JP2745148B2 - Frame number printing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a frame number printing apparatus used in a large-scale specialized color lab or the like. More specifically, the present invention relates to frame number printing of negative film, printing conditions for photographic paper, and the like. The present invention relates to an apparatus that reads stored information from a stored storage medium and prints a frame number on a back surface of a photographic paper after development.

[Conventional technology]

The frame number printing device as described above is disclosed in, for example,
It is known from US Pat. The purpose of printing frame numbers on the back of a print using such a device is to know exactly the frame number on the back of the print, which is the negative film frame number of the required print, such as a reprint, determined by looking at the print on the customer side. This is because the work of certifying the frame number by comparing the print image and the film image which is bothersome and easily recognized by the user is unnecessary, so that neither the customer side nor the lab side is required. For this purpose, it is sufficient to print a frame number or an order number for specifying a negative film on the back side of the print.

On the other hand, photographic paper is passed through the printing, developing, inspection, and cutting process machines in the lab, and is given to the customer in a state of being cut into individual prints. A mark indicating that reprinting should be performed, and do not give the print with the mark to the customer, but instead give the customer a print obtained by reprinting it under the correct printing conditions. I have to. In this case, the frame number of the negative film to be reprinted can be easily known from the frame number printed on the back surface of the print by the frame number printing device or the order number. Also, the appropriate printing conditions for reprinting can be easily estimated from the initial printing conditions and the screen of the printed print. However, the initial printing conditions must be read from the storage medium used by the frame number printing device, which is very cumbersome and makes reprinting troublesome and costly.

Therefore, printing conditions such as a frame number and an order number are printed on the back surface of each print on photographic paper so that reprinting can be performed efficiently. But,
Printing printing conditions, etc., which require a significantly larger number of prints than the frame numbers and order numbers on the back of each print on photographic paper, significantly increases the time required for printing work and consumption of the ink ribbon, The printing costs and thus the printing costs are greatly increased. This increase in cost is due to the fact that reprinting with a small percentage can be performed efficiently, and furthermore, the efficiency of reprinting etc. when a customer submits not only a negative film but also a print printed with frame numbers and printing conditions etc. when ordering reprints etc. Compared with the merit of getting better, it is an increase that cannot be achieved at all.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a frame number printing apparatus which does not increase the printing cost and therefore the printing cost, and can improve the efficiency of reprinting.

[Means for solving the problem]

The present invention relates to an apparatus for reading stored information from a storage medium storing a frame number of a negative film and printing conditions for printing on a photographic paper and printing the frame number on the back side of the print of the developed photographic paper. Means for detecting a mark attached to a print position that requires reheating in the inspection step, and a printed portion of the photographic paper on which the mark is attached based on information stored in the storage medium by detection information of the detection means. And a means for recording information necessary for reworking. The above-mentioned object is achieved by this configuration. The frame number printing device of the present invention may be an independent process machine between inspection and cutting, or may be a device incorporated in the cutting machine. Also, in the apparatus of the present invention, the storage medium for storing the frame number of the negative film, the printing conditions for photographic paper, and the like are the same as those used in the conventional frame number printing apparatus, such as magnetic tapes, magnetic disks, and the like.
A photographic film, a perforated tape, or the like is used, and the means for printing the frame number on the back surface of the printing paper is the same as that used in the conventional apparatus. However, the means for recording the information necessary for reprinting, that is, printing conditions, etc., on the print portion marked in the inspection process, such as the printing conditions, can be shared with the printing of the frame number since the print portion is not given to the customer. It is not limited to means for printing numbers, characters, symbols, etc. on the reverse side of the print, but may be means for printing on the front side or means for perforating. The record may be such that the printing conditions or the like can be visually recognized, or may be read mechanically.

[Action]

When the photographic paper that has undergone the inspection process after development is processed by the frame number printing device of the present invention, a frame number or an order number is printed on the back surface of each print, but information necessary for reprinting, that is, printing conditions, etc. The cost of printing and therefore the cost of printing does not increase so much because printing is performed only on the printed part marked in the inspection process, and reprinting of the marked print requires the frame number on the back side of the print or even the order number. The number of the corresponding negative film frame can be easily obtained from the number, and the appropriate printing conditions for reprinting can be easily obtained from the information necessary for reprinting recorded on the print and the print screen. It can be carried out. In other words, when the frame number printing apparatus of the present invention is used, even if the negative film has already been cut into six frames at the time of reheating, rewriting can be easily performed under appropriate printing conditions.

〔Example〕

 Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to illustrated examples.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a frame number printing apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partial front view showing an example of photographic paper processed by the frame number printing apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. is there.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a photographic paper feed roller for winding the photographic paper 20 which has undergone an inspection step after development, which may have a print screen provided with a rework instruction mark 23 as shown in FIG.
And 3 are a cut mark detecting section and a sort mark detecting section for detecting the cut mark 21 and the sort mark 22 as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, respectively. A printing means for printing the frame number 24 as shown in FIG. 3 on the back side for convenience, and 6 records on the photographic paper 20 the printing condition of dot display shown in FIG. In this example, a recording means is used in which the recording means 6 prints on the back surface of the photographic paper 20 similarly to the printing means 5. 7 is a printing means 5 and a recording means 6
It is a receiving guide for. Reference numeral 8 denotes a reading head which reads the sorting information, frame number, printing conditions, and the like from the cassette tape 30 magnetically storing the sorting information of the frames and negative films, the frame numbers, the printing conditions for the photographic paper 20, and the like, and outputs the information to the control device. . In this printing apparatus, the control device first drives the cassette tape 30 to input and store information such as classification information, frame numbers, and printing conditions from the reading head 8. Then, the photographic paper feed roller 1 is driven to feed the photographic paper 20, and when the detection information of the cut mark 21 or the sort mark 22 is received from the cut mark detecting unit 2 or the sort mark detecting unit 3, the detected cut mark 21 or Sort mark 22
The driving of the photographic paper feed roller 1 is stopped at the timing when the positional relationship between the
The stored section information is compared with the detected information of the cut mark 21 or the sort mark 22 and the frame number corresponding to the corresponding section information is printed on the photographic paper 20 by the printing means 5. Next, the photographic paper feed roller 1 is driven again to feed the photographic paper 20, and when the cut mark detecting unit 2 or the sort mark detecting unit 3 detects the cut mark 21 or the sort mark 22, the frame number is printed as before. Printing on paper 20 is repeated. As a result, the frame number 24 of the negative film is accurately printed on the back surface of the printing paper 20. The printing of such a frame number 24 is the same as in the conventional frame number printing device. However, when the rehabilitation mark detection unit 4 detects the rehabilitation instruction mark 23, the cut mark 21 immediately before the rehabilitation instruction mark 23 and the printing unit 5
When the feed of the photographic paper 20 is stopped at the timing when the positional relationship of FIG. 3 becomes the state shown in FIG. Information 25 necessary for reprinting the print is printed together with the frame number 24.

Therefore, the photographic paper 20 processed by this printing device is
In addition to the frame number 24 attached to each print, the prints that need to be reprinted with the reprinting instruction mark 23 also have information 25 necessary for reprinting.

Therefore, for example, after the photographic paper 20 is cut through a cutting process, a print having a reprint instruction mark 23 and information 25 necessary for reprint is selected, and a frame number of the negative film is determined from the frame number 24 of the print. It is easy to obtain good reprinted prints by finding the appropriate printing conditions from the information 25 necessary for reprinting attached to the prints and the screen of the prints, and the negative film is returned to the customer. Even if it is cut every 6 frames as described above, it can be done without any trouble.

〔The invention's effect〕

By using the frame number printing apparatus of the present invention, the cost of printing and thus the cost of printing are less likely to increase,
An excellent effect is obtained in that the tempering can be performed efficiently and accurately when tempering is performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a frame number printing apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partial front view showing an example of photographic paper processed by the frame number printing apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. is there. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... photographic paper feed roller 2 ... cut mark detecting unit 3 ... sort mark detecting unit 4 ... reprint mark detecting unit 5 ... printing means, 6 ... recording means 7 ... receiving guide 8 ... reading Head, 20… photographic paper 21… cut mark, 22… sort mark 23… rebuild instruction mark, 24… frame number 25… information necessary for rebuild 30… cassette tape

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An apparatus for reading frame information on a back surface of a developed photographic paper by reading stored information from a storage medium storing a frame number of a negative film, printing conditions for photographic paper, and the like. Means for detecting a mark attached to a print position requiring reprinting in a paper inspection step, and a print on which the mark is provided on photographic paper based on information stored in the storage medium by detection information of the detection means. Means for recording information necessary for reworking in a portion thereof.