JPH04367843A - Printer for photograph processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print a charge for developing by automatically detecting the spliced part of a photographic film, recognizing the break of every order and automatically obtaining the length of the photographic film according to the recognized break of every order. CONSTITUTION:A tape sensor 274 is set as a sensor for detecting a splice tape 284 (roll splice tape) which is applied as a tape for splicing plural orders of negative film 16 and a splice tape 286 (piece splice tape) which connects the negative film 16 cut by every 6 frames again so as to perform extra printing. When the roll splice tape 284 is detected by the tape sensor 274, it is judged that the processing of one order of negative film 16 is finished. At such a time, since the detecting position of the tape 284 is different from that of the piece splice tape 286, they are surely discriminated.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention is used in a photo processing system in which photographic films are connected by a joining member and sequentially positioned at the printing position of a printer for processing. A printer for a photo processing system for printing the method of sorting photographic film and the fees related to photo processing.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Printer processors are called minilabs and are installed in DPE stores. The printer processor has an exposure unit that exposes the image recorded on negative film and a processor unit that develops the exposed photographic paper, so all you have to do is set a long sheet of photographic paper. The exposure section and processor section can be automatically transported and processed.

[0003] A price printing device can be connected to this printer processor. This price printing device is a device for printing development charges, printing charges, their total amount, etc. on a statement of delivery on which predetermined items and the like are printed in advance.

This price printing device is operated in conjunction with the operation of a sort key installed in the printer processor. In other words, the sort key is a key that is operated when one negative film is finished;
The number of prints processed during the transaction is automatically entered into the price printer.

[0005] By operating the sort key, a sort mark is attached to the photographic paper to indicate a break between each item. Therefore, if the sort key is operated by mistake, there is a problem that a plurality of photographic papers will be mixed together, so the operator must operate the sort key with great care.

[0006] The price printing device stores printing unit prices and development charges for each of a plurality of channels. The unit print price varies depending on the DPE store that handles the product, and the development fee varies depending on the length of the negative film (12 exposures, 24 exposures, 36 exposures, etc.). By setting these combinations in advance for each channel and selecting the required channel, the development fee, printing fee, and their total amount will be calculated when the number of prints is input, and the specified amount will be displayed on the delivery note. It can be printed in position.

[0007]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, when determining the development cost, the operator operates the sort key to instruct the end of one process every time one process is completed, so the operator has to I can't get away from it. That is, without operating this sort key, the length of the negative film cannot be determined, and the development cost cannot be printed on the delivery note, resulting in poor work efficiency.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In consideration of the above-mentioned facts, the present invention aims to provide a printer for a photographic processing system that can automatically detect the joint of photographic film and recognize the delimitation of each photographic film.

In addition to the above object, it is another object of the present invention to provide a printer for a photo processing system that can automatically add sort marks to photographic paper according to the recognized delimitation of each item, thereby improving work efficiency. be.

0010

[Means for Solving the Problems] The invention as set forth in claim 1 is a printer for a photo processing system that sequentially positions and processes a plurality of photographic films in a spliced state to a printing position, wherein the printer passes through the printing position. a film presence/absence sensor that detects the presence or absence of photographic film; a joint detection sensor that detects joint portions of each of the plurality of photographic films; and completion of processing of one photographic film at the time detected by the joint detection sensor. and a calculation means for calculating the length of one photographic film based on the signal from the signal output means and the signal from the film presence/absence sensor. .

[0011] The invention according to claim 2 includes a film presence/absence sensor for detecting the presence or absence of photographic film passing through a printing position, and a joint detection sensor for detecting joints of a plurality of photographic films. A printer for a photo processing system that prints images recorded on photographic paper onto photographic paper,
a signal output means for outputting a signal each time a joint is detected by the joint detection sensor; and a sorter for adding a sort mark to each boundary of photographic paper at the time the signal output means detects a joint. Marking means.

[0012] The invention as set forth in claim 3 is characterized in that the bonding portion detection sensor detects a bonding member attached to the bonding portion of the photographic film.

[0013]

According to the invention described in claim 1, a plurality of photographic films are connected, for example, by a joining member. The joining position of this joining member differs between photographic films that are so-called simultaneous prints and between photographic films that are once cut every few frames (for example, 6 frames) and then reprinted. That is, since the image frames of the simultaneously printed photographic films are not close to the joint, they are pasted together at the center. Furthermore, since the image frames between the reprinted photographic films are close to the joint, they are attached to each other at the ends in the width direction.

[0014] Therefore, by detecting only the bonding members attached to the center portions, it is possible to easily detect each break. Thereby, the length of one photographic film can be calculated based on the signal from the signal output means and the signal from the film presence/absence sensor.

According to the second aspect of the invention, when a joint is detected by the joint detection sensor, a signal is output from the signal output means. Since this signal is output for each section of photographic film, a sort mark is added to each section of photographic paper based on this signal. This allows you to reliably add sort marks,
This reduces the operator's work and eliminates problems such as the mixing of multiple pieces of photographic paper.

According to the third aspect of the invention, since the joint member is directly detected by the joint detection sensor, automatic detection can be performed in an existing state.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a printer processor 10 that is part of a photo processing system according to this embodiment. First, the overall configuration of this printer processor 10 will be explained.

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

A light source section 36 is installed below the work table 14. The light source section 36 includes a light source 38. The light rays emitted from the light source 38 reach the negative film 16 set on the negative carrier 18 via the filter section 40 and the diffusion tube 42. The filter section 40 has three parts: C, M, and Y.
It is composed of two filters, each of which is movable on the optical axis of the light beam.

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

The optical system 46 also includes a density measuring device 56, such as a CCD, for measuring the density of the negative film 16. This density measuring device 56 is connected to a 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 keyed in by the operator.

The light source section 36, the optical system 46, and the exposure chamber 52
This makes it possible to perform a printing process, and the exposed portion 58 is formed.

A mounting portion 60 is provided at the corner between the upper right side surface of the arm 44 and the upper surface of the casing 12. A paper magazine 64 that stores photographic paper 54 wound in layers on a reel 62 is attached to the mounting section 60 .

[0024] A roller 66 is disposed near the mounting section 60, which grips the photographic paper 54 and conveys it to the exposure chamber 52 in a horizontal state. The photographic paper 54 is placed on a roller 67 in front of the arm 44.
It is wrapped around, turned 90 degrees and hung down. In addition,
A first stock section 69 is provided between the rollers 66 and 67 to guide and stock photographic paper in a substantially U-shape.

A roller 68A is located below the exposure chamber 52.
, 68B, and 68C, and approximately 90 pieces of photographic paper 54 on which the image of the negative film 16 is printed in the exposure chamber 52.
The direction is changed every time and 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 this roller 68A.
1 is arranged. This cutter 71 has the role of cutting the rear end of the photographic paper 54 after the exposure process has been completed.
Therefore, the photographic paper 54 remaining in the exposure section 58 can be rewound into the paper magazine 64 again.

A second stock section 73 is provided between the rollers 68A and 68B to guide and stock the printed photographic paper 54 in a substantially U-shape. The second stock section 73 stores photographic paper 54 and absorbs the difference in processing time between the exposure section 58 that performs printing processing and the processor section 72 that performs development, fixing, and washing processing.

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

The photographic paper 54 that has been washed with water is transferred to a rinsing section 78.
and is transported to the adjacent drying section 80. The drying section 80 wraps the photographic paper 54 around a roller and exposes it to high temperature air to dry it.

The photographic paper 54 is held between a pair of rollers (not shown), and the photographic paper 54 that has been dried is discharged from the drying section 80 at a constant speed. A cutter section 84 is disposed downstream of the drying section 80. The cutter unit 84 includes a cut mark sensor 86 that detects cut marks added to the photographic paper 54 and a cutter 88 that cuts the photographic paper 54. It is discharged to the outside of the casing 12.

The cut photographic paper 54 is transferred to the sorter section 10.
After the prints are sorted by 8 and inspected to remove defective prints such as out-of-focus prints, they are returned to the customer along with the delivery note and negative film.

On the delivery note, a price printing device 300 connected online to the printer processor 10 prints the development fee for the negative film 16, the printing fee, and the total amount thereof. This price printing device 3
The configuration of 00 will be described later.

As shown in FIG. 2, each control is controlled by a controller 162. The controller 162 is
It is configured to include a microcomputer 164. The microcomputer 164 has a CPU 166 and a RAM 1.
68, ROM 170, input/output port 172, and buses 174 such as data buses and control buses that connect these
It is made up of.

The controller 162 is connected to a conveyance control section 176 that controls the conveyance system of the negative film 16 and photographic paper 54 in the printer processor 10, and also controls the lighting of the light source 38 in the exposure section 58 and the light path of the filter section 40. appearance, frame advance with negative carrier 18, shutter 50
An exposure control section 178 is connected to the exposure control section 178, which controls the exposure system such as opening/closing. In addition, the controller 162 also includes a drying section 80.
Detection of cut marks by the cut mark sensor 86 in the drying control section 182 that controls the drive of the fan and heater in the drying control section 182 and the cut mark sensor 86 in the cutter section 84 downstream thereof;
A cutter control unit 184 that controls cutting of the photographic paper 54 by
is connected.

FIG. 3 shows a negative carrier 18 according to this embodiment.
It is shown. This negative carrier 18 is mounted on a pedestal 200
and an opening/closing cover 202 as main parts.

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

In the negative film conveying path 204, conveying rollers 208 are provided to move the negative film 16 upstream (to the left in FIG. 3) and downstream (to the right in FIG. 3) of the printing opening 206, respectively.
It is arranged corresponding to the back surface (lower surface) of the. Each conveyance roller 208 receives the driving force of a pulse motor 218 by an endless timing belt (not shown), and when the pulse motor 218 rotates, each conveyance roller 208 is driven in the same rotation direction at the same rotation speed. be done.

The opening/closing cover 202 has a housing-like cover main body 224 whose lower end is pivotally supported by a bar 226 fixed to the pedestal 200, and can be opened and closed with respect to the pedestal 200 around this bar 226. ing.

A through hole 228 corresponding to the burning opening 206 is provided at the bottom of the cover body 224. The cover body 224 also has an upper guide base 230 at a position corresponding to the negative film transport path 204 in the closed state.
is installed.

Further, an idle roller 234 is provided on the upper guide base 230 in correspondence with the conveyance roller 208, and is configured to sandwich the negative film 16.

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

[0042] The mask base 242 has a cover main body 224.
When the solenoid main body 250 provided on the pedestal 200 is energized with the cover main body 224 closed, it is attracted by magnetic force, and the upper mask 240 is moved to the negative film transport path 204. The negative film 16 positioned on the optical axis P can be held in close contact with the printing opening 206 of the optical axis P.

Printing opening 20 of negative film transport path 204
A light emitting diode (not shown) is disposed on the back surface on the upstream side of the film 6 , and its light is irradiated onto the negative film 16 through the slit hole 256 .

[0044] The slit hole 256 is connected to the upper guide base 23.
This corresponds to the screen detection sensor 264 provided at 0. Therefore, the amount of light transmitted through the negative film 16 is detected by the screen detection sensor 264.

Further upstream of the slit hole 256, LED elements 270 and 272 are embedded in the widthwise center of the negative film transport path 204 along the longitudinal direction.

LED element 270 near slit hole 256
As shown in FIG. 4(A), a splice tape 284 is used for joining a plurality of negative films 16.
(This is a tape attached to the widthwise central part of the negative film 16, hereinafter referred to as roll splice tape), or as shown in FIG. 4(B), the negative film 16 cut every 6 frames is reconnected and printed It is used to detect splice tape 286 (a tape attached only to both sides of the negative film in the width direction so as not to hide image frames, hereinafter referred to as piece splice tape) for processing.

Furthermore, the LED element 272 on the negative film insertion port side of the negative film transport path 204 is connected to the negative film 1
It is used to detect the presence or absence of 6.

These LED elements 270 and 272 correspond to a tape sensor 274 and a negative presence/absence sensor 276, respectively, which are attached to the upper guide base 230 side.

[0049] 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, so that 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 side and bottom sides covered by a casing 302, and a keyboard 304 as an input means and selection means on the top side.
and an LCD display section 306 that displays the key input contents.
and are provided. As shown in FIG. 6, the keyboard 304 includes user keys 308 for selecting users A to E, and an order key 31 for changing the reception number.
0, cancel key 312 and skip key 314, entry key 316 for entering input data
, 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 removed by inspection. The keyboard 304 is
They are arranged on a control board 324 that includes a control section 322 . Further, an LCD display section 306 is also connected to this control board 324.

[0051] The currently set print unit price, development fee, print fee, etc. are displayed on the LCD display section 306. This 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 section 326 is connected to the control section 322, and is provided with a rubber roller 328 that is rotated by a driving force of a driving means (not shown). Further, a dot impact head 330 is disposed 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 means (not shown).

An ink ribbon 332 is disposed between the rubber roller 328 and the dot impact head 330, and the form paper 334 is conveyed by the rotation (sub-scanning) of the rubber roller 328 while the dot impact head 33
0 moves (main scanning), the form paper 334
Letters or numbers are printed on the

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 7, the form paper 33
4 are printed continuously in the form of a delivery note, each separated by a cut-off line 335.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 322
It is composed of a PU 336, a RAM 338, a ROM 340, an input/output port 342, and a bus 344.
A D display section 306 and a printing device 326 are connected. This input/output port 342 also has an interface 34.
controller 1 of printer processor 10 via 6
62, and the number of prints to be printed by this printer processor 10 is input.

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

The control unit 322 determines how many frames of the negative film 16 have been taken from the length signal and the sort signal of the input negative film 16 (for example, 12 shots, 24 shots, 36 shots), and 1 RA once with the number of prints for the item.
It is designed to be stored in M338.

Here, the CPU 336 calculates a printing fee corresponding to the number of prints actually delivered to the customer based on the number of defective prints entered through the keyboard 304 and the selected print unit price, and also calculates a print fee according to the size of the negative film. The development fee and the total amount of this development fee and printing fee are output to the printing unit 326 and printed on the form paper 3.
34.

The operation of this embodiment will be explained below. first,
The normal printing process procedure will be explained.

[0061] 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 determined by the density measuring device 56.
The ATD (average transmission density) is measured, an exposure correction value is set from this measurement data and data manually input by key, and the exposure amount (exposure time) is calculated to obtain optimal printing conditions.

Next, the photographic paper 54 is transported to the exposure chamber 52 and positioned, and the shutter 50 is opened. This results in
The light beam emitted by the light source 38 passes through the filter unit 40 and the negative film 16 and reaches the exposure chamber 52, and the photographic 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 the predetermined exposure time has elapsed, the shutter 50 is closed. With this, the printing process for one frame of the negative film 16 is completed. By repeating this, the printed portions of the photographic paper 54 are sequentially conveyed to the processor section 72.

The photographic paper 54 conveyed to the reservoir section 70 is conveyed to the color developing section 74, where it is immersed in a developer and subjected to development processing. The developed photographic paper 54 is transferred to a bleach-fixing section 76.
The image is transported to and subjected to fixing processing. Photographic paper 54 that has been fixed
is transported to the rinsing section 78 and washed with water. The photographic paper 54 that has been washed with water is conveyed to a drying section 80 and is dried.

The photographic paper 54 that has been dried is transferred to the cutter section 8.
4, the cut mark is detected, each image is cut, and the images are sorted by the sorter unit 108.

The sorted photographic paper 54 is inspected to select defective prints. That is, after the printer processor 10 performs the printing process, defective prints such as out-of-focus prints are removed and not delivered to the customer.

[0066] When the sorting is completed, the price printing device 300 prints the development fee, printing fee, and the total amount thereof on the form paper 334 to create a delivery note. The delivery note is normally attached to the DPE bag that contains the negative film 10 and photographic paper 54 and is to be returned, and is sent to the DPE store that handles the bag.

[0067] If defective prints are removed during the inspection process, there will be a difference between the number of prints printed by the printer processor 10 and the number of prints actually delivered to the customer. In this embodiment, this difference in the number of prints is adjusted so that an appropriate price can be printed at one time.

The price printing procedure will be explained below according to the flowcharts of FIGS. 8 and 9. FIG. 8 shows a print parameter setting routine.

At step 400, the number of prints N is cleared, flag F is reset (0), and the process moves to step 402. In step 402, the reception number is read. This reception number may be incremented sequentially from 1, or an ID attached to the negative film 16 may be used. Note that when using the ID, it is necessary to read the data read by the barcode sensor 282 of the negative carrier 18.

In the next step 404, a print signal is output every time the printer processor 10 prints, and it is determined whether or not this print signal has been input. If the determination is negative, it is determined that the negative film is being transported, and the process proceeds to step 406, where it is determined whether or not the piece splice tape 286 has been detected. If the determination in step 406 is negative, step 408
Then, it is determined whether or not the roll splice tape 284 has been detected. That is, while no print signal is input, the joint portion of the negative film 16 is detected.

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

If an affirmative determination is made in step 406, it is determined that reprint processing is to be performed, and fluff F is set (1) in step 412, and the process proceeds to step 408.

[0073] If an affirmative 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, where it is determined whether the flag F has been reset.If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 41.
Move to 6.

In step 416, length information of the negative film 16 is read. Specifically, the leading edge of the corresponding negative film 16 is detected by the negative presence/absence sensor 27 of the negative carrier 18.
6 until the roll splice tape 284 is detected by the pulse motor 21.
A pulse number of 8 is read. 1 of pulse motor 218
Since the conveyance distance of the pulse is determined, the length of the negative film 16 for one case can be obtained by multiplying the conveyance 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 obtained negative film 16. That is, the negative film 16 includes 12-shot, 24-shot, 36-shot, etc., each having a predetermined length, so the corresponding film type is searched and step 42 is performed.
0, the development allowance D corresponding to the film type is read out, and the process moves to step 423.

[0076] Furthermore, if the determination in step 414 is negative, that is, if it is determined that flag F is set, then the development fee D is not necessary because it is a reprint process.
After setting the development cost D to 0 in step 422, step 42
Move to 3.

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

In the next step 424, it is determined whether or not to continue the printing process, and if the determination is affirmative, the process moves to step 400 and the above-mentioned affirmation is repeated.

If the determination is negative, the processing of this routine ends and the process moves to the print control routine shown in FIG.

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

In the next step 452, the user key 30
8, the print unit price a currently set according to the user is displayed on the LCD display section 306. If the operator sees this and determines that a change is necessary, the operator operates the user key 308 in step 454 (affirmative determination) to change the user, and returns to step 452 to change the user. LC the print unit price a according to
It is displayed on the D display section 306.

If the determination at step 454 is negative, the process moves to step 456, where it is determined whether or not there is a change in the reception number. In other words, if the work is interrupted midway, there may be a difference between the initial setting reception number and the processing reception number, so it is possible to change it at step 456, and if there is a change operation, the step 458
The new reception number M is displayed and the process moves to step 460. If there is no change in the reception number at step 456, the process skips step 458 and moves to step 460, where it is determined whether or not the entry key 316 has been operated. will be judged.

[0083] The entry key 316 is the print unit price a.
, is operated if the reception number M is determined to be appropriate, and if not operated, steps 460 to 4
If there is no key operation thereafter, steps 452, 454, 456, and 460 are repeated.

When the entry key 316 is operated in step 460, the process moves to step 462, where the number of prints N and development cost D corresponding to the set reception number are read out, and then, in step 464, the defective items extracted by inspection are read out. The number of prints L is input using the numeric keypad 320.

In the next step 466, the number of prints N
The number of defective prints L is subtracted from the number L to obtain a new N, and the process moves to step 468 to calculate the print cost (P=N×
a). Thereby, the printing fee can be calculated based on the number of prints actually delivered to the customer.

In the next step 470, the printing fee P and the developing fee D are added to calculate the total amount T (T=P
+D), and then in step 472, the development fee D, printing fee P, and total amount T are each displayed on the LCD display section 306.

[0087] At this point, if the operator looks at the displayed content and determines that there is no need to change it, press the print key 318.
is operated, and if it is determined that a change is necessary, the remake key 319 is operated. This is done in step 474.
If it is determined that the print key 318 has been operated, the process moves to step 476, and if the remake key 319 has been operated, the process moves to step 478.

In step 478, correction processing is performed manually to change the printed content, and the process moves to step 474.

Furthermore, in step 476, since there is no change in the printed content, printing processing is performed. That is, the rubber roller 328 is driven to position the form paper 334 at a predetermined position, and the dot impact head 330 is main-scanned, and the rubber roller 328 is sub-scanned to perform predetermined printing. On the printed form paper 334, there is a cut-off line 33 for each item.
5, so it can be easily separated. The separated form 334 (delivery note) is attached to a DPE bag containing the negative film 16 and photographic paper 54, and returned to the DPE store that handles the bag.

In the next step 480, it is determined whether or not to continue the process. If the determination is affirmative, the process moves to step 482, where the reception number M is incremented, and step 452
, and repeat the above affirmation. Also, step 48
If the result is 0 and the determination is negative, the shote ends.

According to this embodiment, the price printing device 300 is placed at the location 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 to be actually delivered to the customer is determined from the beginning. Since the printing fee is calculated and printed, there is no need to rewrite the delivery note, improving work efficiency.

[0092] The length of the negative film 16, which is related to the development cost, can be determined using the negative presence sensor 276 installed on the negative carrier 18 of the printer processor 10 and the pulse motor 218.
Since automatic detection can be performed by using the above method, the operator's work can be reduced.

Furthermore, by detecting the roll splice tape 284 with the tape sensor 274, the end of one case is automatically determined, so there is no need to operate the sort key to indicate the end of one case, which improves work efficiency. improves. At this time, the type of splice tape (roll splice tape 284, piece splice tape 286) can be determined, and it can be determined whether simultaneous printing or additional printing is required, which further improves work efficiency.

[0094] In this embodiment, the sort signal is applied to the price printing device for printing the development fee, print fee, and the total amount thereof, but conventionally, the sort key provided on the keyboard of the printer processor 10 is By synchronizing the sorting signal output with the sorting signal output, which is applied to the photographic paper 54 at the time of the operation, the operation of adding a sorting mark indicating the separation of each item can eliminate the need for the operator to operate the sorting keys, thereby improving work efficiency. will improve.

That is, as shown in FIG. 10, a cut mark applying section 290 is provided in the middle of the photographic paper transport path, corresponding to one end in the width direction of the photographic paper 54. As shown in FIG. The cut mark adding section 290 adds cut marks 292 between each image based on the signal from the controller 162. A sorting mark applying section 294 is provided at the other end in the width direction corresponding to this cut mark applying section 290 . The sort mark applying section 294 applies a sort mark 296 to the delimiting portion of each photographic paper based on the signal from the controller 162. The output timing of this signal is synchronized with the timing when the roll splice tape 284 is detected by the tape sensor 274 of the negative carrier 18. For this reason, the sort mark 29 is automatically
4 can now be given, so there is no chance of being given by mistake or forgetting to give.

[0096]

As described above, the printer for a photographic processing system according to the present invention has an excellent effect in that it can automatically detect the joining portion of photographic film and recognize the delimitation of each film.

[0097] In addition to the above-mentioned effects, there is also the excellent effect that sorting marks can be automatically added to photographic paper according to the recognized delimitation of each item, thereby improving work efficiency.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the 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. 4(A) is a plan view showing a state in which a plurality of negative films are connected during simultaneous printing, and FIG. 4(B) is a plan view showing a state in which six-frame piece negatives are connected during reprint printing.

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

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

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

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

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

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a photographic paper conveyance path provided with a sorting mark adding section.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Printer processor (photo processing system)
16 Negative film (photographic film) 18
Negative carrier 162 Controller 274 Tape sensor 276 Negative presence/absence sensor 284 Roll splice tape 286
Piece splice tape 300 Price printing device 304 Keyboard (selection means, input means) 30
6 LCD display section 322 Control section (calculating means) 326 Printing section (printing means) 328 Rubber roller (printing means) 330
Dot impact head (printing means) 334 Form paper (delivery note)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A printer for a photo processing system that sequentially positions and processes a plurality of photographic films in a spliced state at a printing position, comprising: a film presence/absence sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a photographic film passing through a printing position; a joint detection sensor for detecting joint parts of each of a plurality of photographic films; a signal output means for outputting a signal indicating completion of processing of one photographic film at a time detected by the joint detection sensor; A printer for a photographic processing system, comprising a calculation means for calculating the length of one photographic film based on a signal from an output means and a signal from the film presence/absence sensor. 2. A camera that prints images recorded on photographic films, comprising: a film presence/absence sensor that detects the presence or absence of photographic film passing through a printing position; and a joint detection sensor that detects joints of a plurality of photographic films. A printer for a photo processing system that prints onto paper, the printer comprising: a signal output means for outputting a signal each time a joint is detected by the joint detection sensor; A printer for a photo processing system, comprising: a sort mark adding means for adding a sort mark to each boundary of each item. 3. The printer for a photographic processing system according to claim 1, wherein the joint detection sensor detects a joint member attached to a joint of the photographic film.