE store.

Here, if a defective print is extracted by the verification work, a difference occurs between the number of prints printed by the printer processor 10 and the number of prints actually delivered to the customer. In the present embodiment, the difference in the number of prints is adjusted so that an appropriate price is printed at one time.

The price printing procedure will be described below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. FIG. 8 shows a print parameter setting routine.

In step 400, the number of prints N is cleared, the flag F is reset (0), and the routine proceeds to step 402. In step 402, the reception number is read. The reception number may be incremented in order from 1 or an ID given to the negative film 16 may be used. When the ID is used, it is necessary to read data read by the barcode sensor 282 of the negative carrier 18.

In the next step 404, a print signal is output each time printing is performed by the printer processor 10, and it is determined whether or not the print signal has been input. Here, in the case of a negative determination, it is determined that the negative film is being conveyed, and the process proceeds to step 406 to determine whether the piece splice tape 286 has been detected. If a negative determination is made in step 406, step 408
Then, it is determined whether or not the roll splice tape 284 has been detected. That is, while there is no input of a print signal, detection of the joint of the negative film 16 is performed.

When a print signal is input at step 404, the process proceeds to step 410, where the number of prints N is incremented, and the process proceeds to step 408.

If an affirmative determination is made in step 406, it is determined that this is a reprinting process, and fluff F is set (1) in step 412, and the flow proceeds to step 408.

If a positive determination is made in step 408,
It is determined that the processing of one negative film 16 has been completed, and the process proceeds to step 414 to determine whether or not the flag F has been reset.
Move to 16.

In step 416, the length information of the negative film 16 is read. Specifically, the head of the corresponding negative film 16 has the negative presence / absence sensor 27 of the negative carrier 18.
6 from the time when the negative film is detected until the time when the roll splice tape 284 is detected.
The pulse number of 8 is read. 1 of the pulse motor 218
Since the transport distance of the pulse is determined, the length of one negative film 16 can be obtained by multiplying the transport distance of one pulse by the number of read pulses.

In the next step 418, the type of film length is determined from the length of the negative film 16 obtained. That is, the negative film 16 includes 12 shots, 24 shots, 36 shots, and the like, and the length is determined.
Then, the process proceeds to step S423, and the process proceeds to step S423.

If a negative determination is made in step 414, that is, if it is determined that the flag F is set, the development allowance D is unnecessary because the print processing is performed, and the development allowance D is set to 0 in step 422. Then, the process proceeds to step 423.

In the next step 423, the number of prints N and the development allowance D are temporarily stored in the RAM 338.

In the next step 424, it is determined whether or not to continue the printing process. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 400 to repeat the above affirmation.

If the determination is negative, the processing of this routine ends, and the flow shifts to the print control routine in FIG.

Next, a print control routine will be described with reference to FIG. In step 450, an initial value of the reception number M is set and displayed on the LED display unit 306. This corresponds to the reception number determined in step 402 of FIG. 8. For example, if it is determined that the number is to be incremented sequentially from 1, M is set to 1 in step 450. When the negative film ID is used as the reception number, M may be used as the address of the storage table.

In the next step 452, the user key 30
8 displays the print unit price a corresponding to the currently set user on the LCD display unit 306. The operator sees this, and if it is determined that a change is necessary, the user operates the user key 308 in step 454 (affirmative determination) to change the user, thereby performing step 452.
And returns the print unit price a according to the changed user to L
The information is displayed on the CD display unit 306.

If a negative determination is made in step 454, the flow shifts to step 456 to determine whether the reception number has been changed. That is, if the work is interrupted halfway, there may be a difference between the initial reception number and the reception number to be processed. Therefore, it is possible to make a change in this step 456. 458
Displays a new reception number M and proceeds to step 460. If there is no change in the reception number at step 456, the process skips step 458 and proceeds to step 460 to determine whether the entry key 316 has been operated. Is determined.

The entry key 316 is operated when it is determined that the print unit price a and the reception number M are appropriate. When the operation is not performed, the process proceeds from step 460 to step 452. Repeats steps 452, 454, 456, and 460.

When the entry key 316 is operated in step 460, the flow advances to step 462 to read the number of prints N and development allowance D corresponding to the set reception number, and then, in step 464, a defect extracted by verification. The number of prints L is input using the numeric keypad 320.

In the next step 466, the number of prints N
Is subtracted from the number of defective prints L to obtain a new N, and the flow proceeds to step 468 to calculate a print allowance (P = N ×
a). As a result, it is possible to calculate the print allowance based on the number of prints to be handed over to the actual customer.

In the next step 470, a total amount T is calculated by adding the print allowance P and the development allowance D (T = P
+ D) Then, at step 472, the development allowance D, print allowance P, and total amount T are displayed on the LCD display unit 306, respectively.

Here, when the operator looks at the displayed contents and determines that there is no need to change, the print key 318 is displayed.
Is operated, and if it is determined that the change is necessary, the remake key 319 is operated. This is referred to as step 474
If the print key 318 has been operated, the process proceeds to step 476, and if the remake key 319 has been operated, the process proceeds to step 478.

At step 478, a correction process is performed by a manual operation in order to change the print content, and the flow shifts to step 474.

In step 476, since there is no change in the print content, a print process is performed. That is, the rubber roller 328 is driven to position the form paper 334 at a predetermined position, the dot impact head 330 is main-scanned, and the rubber roller 328 is sub-scanned to perform predetermined printing. The printed form paper 334 has a cut line 33 for each case.
5 are provided, so that they can be easily separated. The separated form paper 334 (delivery note) is affixed to a DPE bag containing the negative film 16 and the photographic paper 54 and returned to the handling DPE store.

In the next step 480, it is determined whether or not to continue the processing. If the determination is affirmative, the flow shifts to step 482 to decrement the reception number M, and step 452
Then, the affirmation is repeated. Step 48
If the determination is 0, the process ends.

According to this embodiment, the price printing apparatus 300 is arranged at the place where the verification process is performed, and the number of prints determined to be defective by the verification process is input before printing, and the number of prints actually delivered to the customer from the beginning is printed. Since the printing cost is calculated and printed, the rewriting of the delivery note is eliminated, and the workability is improved.

Further, the length of the negative film 16 relating to the development allowance is determined by the negative presence / absence sensor 276 and the pulse motor 218 installed on the negative carrier 18 of the printer processor 10.
Thereby, automatic detection can be performed, so that the work of the operator can be reduced.

Further, by detecting the roll splice tape 284 by the tape sensor 274, the end of one case is automatically determined, so that the operation of the sort key indicating the end of one case becomes unnecessary, and the workability is improved. improves.
At this time, the type of the splice tape (the roll splice tape 284 and the piece splice tape 286) can be determined, and it can be determined whether the print is a simultaneous print or an additional print, so that the workability is further improved.

[0091]

As described above, the price printing apparatus for a photographic processing system according to the present invention calculates and prints a print allowance in accordance with the number of photographic papers to be handed over to a customer.
There is an excellent effect that workability can be improved without rewriting work.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a printer processor according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a negative carrier.

FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of a printer processor and a price printing device.

FIG. 4A is a plan view showing a state in which a plurality of negative films are connected at the time of simultaneous printing, and FIG. 4B is a plan view showing a state in which six-piece piece negatives are connected during additional printing.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the price printing device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a layout diagram of each part of the price printing device.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a form sheet (delivery note).

FIG. 8 is a control flowchart illustrating a print parameter setting routine according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a control flowchart illustrating a print control routine according to the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Printer Processor (Photo Processing System) 16 Negative Film (Photo Film) 18 Negative Carrier 162 Controller 274 Tape Sensor 276 Negative Presence Sensor 284 Roll Splice Tape 286 Piece Splice Tape 300 Price Printing Device 304 Keyboard (Selection Means, Input Means) 306 LCD Display unit 322 Control unit (computing unit) 326 Printing unit (printing unit) 328 Rubber roller (printing unit) 330 Dot impact head (printing unit) 334 Report paper (delivery note)

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-3-126948 (JP, A) JP-A-61-176933 (JP, A) JP-A-2-239248 (JP, A) Jpn. , U)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An image recorded on a photographic film is printed on photographic paper.
Used in photo processing systems with printers for printing
Photo processing system to print the fee for photo processing.
Price printing device for a photographic film
Development fee according to the length and each one sent from the printer
Storage means for storing the number of prints and a predetermined number
Select the appropriate print price from multiple print prices
Selection means and a screening of the image of the photographic paper.
Input means for inputting the number of defective prints, and the storage
Input from the input means from the number of prints stored in the means
And the number selected by the selection means.
Calculation means for calculating the print allowance based on the lint unit price
And the development allowance and the print allowance calculated by the calculation means.
And printing means for printing the total amount thereof.
Price printing device for photo processing systems.