JP3551402B2 - Photo product production system and photo product production method - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a photographic product production system for producing a photographic product packed with one or more order photographic prints, or a photographic product production method for producing a photographic product packed with one or more order one or more photographic prints. It is an invention concerning.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a system or method for producing a photographic product in which one or more photographic prints for one order are packed, one or more photographic prints created for each order are put together with a photo manuscript of the order, and They have been packaged in a photo bag that also serves as a recording medium on which a fee corresponding to the processing is recorded, or is attached. At that time, before accommodating a print or the like, the charge information of the order is printed or a sticker on which the print is printed is attached to the photo bag. In addition, this photo bag usually contains ID information of the order, orderer information, delivery destination information, and order content information in advance.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in a method of storing one or more photographic prints for one order together with a photo manuscript of the order in a photo bag also serving as an ordering slip at the time of ordering, the created print and a recording medium for recording a fee are also used or pasted. The work of collating the photograph bags obtained was required, and a great deal of work was required. Therefore, in order to simplify the collation work between a photo bag and a print, various ideas were considered, such as a device for automatically collating a photo bag with a print, but it was stable at low cost without quality problems. No ideas have been created yet.
[0004]
Therefore, a recording medium that records a fee corresponding to the processing of the order is supplied together with one or a plurality of photo prints for one order, thereby simplifying the work of the collation work, and further, a photograph that also doubles as an order slip. A record that records the fee corresponding to the processing of the order by stopping returning the bag to the orderer and creating a new photo bag based on the recording medium that records the fee corresponding to the processing of the order. It has been conceived to eliminate the collation work between the print and the photo bag, which doubles as a medium, or is attached.
[0005]
However, simply supplying the recording medium together with one or more photographic prints of the order in which the recording medium records the fee corresponding to the processing, the recording medium slips in between the photographic prints, and packing efficiency does not increase. There was a problem.
[0006]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and when producing a photographic product so that the contents recorded on the recording medium can be easily read, the recording medium is not inserted between the photographic prints and the packing efficiency is improved. The purpose is to raise.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The object of the invention is achieved by the claims. Hereinafter, the terms and each claim will be described. However, description overlapping with the description of the cited item will be omitted.
[0008]
[Explanation of terms]
A photographic print is a medium on which an image recorded on a photographic original is copied or reproduced, and the image recorded on the photographic original is exposed and developed on a silver halide photographic photosensitive material such as photographic paper, photographic film for printing, or photographic film for duplication. A print medium created by processing, a print medium that creates an image equivalent to an image recorded on a photo original by thermal transfer to recording paper or a sublimation type thermal transfer film by a sublimation type thermal transfer device, or recording by an inkjet printer Examples include a print medium on which an image corresponding to an image recorded on a photo original on paper is formed, and a print medium on which an image corresponding to an image recorded on a photo original on recording paper by an electrophotographic printer is used. From the viewpoint of production efficiency, an image recorded on a photographic original is exposed and developed on a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material. Preference is.
[0009]
The index print is a photographic print in which a plurality of frame images of the order are recorded, and may be formed on the same type of print medium as other photographic prints, or may be formed on a different type of print medium. Good. Index prints, like photographic prints, are print media created by exposing and developing images recorded on photographic originals on silver halide photographic materials such as photographic paper, photographic film for printing and photographic film for duplication, and sublimation. -Type thermal transfer device for thermal transfer to recording paper or sublimation-type thermal transfer film to create an image equivalent to the image recorded on a photo original, or an image recorded on a photo original on a recording paper by an inkjet printer. Examples include a print medium on which a corresponding image is formed, and a print medium on which an image corresponding to an image of a photographic original recorded on recording paper by an electrophotographic printer is used. Sublimation type is preferable because the medium is often formed by imaging and has a large number of pixels per unit area. A print medium in which an image equivalent to the image recorded by a photo original is created by thermal transfer to a thermal transfer film, or a print medium created by digitally exposing and developing an image recorded in a photo original on a silver halide photographic material. Is preferred.
[0010]
The recording medium on which the fee is recorded may be a recording medium on which numbers, letters, or symbols are visually recorded, or a code (bar code, two-dimensional code, etc.) that can be read by an optical reader. May be used, may be a magnetically readable recording medium, may be a recording medium that can be read in the form of irregularities, or may be read in other forms. A possible recording medium may be used.
[0011]
Examples of the recording medium on which the fee is recorded include a recording medium in which numbers, letters, and symbols are visually recorded, and a recording medium in which codes (bar codes, two-dimensional codes, and the like) are readable by an optical reader. In the case of a recording medium that displays a fee so that it can be read optically, the fee is displayed on a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material such as photographic paper, a photographic film for printing, or a photographic film for duplication. A recording medium created by exposing and developing an image, a recording medium that creates an image that displays a fee by thermally transferring it to recording paper or a sublimation type thermal transfer film by a sublimation type thermal transfer device, or recording by an inkjet printer A recording medium with an image that displays the fee on paper or the like, or a recording medium with an image that displays the fee on a recording paper using an electrophotographic printer And the like. In this case, the recording medium may be formed of the same type of print medium as the one-order photo print, or may be formed of a different type of print medium.
[0012]
When the photographic print, the recording medium, and the photographic original are supplied by the supply means, they may be supplied in a bare state, or may be supplied in a package. When the photographic original is a developed silver halide photographic film, it is preferably supplied in a state of being housed in a container such as a negative sheet or a cartridge.
[0013]
[Explanation of Claim 1] "Create one or a plurality of photographic prints from each frame image recorded on one order photographic original", Including automatic developing equipmentPrint creation means;
Charge recording means for recording a charge corresponding to the processing of the order on a recording medium;
One or more photo prints of the order created by the print creation means and the order by the fee recording means.ProcessingRates corresponding toButRecordIsAnd a packaging means for producing a photographic product in which one or more photographic prints of the order are packed from the recording medium,
The recording medium is conveyed to the sorter at a position immediately before or immediately after the one-order photographic print, and placed on the one-order photographic print.A photographic product production system characterized in that: 』
In this manner, immediately before or immediately after one or more photographic prints of the order, the recording medium on which the fee corresponding to the processing of the order is recorded is transported and supplied. It is easy to take measures, and it is easy to process even if only the recording medium is processed by a special route by the packing means. Since the recording medium is located, the efficiency of packaging can be increased when producing a photographic product so that the contents recorded on the recording medium can be easily read.
[0015]
[Claims2Description: "One or more photographic prints for one order include an index print for arranging and recording a plurality of frame images of the order."In oneThe described photographic product production system. 』
This allows index prints to be packed without needing to be matched with other photo prints, etc., and when producing a photo product that is easy to read the contents recorded on a recording medium even though it is a photo product that includes an index print, Efficiency can be increased.
[0016]
[Claims3Description: "The recording medium records order content information of the order."Or 2A photographic product production system according to any one of the preceding claims. 』
This makes it possible to pack the recording medium that records the order content information without collating it with other photo prints, etc., and to make it easier to read the content recorded on the recording medium, even though it is a photographic product that can read the order content information. When producing photographic products, the efficiency of packing can be increased.
[0017]
[Claims4The recording medium records delivery destination information of the order.3A photographic product production system according to any one of the preceding claims. 』
This makes it possible to pack the recording medium on which the order destination information is recorded with other photo prints without having to check it against other photographic prints, and to make it easy to read the contents recorded on the recording medium, even though it is a photographic product that can read the order destination information. When producing photographic products, the efficiency of packing can be increased.
[0018]
[Claims5The recording medium records ID information or orderer information of the order.4A photographic product production system according to any one of the preceding claims. 』
Therefore, the recording medium for recording the order ID information or the orderer information can be packed without needing to be collated with other photographic prints, etc., and the photographic product which can read the order ID information or the orderer information is recorded on the recording medium. The packaging efficiency can be increased when producing photographic products so that the contents can be easily read.
[0019]
[Claims6Description: "The recording medium records the breakdown of the fee of the order.5A photographic product production system according to any one of the preceding claims. 』
This makes it possible to pack the recording medium that records the breakdown of the order fee without collating it with other photo prints, etc., and to make it easier to read the contents recorded on the recording medium, even though it is a photographic product that can read the breakdown of the order fee. When producing photographic products, the efficiency of packing can be increased.
[0020]
In addition, the breakdown of the order fee includes, in the case of simultaneous printing when the photo manuscript is developed photosensitive material, the development fee of the photo manuscript in addition to the print fee. There is a price. Regardless of the type of photo original, when an index print is attached, there is an index print price in addition to the print price. Further, when an index print is attached by a development only service when a photo original is a developed photosensitive material, there are a development fee for the photo original and an index print fee. When only an index print is created, there is an index print fee. Note that the breakdown of the charges described above is representative, and the present invention is not limited to this.
[0021]
[Claim 1 to Claim6Explanation]
Immediately before or immediately after the one or more photo prints of the order, the print is produced so that there is a recording medium for recording the charge for the order. Immediately before or immediately after, supply a recording medium of the order created from a medium different from the print medium of the photographic print ”, or The charge recording unit creates the recording medium from the print medium immediately before or immediately after (in the transport direction) a print medium for creating one or a plurality of photographic prints from each of the recorded frame images. Means for storing, in the packing means, one or more photo prints of one order created by the print creating means, and one or more photos of one or more photos of the order; Lint immediately before or after, even may by "feeding and conveying the recording medium recorded charges corresponding to the processing of the order by the payment recording means, it may be by other means.
[0022]
In the case of (A), it is further easy to control so that a recording medium of the order created exists immediately before or immediately after the photo print for the order. In this case, the fee recording means may be “having it on the upstream side of the print making means in the supply direction of the print medium” or “having it on the downstream side of the print making means in the supply direction of the print medium”. (In this case, the information for creating the recording medium may be obtained by the print creating unit, and the design flexibility for creating the recording medium is high.) At the same position as the print creation means. " (In this case, the fee recording means can record on the recording medium by the print medium supply mechanism and supply control of the print creation means.) Then, when "the print creation means has the same position as the print creation means," By also serving as the charge recording means, control that is less likely to cause an error can be performed more easily.
[0023]
[Claims7Description)An exposure process for creating one or more photographic prints from each frame image recorded on a one-order photographic original;
Recording a fee corresponding to the processing of the one order on a photographic photosensitive material used immediately before or immediately after the photographic print in the conveying direction of the one-order photographic print, and An exposure step for creating, or a step of supplying a recording medium on which a fee corresponding to the processing of one order is recorded immediately before or immediately after the photographic print in the transport direction of the one-order photographic print,
A developing step of developing the photographic light-sensitive material;
Cutting the photographic photosensitive material, and,
The recording medium is supplied on a sorter and over a last photographic print of the created photographic print.A method for producing a photographic product, comprising: 』
In this manner, immediately before or immediately after one or more photographic prints of the order, the recording medium on which the fee corresponding to the processing of the order is recorded is transported and supplied. It is easy to take measures, and it is easy to process even if only the recording medium is processed by a special route by the packing means. Since the recording medium is located, the efficiency of packaging can be increased when producing a photographic product so that the contents recorded on the recording medium can be easily read.
[0025]
[Claims7Explanation]
As a method of transporting and supplying a recording medium on which a fee corresponding to the processing of the order is recorded immediately before or immediately after one or a plurality of photographic prints of the one order, the following method is used. Immediately before or immediately after one or more photographic prints, by supplying the recording medium of the order created separately from the photographic prints, immediately before or immediately after one or more photographic prints for one order In the method D in which the recording medium on which the charge corresponding to the processing of the order is recorded is transported and supplied, the processing step is required before the processing step. Immediately before or immediately after (in the transport direction) one or more unprocessed photographic prints, the transport is performed so that the recording medium of the order is present, Immediately before or immediately after one or more photo prints of an order, a recording medium on which a fee corresponding to the processing of the order is recorded is transported and supplied. " When the print medium is cut and formed, "While the web-shaped print medium is transported in a state where it is cut at least for each order, immediately before or immediately after (in the transport direction) the print medium for each order, By supplying the recording medium of the order, the recording medium on which the fee corresponding to the processing of the order has been recorded is transported and supplied immediately before or immediately after one or more photographic prints of the order. Method C may be used.
[0026]
By the method B, it is easy to control so as to convey and supply a recording medium on which a fee corresponding to the processing of the order is recorded immediately before or immediately after one or more photographic prints of the order. In addition, even if a trouble occurs in a processing step or a subsequent step, information of the order can be obtained by a recording medium.
[0027]
Further, before the web-shaped print medium is cut into individual prints by the method C, the recording medium of the order is supplied immediately before or immediately after the web-shaped print medium for each order. It is easy to control so as to convey and supply a recording medium on which a fee corresponding to the processing of the order is recorded immediately before or immediately after one or a plurality of photographic prints. Even if a trouble occurs in the step of cutting or in the steps before and after the cutting, information for each order can be obtained by the recording medium.
[0028]
Further, as an example of the method B, “a print medium immediately before or immediately after (in the transport direction) one or more unprocessed photographic prints of the order is set as a print medium for a recording medium, and By preparing the recording medium of the order, the recording medium of the order can be present immediately before or immediately after (in the transport direction) one or more unprocessed photographic prints of the order before the processing step. By transporting, there is no need to supply a special recording medium sheet separate from the photosensitive material, and the recording medium of the order created immediately before or immediately after (in the transport direction) of the photosensitive material for each order exists. You can make it.
[0029]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an example of a specific example of the present invention will be described as an embodiment, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Further, in the embodiments, although there are definite expressions for terms and the like, they show preferred examples of the present invention, and do not limit the meaning or technical scope of the terms of the present invention.
[0030]
Embodiment 1
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a photographic product production system according to the present embodiment. Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the photographic product production system according to the present embodiment, an automatic printing device and an automatic developing device correspond to a print creating unit, a charge recording unit provided in the automatic printing device corresponds to a charge recording unit, and a sorter is used. The packing device corresponds to the supplying device, and the packing device corresponds to the packing device. The automatic printing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes an exposure unit 11 that sequentially exposes the image of each frame recorded on the photographic original 1 to the photosensitive material 2. Then, the photosensitive material 2 is sent out from the photosensitive material magazine 14 for storing the photosensitive material 2, the photosensitive material is sequentially supplied to the exposure unit 11, and the photosensitive material is sequentially transported from the exposure unit 11 (in the direction of the arrow in the figure). Means for transporting the photosensitive material to This photosensitive material 2 is a web-like photosensitive material. Further, a charge recording unit 13 is provided on the downstream side of the exposure unit 11 in the transport direction of the photosensitive material transport unit via an accumulation unit 12. Through the accumulation unit 12, differences in the transport speed and variations in the transport speed between the exposure unit 11 and the fee recording unit 13 are absorbed.
[0031]
In this automatic printing apparatus, as shown in FIG. 2, the photosensitive material immediately before (in the transport direction) the printing photosensitive material 21 for each order among the photosensitive materials 2 being transported by the photosensitive material transporting means. Then, the photosensitive material 22 for a recording medium is exposed to the recording material 3 for displaying the information for each order. For this purpose, the fee recording unit 13 includes a digital exposure device such as a CRT exposure device for exposing a photosensitive material 22 for a recording medium from a digital image signal.
[0032]
Then, the photosensitive material 2 that has passed through the fee recording unit 13 of the automatic printing apparatus is wound up and stored in a winding magazine 15. When the photosensitive material 2 is stored in the take-up magazine 15, the take-up magazine 15 is set in the automatic developing machine 40. The automatic developing machine 40 rewinds the photosensitive material stored in the take-up magazine 15 and develops the photosensitive material into a web-shaped print. At this time, the printing photosensitive material 21 for each order and the recording medium photosensitive material 22 immediately following the order become the recording medium immediately following the order printing. Then, it is supplied to the print cutter 51. The print cutter 51 cuts the web-shaped prints frame by frame. At this time, the recording medium connected to the print is also cut from the print and becomes a recording medium. This recording medium is conveyed immediately after the last print of the order. The print and recording medium cut for each frame are sent to the sorter 52.
[0033]
The sorter 52 sorts the cut print and recording medium for each order. At this time, since the recording medium is supplied immediately after the last print of the order, as shown in FIG. 3, the print stack 4 is placed at the top of the print.
[0034]
Then, the printed stack 4 sorted by the sorter 52 is packed in a packing device 53, as shown in FIG. 7, together with the negative sheet 6 accommodating the photographic original of the order, the upper surface 92 is a transparent resin film, and the lower surface 91 is It is housed in a photographic bag 9 which is a translucent resin film. At this time, since the recording medium 3 is at the top of the print stack 4, it can be easily collated with the negative sheet. Further, since the recording medium 3 is placed on the uppermost side of the photo bag 9 whose upper surface 92 is transparent and can be seen from the outside when stored in the photo bag 9 (information can be read from the outside), There is no need to print various information on the bag 9.
[0035]
In the recording medium 3, as shown in FIG. 2, charge information 39 of the order corresponding to the recording medium 3, fee breakdown information 31, order content information (simultaneous printing, 24-sheet film development, E Glossy print) 32, ID information (reception number) 33, orderer information (name, telephone number) 34, POS code 35, photo product production system code 36, delivery destination information (store code, route No.) 37 , Advertisement 38 is displayed. This is achieved by exposing this image to a photosensitive material for a recording medium by the fee recording unit 13. The display in parentheses is the display shown in FIG.
[0036]
In addition, the photographic bag 9 shown in FIG. 7 is formed by bending an integral film of the upper surface 92 of the transparent resin film and the lower surface 91 of the translucent resin film at the bottom 94 and heat-welding the both ends 95 and 96. One of the openings opened after storing a print or the like is sealed with a seal 93 at the center.
[0037]
Embodiment 2
This embodiment is a modification of the first embodiment. The difference is that an index print in which a plurality of image frames of a photo manuscript of the order are transported between a print formed by exposure in the exposure unit 11 in the fee recording unit 13 and a recording medium is provided. The only difference is in making the print.
[0038]
Embodiment 3
FIG. 4 shows a schematic configuration diagram of a photographic product production system using the automatic printing apparatus of the present embodiment. Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the photographic product production system according to the present embodiment, the automatic printing apparatus and the automatic developing apparatus correspond to the print creating means, the exposure unit provided in the automatic printing apparatus corresponds to the fee recording means, and The packing device corresponds to packing means. The automatic printing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment has an exposure unit 11 for sequentially exposing the image of each frame recorded on the photographic document 1 to the photosensitive material 2. Then, the photosensitive material 2 is sent out from the photosensitive material magazine 14 for storing the photosensitive material 2, the photosensitive material is sequentially supplied to the exposure unit 11, and the photosensitive material is sequentially transported from the exposure unit 11 (in the direction of the arrow in the figure). Means for transporting the photosensitive material to This photosensitive material 2 is a web-like photosensitive material. Further, a photosensitive material cutting section 16 for cutting the photosensitive material to a size exposed by the exposure section 11 is provided upstream of the exposure section 11 in the transport direction of the photosensitive material transport section. As a result, the photosensitive material is conveyed thereafter in a form cut for each frame and each photosensitive material for a recording medium. Therefore, the image of each frame or the image for the recording medium is not erroneously formed on another print or another recording medium.
[0039]
The photo document 1 is an undeveloped photo document taken out from the cartridge 65 by a take-out device 61 and developed by a developing device 62. The photographic document 1 developed by the developing device 62 is supplied to the exposure unit 11 through the merging device 64. When the photographic document 1 belonging to one order has passed from the merging device 64, the recording medium image manuscript 5 of that order is sent from the recording medium image manuscript creating device 63 to the merging device 64. When the exposure section 11 finishes exposing the photographic original 1 belonging to one order, the exposure section 11 exposes the recording medium image original 5 of that order. The photographic document 1 that has passed through the exposure unit 11 is cut into short lengths by the enveloper 17, inserted into the negative sheet 6, and supplied to the sorter 54.
[0040]
The recording medium image document creation device 63 creates an image to be a photo document of a recording medium as described with reference to FIG. 2 of the first embodiment for each order. The exposure section 11 also exposes the recording medium image original 5, so that the exposure section 11 also serves as a charge recording section, and the charge recording section is located at the same position as the exposure section in the conveying direction of the photosensitive material conveying means. Will have.
[0041]
Then, the photosensitive material 2 that has passed through the exposure unit 11 of the automatic printing apparatus 10 is supplied to an automatic developing machine 40. The automatic developing machine 40 develops the photosensitive material 2 to produce a print. At this time, the photosensitive material for a recording medium also becomes a recording medium. Then, the print and the recording medium are sent to the sorter 54.
[0042]
The sorter 54 sorts the print and the recording medium for each order. At this time, since the recording medium is supplied immediately after the last print of the order, as shown in FIG. 5, the print stack 4 is placed at the top of the print. The sorter 54 arranges the negative sheet 6 of the order of the print stack 4 next to the print stack 4 of the order.
[0043]
Then, the print stack 4 and the negative sheet 6 of the order sorted by the sorter 54 are stored in the photo bag 9 by the packing device 55. At this time, since the recording medium 3 is at the top of the print stack 4, it can be easily compared with the negative sheet 6 containing the photo original of the order. As shown in FIG. 7, the print stack 4 together with the collated negative sheet 6 is housed in a photographic bag 9 whose upper surface 92 is a transparent resin film and whose lower surface 91 is a translucent resin film. At this time, since the recording medium 3 is at the top of the print stack 4, it can be easily collated with the negative sheet. Also, since the recording medium 3 is placed on the uppermost side of the photo bag 9 whose upper surface 92 is transparent and is visible from the outside when stored in the photo bag 9, various information can be stored in the photo bag 9. No need to print.
[0044]
In the recording medium 3, as shown in FIG. 2, charge information 39 of the order corresponding to the recording medium 3, fee breakdown information 31, order content information (simultaneous printing, 24-sheet film development, E Glossy print) 32, ID information (reception number) 33, orderer information (name, telephone number) 34, POS code 35, photo product production system code 36, delivery destination information (store code, route No.) 37 , Advertisement 38 is displayed. This is achieved by exposing this image by the fee recording unit 13. The display in parentheses is the display shown in FIG.
[0045]
The photographic bag 9 shown in FIG. 7 is a photographic bag in which an upper surface 92 of a transparent resin film and a lower surface 91 of a translucent resin film are formed by bending an integral film at a bottom 94 and heat-welding at both ends 95 and 96. , One of the openings opened after storing prints or the like is sealed with a seal 93 at the center.
[0046]
Embodiment 4
This embodiment is a modification of the third embodiment. The other parts are the same as those of the third embodiment except that the sorter 54 and the packing device 55 are different. The sorter 54 sorts the print and the recording medium for each order. At this time, first, the sorter 54 arranges the negative sheet 6 of the order on the bottom of the sorter bin. Then, the print stack of the order is placed in the sorter bin of the order. Then, since the recording medium is supplied immediately after the last print of the order, as shown in FIG. 5, a print stack 4 is placed at the top of the print.
[0047]
Then, the print stack 4 and the negative sheet 6 of the order sorted by the sorter 54 are stored in the photo bag 9 by the packing device 55. At this time, since the recording medium 3 is at the top of the print stack 4 and the negative sheet 6 is at the bottom, there is no need to collate with the negative sheet 6 containing the photo original of the order. As shown in FIG. 7, the print stack 4 together with the negative sheet 6 is housed in a photographic bag 9 whose upper surface 92 is a transparent resin film and whose lower surface 91 is a translucent resin film. At this time, since the recording medium 3 is at the top of the print stack 4, it can be easily collated with the negative sheet. Also, since the recording medium 3 is placed on the uppermost side of the photo bag 9 whose upper surface 92 is transparent and is visible from the outside when stored in the photo bag 9, various information can be stored in the photo bag 9. No need to print.
[0048]
Embodiment 5
FIG. 6 shows a schematic configuration diagram of a photographic product production system using the automatic printing apparatus of the present embodiment. Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The automatic printing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes an exposure unit 11 that sequentially exposes the image of each frame recorded on the photographic original 1 to the photosensitive material 2. Then, the photosensitive material 2 is sent out from the photosensitive material magazine 14 for storing the photosensitive material 2, the photosensitive material is sequentially supplied to the exposure unit 11, and the photosensitive material is sequentially transported from the exposure unit 11 (in the direction of the arrow in the figure). Means for transporting the photosensitive material to This photosensitive material 2 is a web-like photosensitive material. Further, a merging section 19 is provided downstream of the exposure section 11 in the conveying direction of the photosensitive material conveying means via a cutting section 18 for cutting the photosensitive material every one order. Through the cutting unit 18, the recording medium created by the fee recording unit 13 can be inserted in the merging unit 19 immediately before the photosensitive material of one order.
[0049]
The fee recording unit 13 is a recording medium sheet storage container.8Then, the recording medium sheet as shown in FIG. 2 of the first embodiment is printed on the taken out recording medium sheet, and the recording medium 3 is sent to the junction 19. Note that the recording medium sheet is a sheet having resistance to the developing solution.
[0050]
Then, the recording medium 3 and the photosensitive material 2 that have passed through the junction 19 are stored in the winding magazine 15. When the recording medium 3 and the photosensitive material 2 are wound and stored in the winding magazine 15, the winding magazine 15 is set in the automatic developing machine 40. The automatic developing machine 40 sends out the photosensitive material 2 and the recording medium 3 stored in the take-up magazine 15 and develops them to form a web-shaped print. At this time, the recording medium is transported immediately after the printing of the order. Then, it is supplied to the print cutter 51. The print cutter 51 cuts the web-shaped prints frame by frame. At this time, the recording medium coming immediately after the printing is passed. The print and recording medium cut for each frame are sent to the sorter 52.
[0051]
The sorter 52 sorts the cut print and recording medium for each order. At this time, since the recording medium is supplied immediately after the last print of the order, as shown in FIG. 3, the print stack 4 is placed at the top of the print.
[0052]
Then, the printed stack 4 sorted by the sorter 52 is packed in a packing device 53, as shown in FIG. 7, together with the negative sheet 6 accommodating the photographic original of the order, the upper surface 92 is a transparent resin film, and the lower surface 91 is It is housed in a photographic bag 9 which is a translucent resin film. At this time, since the recording medium 3 is at the top of the print stack 4, it can be easily collated with the negative sheet. Further, since the recording medium 3 is placed on the uppermost side of the photo bag 9 whose upper surface 92 is transparent and can be seen from the outside when stored in the photo bag 9 (information can be read from the outside), There is no need to print various information on the bag 9.
[0053]
In the recording medium 3, as shown in FIG. 2, charge information 39 of the order corresponding to the recording medium 3, fee breakdown information 31, order content information (simultaneous printing, 24-sheet film development, E Glossy print) 32, ID information (reception number) 33, orderer information (name, telephone number) 34, POS code 35, photo product production system code 36, delivery destination information (store code, route No.) 37 , Advertisement 38 is displayed. This is achieved by exposing this image to a photosensitive material for a recording medium by the fee recording unit 13. The display in parentheses is the display shown in FIG.
[0054]
Further, the photographic bag 9 shown in FIG. 7 is formed by bending an integral film of the upper surface 92 of the transparent resin film and the lower surface 91 of the translucent resin film at the bottom 94 and heat-welding the both ends 95 and 96. One of the openings opened after storing a print or the like in a photo bag is sealed with a seal 93 at the center.
[0055]
In each of the embodiments described above, the order of the photographic processing relating to the photographic original obtained from one photographic film is handled as one order. However, the present invention is not limited to this. May be handled as one order.
[0056]
In each of the above-described embodiments, the POS code is composed of a code indicating a photographic process unique to the photographic industry and a code indicating a price related to the order, and encodes information for specifying a product. It is different from POS codes in other industries.
[0057]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, it is possible to increase the efficiency of packing without the recording medium getting in during photographic printing.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a photographic product production system according to a first embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a latent image and a print of the photosensitive material according to the first embodiment, and a diagram illustrating a recording medium.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part of the sorter according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a photographic product production system according to a third embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main part of a sorter according to a third embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram of a photographic product production system according to a fifth embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view of the photographic product of the embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Photo manuscript
2 Photosensitive material
3 Recording media
4 Print aggregate
6 Negative sheets
9 Photo bag
10 Automatic printing equipment
11 Exposure unit
12 Accumulation part
13 Fee Record Department
40 Automatic developing equipment
51 Print cutter
52, 54 sorter
53,55 Packing device

Claims (7)

Print creation means including an automatic developing device for creating one or a plurality of photographic prints from each frame image recorded on a one-order photographic original;
Charge recording means for recording a charge corresponding to the processing of the order on a recording medium;
From the recording medium and the fee corresponding to the processing of the order is recorded by one or more photographic prints of the order component created the payment recording means by said print producing means, one or more photographs of the order content A photographic product production system having a packaging means for creating a photographic product in which the prints are packaged,
The recording medium is conveyed toward the sorter with the immediately preceding or immediately following the position of the one order amount of photographic prints, photographic products production system characterized Rukoto placed on the one order amount of photographic prints. 2. The photographic product production system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more photographic prints for one order include an index print for arranging and recording a plurality of frame images of the order. The photographic product production system according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium records order content information of the order. The photographic product production system according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium records delivery destination information of the order. The photographic product production system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the recording medium records ID information or orderer information of the order. The photographic product production system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the recording medium records a breakdown of the fee of the order. An exposure step for creating one or more photographic prints from each frame image recorded on a one-order photographic original;
A charge corresponding to the processing of the one order is recorded on a photographic photosensitive material used for the photographic print at a position immediately before or immediately after the photographic print in the transport direction of the one-order photographic print; An exposure step for creating, or a step of supplying a recording medium on which a fee corresponding to the processing of one order is recorded immediately before or immediately after the photographic print in the transport direction of the one-order photographic print,
A developing step of developing the photographic light-sensitive material;
Cutting the photographic photosensitive material, and,
A method for producing a photographic product, characterized in that the recording medium is supplied on a sorter and on a last photographic print of the created photographic print.

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