JPH0513298B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a slide processing method for sequentially transporting and processing a plurality of orders of slides in which developed reversal films are loaded in mounts.

[Conventional technology]

In a slide processing device that processes multiple orders of slides, after the images recorded on each slide are printed on photographic paper, the slides and photographic paper are sorted by order and stored in bags, or if the print is inappropriate. When reprinting, it is necessary to prevent slides from other orders from being mixed in.

For this purpose, for example, it is conceivable to have a worker key-in information that distinguishes each order, store it in a storage device, and process it.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in the above method, there is a risk that information for distinguishing orders may be entered by mistake, and it may become impossible to sort by order after printing. Further, when storing the sorted slides into bags for each order, the worker cannot check whether there are any mistakes in the classification of the orders just by looking at the slides.

The present invention takes the above-mentioned facts into account and aims to provide a slide processing method that can sort slides by order without error.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the slide processing method according to the present invention provides a method for sequentially conveying and processing slides of a plurality of orders. A sort card with information recorded thereon is inserted, and the slides of a plurality of orders are classified and processed by order using the sort card.

Further, the information that distinguishes each order is recorded on the sort card by drilling optically detectable holes corresponding to the bits, and the information that distinguishes each order is read. can be used to sort each order.

Further, it is preferable that the read information is stored in a storage means provided in a magazine that stores the slides and sort cards.

[Effect]

In the present invention, corresponding to each order slide,
A sorting card is inserted that has the same external dimensions as the slide and has information for distinguishing each order recorded thereon. Since the sort card has the same outer diameter as the slide, the sort card can be conveyed in the same way as the slide in a conveyance system that conveys the slide. Furthermore, since the slides are inserted in correspondence with the slides of each order, the slides are physically divided for each order.

Furthermore, since information that distinguishes each order is recorded, by reading this information, it is possible to identify which order the classified slide belongs to. The information that distinguishes each order may be provided, for example, by printing a visible symbol or by drilling optically detectable holes in the sorting card that correspond to the bits of information. recorded. Thereby, there is no need to input information that distinguishes each order, and slides can be sorted by order without error.

Note that if the information that distinguishes each order is recorded on the sort card by drilling optically detectable holes corresponding to the bits, the information that distinguishes each order that has been read is Preferably, the information is stored in a storage means provided in a magazine that stores slides and sort cards.

For example, when printing is performed using multiple devices separated for each process (for example, a print preparation device, a printer, a collation device, etc. as described later), slides are transferred between each device while stored in a magazine. This is common. If you store information that distinguishes orders in the magazine as described above,
Information distinguishing the orders can be easily transferred between each device.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Slide Printing Device 10) The slide printing device 10 shown in FIG. 1 prints the film 14 of the slide 12 shown in FIG. It's becoming like that. This slide printing apparatus 10 includes separate devices for each process. this is,
Since the processing time in each step is different, the number of devices is provided according to the processing time, and the purpose is to eliminate the waiting time between each device and increase the overall processing efficiency.

Further, in order to simplify the configuration of the slide printing device 10, a magazine system is adopted. That is, the magazine 18 is removably attached to each device. This magazine 18 includes slides 12 for multiple orders and sort cards 2 for classifying each order.
2 can be stored. The magazine 18 is also equipped with a film information storage device, which stores film information such as the number of prints for each slide and focus information. Note that this film information includes reprint information (for example, a reprint flag), which will be described later. Furthermore, when each device that processes slides (to be described later) finishes processing one magazine, it can clear the film information in each device and prepare for the next magazine. Therefore, the storage capacity of each device can be reduced, and there is no need to connect each device with a cable to transfer film information.

The print preparation device 20 stores slides 12 and sort cards 22 in a magazine 18, and transfers film information such as the number of prints to the magazine 18. In addition, the print preparation device 20
The number of prints, etc. is printed on the SP bag 24. This SP bag 24 is a bag that stores prints and slides for each order.

When the processing is completed for one magazine 18, the magazine 18 is removed from the print preparation device 20 and installed on the supply side of the autoprinter 26. The auto printer 26 takes out the slides 12 one by one from the magazine 18, prints an image of the slides 12 on roll paper 28, which is photographic paper, and then stores the slides 12 in the storage side magazine 18. Note that if the magazine 18 includes slides 12 that require reburning, only the slides 12 to be reburned are burned. 1
When this process is completed for one magazine 18,
The supply side and storage side magazines 18 are removed. This supply side magazine 18 is attached to the print preparation device 20, and new slides 12 and the like are stored therein.

The magazine 18 on the receiving side and the developed roll paper 28 are mounted on a checker 30, and it is checked whether the exposure time for each color is appropriate. Magazine 1 for inappropriate items.
The reprint information is transferred to 8.

When processing with Chietsuka 30 is completed, magazine 1
8 is removed and attached to the slide ejection device 34 of the final processing device 32. Also, roll paper 2
8 is attached to the auto cutter 36 of the final processing device 32. The slide ejection device 34 is adapted to eject the slides 12 and sort cards 22 from the magazine 18. Further, the automatic cutter 36 is adapted to cut the roll paper 28 piece by piece. The cut roll paper 28 is sorted by an autosorter 38 into those with appropriate printing and those with inappropriate printing. These cut roll paper 28 and discharged slide 1
2, whether the order is the same or not, and the number of prints and slides are determined by the print preparation device 20.
After the operator confirms whether the information matches the information stored in the magazine 18 (printed on the SP bag), each order is stored in the SP bag 24. Further, the sort cards 22 are sequentially stored in a sort card box 40.
Note that if at least one slide to be reprinted is included in all the slides for one order, all the slides and sort cards 22 of that order are not ejected from the magazine 18.

If there are still slides 12 to be reprinted in the magazine 18 after the processing in the final processing device 32 is completed, the slides 12 are loaded onto the supply side of the autoprinter 26 again and the above processing is repeated. Further, when the inside of the magazine 18 is empty, a new slide 12 can be stored and can be mounted on the receiving side of the print preparation device 20 or the autoprinter 26.

Incidentally, all the magazines 18 used in the slide printing apparatus 10 have the same structure, so that the usage efficiency of the magazines 18 is improved. However, after processing in one device is completed,
When the magazine 18 is removed and installed in another device, the film information will be cleared if it is installed in the wrong device. Therefore, in order to prevent this, when processing in each device is completed, a job number is stored in the magazine 18 to indicate the processing status. Each device is designed to perform processing only when a magazine 18 with a predetermined job number is loaded.

For example, in FIG. 1, the print preparation device 20 accepts only the magazine 18 with job number 0, and the job number is changed to job number 1 when the print preparation device 20 completes processing. Next, the supply side of the auto printer 26 accepts only the magazine 18 with job number 1 and the magazine 18 with job number 4 containing the slide 12 to be reprinted, and when the processing in the auto printer 26 is completed, the magazine 18 is set to job number 0. However, even if the job number is changed, the film information will not be cleared. For example, if the film information in the magazine 18 is lost after the auto printer 26 has finished processing, the film information will not be cleared in the magazine 18 on the supply side of the auto printer 26 It is possible to transfer stored film information to this.

Next, details of each of the above devices will be explained.

(Print Preparation Device 20) FIG. 2 shows the print preparation device 20, in which slides 12 for one order and one sort card 22 taken out from the sort card box 40 are loaded onto a shear caster 42. It's becoming like that. This shear casten 42 is semi-transparent and is designed to be illuminated with light from below. Slide 1 mounted on Shear Kasten 42
2 is inserted into the delivery port 44 after the operator properly aligns the front and back of the film and the direction of the slide 12. The slide 12 is transported by a turntable 46 and a main transport section 48, and is ejected from the print preparation device 20 by an ejection section 50 and stored in the magazine 18. As shown in FIG. 5, this conveyance is carried out when the end surface of the slide 12 is held between the circumferential surfaces of the drive roller 52 and the press roller 54.
This is done by rotating the drive roller 52.

A film condition measuring device 56 is provided in the middle of the main transport section 48, and as shown in FIG.
(This value is used as focus information in the printer 26) and the front and back sides of the film 14 are measured. These measurements were made on film 14.
This is performed by an optical pickup 58 which is mounted movably in a direction perpendicular to the direction. light pick up 5
Reference numeral 8 is a device used in compact discs, etc., and is capable of emitting laser light to a film 14 to detect focus errors.

The initial position of the optical pickup 58 is determined, and the optical pickup 58 is moved from this initial position to detect zero focus error, and D is measured from the amount of movement. Further, the front and back sides of the film 14 are detected in the following manner. When the film 14 is heated for a certain period of time, for example 4 seconds, the water content of the emulsion layer decreases and shrinks, curling by several microns. The direction of this curl is the direction in which the emulsion surface forms a concave portion. Therefore, by stopping the optical pickup 58 and heating the film 14, the front and back sides of the film 14 can be detected by detecting a change in the focus error signal from the optical pickup 58.

Further, the print preparation device 20 has a built-in film information processing device having the same configuration as a film information processing device 96 described later. This film information processing device is provided with an electrode and a light emitter/receiver, and a film information storage device 77 of the magazine 18.
Power is supplied through the electrodes, and film information can be transferred through the light emitter and receiver.

(Sort Card 22) As shown in FIG. 4, the sort card 22 has the following information:
Synchronization bits 6 are arranged at regular intervals in the central part conveyance direction.
A hole representing 0 is drilled. Further, a hole representing a data bit 62 is drilled corresponding to the synchronization bit 60. Data bit 62 represents a sort number corresponding to information that distinguishes each order of the present invention. This sort number is written on the sort card 22 (487 in Figure 4),
This can be confirmed by the worker. Start bit 6 is placed before and after data bit 62.
4. A hole representing the stop bit 66 is drilled so that the data in the data bit 62 can be read even from the opposite direction. As shown in FIG. 6, the bit information on the sort card 22 is read by a light emitter/receiver 68 embedded in the conveyor table 51 of the main conveyor section 48. Since the hole representing the synchronization bit 60 is bored in the center of the sort card 22, it is possible to read the synchronization bit 60 even if the front and back of the sort card 22 are reversed.
Furthermore, data bit 62, start bit 64,
The hole representing the stop bit 66 may be drilled symmetrically with respect to the synchronization bit 60, and in this case, the data in the data bit 62 can be read even if the front and back of the sort card 22 are reversed.

(Magazine 18) As shown in FIG. 7, the magazine 18 has a top case 69 and a lower plate 70 connected by a rod 71.
The drum 72 is attached to a ring (not shown) that protrudes from the
is pivoted. This drum 72 is provided with a plurality of slide storage chambers 73, and the slide 1
2. It is used for storing sort cards 22. This drum 72 is lifted and rotated by an lifting and rotating device 74, and is connected to the discharge section 5 shown in FIG.
The slide 12 and the sort card 22 are sequentially stored in the slide storage chamber 73 via the slider 0. Note that the receiving side of the autoprinter 26 shown in FIG. 1 is also provided with an elevating and rotating device 74 shown in FIG. 7. Further, the supply side of the auto printer 26, the checker 30, and the slide ejecting device 34 are further equipped with a pusher 75 shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. It is becoming.

The upper case 69 has a built-in film information storage device 77, which will be described later. Although the details will be described later, the upper case 69 is provided with an electrode 78 and a light emitter/receiver 79. As a result, when the magazine 18 is attached to another device, the film information storage device 77 of the magazine 18 is inserted through the electrode 78.
Power is supplied to the film information storage device 77, and film information is transferred between the film information storage device 77 and other devices via the light emitter/receiver 79.

The film information is input to the print preparation device 20 by the keyboard 80 shown in FIG. 2, and after all the slides 12 are stored in the magazine 18, this information is transferred to the film information storage device 77 of the magazine 18. ing. A display 81 is provided above the keyboard 80, and is used to confirm input from the keyboard 80 and to display the operating status of the print preparation device 20, etc. An insertion port 82 is provided on the upper side of the display 81.
When the SP bag 24 is inserted, the number of prints and the like are printed by a printing device (not shown).

(Processing in the print preparation device 20) Next, according to FIG. 14, the print preparation device 20
We will explain the processing in .

The magazine 18 is set in the print preparation device 20 (step 200), and a start switch (not shown) is turned on (step 202). When the start switch is turned on, the magazine 18 is moved to the initial position by the lifting and rotating device 74 (step 204). Next, the film condition measuring device 56 is calibrated (step 206).

That is, a reference plate (not shown) is mounted on the conveyance table 51 instead of the slide 12 shown in FIG. 5, and the optical pickup 58 is lowered to the lower limit position and then raised. Calibration is performed by detecting zero focus error during this upward movement and determining the position of the optical pickup 58 with respect to the upper surface of the conveyance table 51.

Next, the ID number is input using the keyboard 80 (step 208). This ID number is, for example, a serial number in the order in which the magazines 18 are processed by the print preparation device 20. Next, the number of prints of the slide 12 and the exposure correction value are input using the keyboard 80 (step 210). This exposure amount correction value is a correction value for a value automatically determined by the auto printer 26.

Next, the slide 12 into which the data, ie, film information, has been input is inserted into the delivery port 44 (step 212), and the slide 12 is transferred to the turntable 46 and the main transport section 48.
The slide 12 is conveyed by the film condition measuring device 56, and the front and back sides of the film and the distance D shown in FIG. 5 are measured by the film condition measuring device 56. (Step 214). Note that when the front and back of the film are reversed, the slide 12 is discharged to the discharge port 49. The worker is this slide 1
2 is reversed, the slide 12 is inserted through the discharge port 49, and the slide 12 is transported again by the turntable 46 and the main transport section 48. Then step
At 216, the slide 12 is ejected by the ejection unit 50, and the magazine 18 is stored in the slide storage chamber 73. After that, the magazine 18 is moved to the lifting/lowering rotation device 74.
The next slide storage chamber 73 corresponds to the discharge section 50.

Next, if it is determined in step 217 that one order of slides has not been completed, the process returns to step 210. When the slides 12 for one order are completed, the sort card 22 is inserted into the delivery port 44 in step 218, and the sort card 22 is stored in the magazine 18 in the same manner as described above. As a result, 12 slides for one order
This means that the sort card 22 corresponding to is inserted. Note that the sort cards 22 are transported to the main conveyance section 48.
The bit information (sort number) is read by the light emitter/receiver 68 while being conveyed.

Next, in step 220, the ID number, the sort number read in step 218, the magazine number, the number of slides, the number of prints, the machine number, the operator number, the date, etc. are printed on the SP bag 24 inserted into the insertion slot 82. If the above processing for all orders has not been completed (step 222), the process returns to step 210 and the above processing is repeated.

If all orders are completed, step
At 224, the data (film information) stored in the print preparation device 20 is transferred to the film information storage device 77 of the magazine 18. This data includes the number of prints for each slide, exposure correction value, focus correction value (D in Figure 5), sort number for classifying orders, and ID.
Includes number, job number, reprint information, etc. With the above steps, the processing for one magazine 18 is completed.

(Printer 26) Next, the auto printer 26 shown in FIG. 8 will be explained. The magazine 18 is attached to the elevating and rotating devices 74 on the supply side and the receiving side of the auto printer 26. The slide 12 and the sort card 22 pushed out by the pusher 75 (see FIG. 7) of the elevating and rotating device 74 are conveyed by a conveying section 83 in the direction of arrow M in FIG. 8, and are mounted on a printing table 86. . A light source 87 is provided below the print table 86, and a light source 87 is provided below the print table 86.
A film image is printed onto a roll paper 28 attached to a printing section 88 provided above the paper. The print table 86 can be raised and lowered by an autofocus mechanism 90, and the image to be printed on the roll paper 28 is brought into focus based on the focus correction value. The amount of light transmitted through the slide 12 is measured by a film density detector 92, and the film density is detected. The exposure time is determined based on the film density and the exposure amount correction value stored in the film information storage device 77. When the exposure is completed, the slide 12 is transported by the transport section 94 in the direction of arrow N in FIG. 8, and is stored in the slide storage chamber 73 of the magazine 18.

Note that the sort card 22 simply passes through the print table 86. Whether it is the slide 12 or the sort card 22 is determined based on the film information stored in the film information storage device 77. In addition, the printing section 88 has a number printing device 95.
is arranged close to the roll paper 28. This number burner 95 is a 7 segment LED
As shown in FIG. 10, it is possible to print numbers directly onto the roll paper 28.

FIG. 9 shows a film information processing device 96 built into the auto printer 26 and a film information storage device 77 built into magazines on the supply side and the receiving side. The film information storage device 77 is composed of a microcomputer, and the CPU
97, ROM 98, RAM 100, and I/O port 102 are connected to each other by a bus 104. A signal converter 106 that converts serial data into parallel data and converts parallel data into serial data is connected to this I/O port 102. A light emitter/receiver 79 is connected to the signal converter 106 .

Therefore, the optical signal received by the light emitter/receiver 79 is converted into a parallel signal by the signal converter 106, and then input to the I/O port 102, or
Data output from the I/O port 102 is converted into a serial signal by a signal converter 106, and an optical signal is then emitted from the light emitting/receiving device 79. Further, the CPU 97 processes data according to a program stored in the ROM 98.

Therefore, the magazine 1
Film information can be transferred between the film information storage device 77 in the device 8 and the film information processing device of another device.

Note that when the magazine 18 is removed from the lifting/lowering rotation device 74, the battery 107 automatically
Data stored in the RAM 100 is saved.

In the film information processing device 96, light emitters and receivers 79A and 79B corresponding to the supply side and the reception side are connected to the signal converter 106. In addition, cyan, magenta, and yellow film density detectors 92C, 92
M, 92Y is I/O via A/D converter 108
It is connected to port 102. In other respects, the configuration is similar to that of the film information storage device 77.

Therefore, through the light emitting/receiving devices 79A and 79B responsive to the supply side and receiving side of the film information processing device 96 and the light emitting/receiving device 79 of the corresponding magazine 18,
Film information can be transferred between the film information processing device 96 of the printer 26 and the film information storage device 77 of the magazine 18.

It should be noted that other devices (print preparation device, checker, final processing device) are also provided with film information processing devices having substantially the same configuration as the film information processing device 96 described above.

(Processing in the printer 26) Next, the processing in the auto printer 26 will be explained according to the flow chart shown in FIGS. 15 and 16.

In step 300, the roll paper 28 is set in the print section 88, and the magazine 18 is set in the elevating and rotating device 74 on the supply side and the receiving side. Next, in step 302, the auto printer 26
Turn on the start switch (not shown) to start the auto printer 26. Then step 304
At this time, the film information processing device 96 reads the job numbers stored in the RAM 100 in the magazines 18 on the supply side and the receiving side.

As shown in FIG. 1, the job number of the magazine 18 on the supply side is 1 (after print preparation device processing) or job number 4 (before reprint processing),
And the job number of magazine 18 on the receiving side is 0.
Perform the following processing only if .

First, in the magazines 18 on the supply side and the receiving side.
The magazine number stored in the ROM 98 and all information stored in the RAM 100 in the magazine 18 on the supply side are read. All of this information is the reprint information and film information shown in step 224 of FIG.

Next, in step 306, as shown in FIG. 10, the slide supply side magazine number 110 and the slide storage side magazine number
112, roll paper number 114, printer number
116, print lot number 118. This slide storage side magazine number 112 is used to match the roll paper 28 on which a slide film image has been printed in the checker 30 and the final processing device 32 to the magazine 18 in which the slide is stored, without taking out the slide from the magazine 18. It is possible to make it correspond. Further, the slide storage side magazine number 112 is a number stored in advance in the ROM 98, and unlike when an operator inputs it using a key, there is no possibility of printing the slide storage side magazine number 112 by mistake. Also, the slide supply side magazine number 110 is the storage side magazine 18.
If the data in the supply side magazine 18 is lost for some reason, the data in the supply side magazine 18 is transferred to the storage side magazine 1.
This is used when transferring to 8. The roll paper number 114 is a serial number when several roll papers 28 correspond to one magazine. Printer number 116 indicates which auto printer 26 when multiple auto printers 26 are used.
This indicates whether the image was printed with The lot number 118 indicates the processing order of the magazines 18 in the auto printer 26 on that day.

Next, in step 308, the lifting and rotating device 7
4 moves the magazine 18 to the initial position.
Next, in step 310, it is determined whether all the slides 12 in the magazine 18 have been printed. If this has not been completed, it is printed in step 312. If completed, in step 314, the auto printer 26
transfers the data in step 304 and the data obtained by the autoprinter 26 into the receiving magazine 18. The data obtained by the auto printer 26 includes the exposure amount for each of cyan, magenta, and yellow. Also, the job number of the receiving side magazine 18 is changed to 2. Next, in step 316, an alarm is generated to notify the operator that processing of one lot has been completed.

Next, the processing at step 312 will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG. step
At 400, based on the data read at step 304, it is determined whether or not the sort card 22 is loaded on the print stand 86. If it is a sort card 22, the sort card 22 is transferred to the magazine 1 on the receiving side without performing the following burning process.
Load into 8. On the other hand, if the slide 12 is not the sort card 22, it is determined based on the film information read in step 304 whether or not this slide 12 is the slide 12 to be printed. That is, it is determined whether this slide 12 has been subjected to the printing process for the first time, or whether the reprinting process is to be performed on the slide 12 (with the reprint flag set). This slide 12 has already been printed and will not be reprinted.
2, the slide 12 is loaded into the magazine 18 on the receiving side without performing the following baking process. On the other hand, slide 1 to be processed for the first time or reprinting
In the case of 2, the process advances to step 402, and the film density of each of cyan, magenta, and yellow is read from the film density detectors 92C, 92M, and 92Y. Next, in step 404, it is determined whether all of the film densities are above a certain value. If this is less than a certain value, in step 406, exposure times T1, T2, and T3 for each of cyan, magenta, and yellow are calculated based on the film density. If the concentration is above a certain value, in step 408, the T
1, T2, and T3 are all equal to a constant value t ₀ .

When the processing in step 406 or step 408 is completed, the value of N is set to 1 in step 410.
As for the value of N, 1 corresponds to cyan, 2 corresponds to magenta, and 3 corresponds to yellow. Next, the roll paper 28 is exposed for TN mm/sec (steps 412 and 414). The value of N is then incremented (step 416), and if the value of N is not 4, the step
Returning to step 412, if the value of N is 4, printing for one slide 12 is completed (step 418).

The slide 12 after the above printing process is
The magazine 18 on the receiving side is loaded and this routine ends.

In step 408, the exposure time is set to a fixed time when the film density is above a certain value.The reason why the exposure time is set to be a fixed time when the film density is higher than a certain value is that while the exposure time becomes longer when the film density is higher, the exposure time is set to be longer depending on the film density. This is because it has almost no relation to the finish of photographic printing. Therefore, the steps
The processing in step 408 makes it possible to shorten the processing time in the auto printer 26 without deteriorating the finish of photo printing.

(Checker 30) Next, the checker 30 will be explained according to FIGS. 11 and 12.

Note that the checker 30 has a built-in film information processing device having the same configuration as the film information processing device 96 described above, and supplies power to the film information storage device 77 of the magazine 18 and controls the film information storage device 77 of the magazine 18 through electrodes and a light emitter/receiver. Information is becoming transferable.

At the upper end of this checker 30, there is a winder 120,
122 is provided so that the roll paper 28 can be wound in both directions. That is, when the operation knob 124 is moved in the direction of arrow A, the winder 12
2, the roll paper 28 is moved in the A direction. Further, when the operating knob 124 is moved in the B direction, the roll paper 28 is moved in the B direction by the winder 120.

This roll paper 28 is provided with a cut mark 126 and an order classification mark 128 at the boundary between the pieces. These marks are pinholes;
During printing, the printing section 88 shown in FIG.
The hole is drilled by a hole puncher 130 provided at the hole. The cut mark 126 and the order classification mark 128 are detected by optical sensors 132 and 133 provided correspondingly.

A window 134 is provided on the upper surface of the roll paper 28 corresponding to one piece, and a slide 1 corresponding to the image of the roll paper 28 located in the window 134 is provided.
2 is adapted to take out the slide 12 from the magazine 18 by turning on the slide take-out switch 135 and move it below 136. That is, as shown in FIG. 12, the slide 12 pushed out by the pusher 75 is conveyed to a belt conveying device 138, and is held by a leaf spring 142 provided at one end of an arm 140. The other end of the arm 140 is rotatable around a shaft 144, and the slide 12 is
6. It is designed to be moved downward.

If the operator determines that reprinting is necessary, he or she views the image of the slide 12 and the roll paper 28 corresponding to the slide 12 and inputs reprinting information from the keyboard 146. This input value is confirmed on the display 148.
This reprint information is from Chetsuka 30 to Magazine 18.
It is now being forwarded to.

Note that the correspondence between the images of the slide 12 and the roll paper 28 is achieved by reading the cut mark 126 and the order classification mark 128 with optical sensors 132 and 133 and making them correspond to the film information stored in the magazine 18. .

(Slide ejection device 34) Next, according to FIG.
Explain.

The slide ejecting device 34 has a built-in film information processing device having the same configuration as the film information processing device 96 described above, and supplies power to the film information storage device 77 of the magazine 18 through electrodes and a light emitter/receiver. and film information can now be transferred.

A press belt 152 is pressed against the drive belt 150 by a spring (not shown), and the slide 1 is pushed out by a pusher 75 shown in FIG.
2 is pinched and conveyed in the direction of arrow A in FIG. The slide 12 that has been sent out is mounted on a base plate 154 and is pressed by a leaf spring 156. This slide 12
is the base plate 1 by the subsequent slide 12.
54 and mounted on the drive belt 158. The conveyance speed of the drive belt 158 is sufficiently slower than the conveyance speed of the drive belt 150, so that the slides 12 are conveyed in a sequentially overlapping manner. Therefore, the worker can easily take out the slides 12 all at once and store them in the SP bag 24.

When the sort card 22 is conveyed by the drive belt 150 and mounted on the base plate 154,
It is pressed in the direction of arrow B by the pusher 160,
It is pushed out to the guide 162. This sort card 22 is pushed into the sort card box 40 by two subsequent sort cards 22.

The slide ejection device 34 is configured to temporarily stop after processing one order of slides 12 and sort cards 22. In this stopped state, the slide is held by the tip end 156A of the leaf spring 156, and the two sort cards 22 are mounted on the guide 162. On the other hand, the auto cutter 36 and auto sorter 38 shown in FIG. 1, like the slide discharge device 34, are designed to stop when processing for one order is completed, so that the last photo for one order can be viewed by the operator. It's summery.

Therefore, the operator can check whether this photograph matches the image of the slide held by the tip 156A. Additionally, it is possible to check whether the sort numbers of the two sort cards remaining in the guide 162 are consecutive, and to compare this sort number with the sort number printed on the SP bag 24. . In this way, the slides 12 can be sorted by order without requiring the operator to input a sort number and without error.

Note that when the slides 12 of the order for which the reprinting process has been completed are processed, the slide ejecting device 34 is configured to temporarily stop at the last slide 12 among the slides 12 that have been reprinted. Thereby, even when reprinting is performed, the operator can visually check the last reprinted photo and slide of the order.

Sort card 2 in sort card box 40
2 is full, the sort card box 40 is removed from the slide ejection device 34 and is ready to be attached to the print preparation device 20, as shown in FIG.

(Processing in the final processing device 32) Next, the processing in the final processing device 32 will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

At step 500, the roll paper 28 is set on the auto cutter 36, and the magazine 18 is set on the slide ejection device 34. Then step
At 502, a start switch (not shown) of the final processing device 32 is turned on. As a result, in step 504, data in the magazine 18, ie, film information, etc., is read into the slide ejection device 34. Then, in step 506, the magazine 18 is moved to the initial position by the lifting and rotating device 74. Next, in step 508, based on the data read in step 504, it is determined whether there are any slides to be reprinted in the next order of slides. If there is nothing to be reprinted, at step 510, the roll paper 28 is cut frame by frame by the auto cutter 36 based on the cut mark 126 and the order classification mark 128. In addition, the slide 12 in the magazine 18
is discharged by the slide discharge device 34. When the processing for one order is completed (step 512), cutting of the roll paper 28 and discharging of the slide 12 are stopped (step 513).

In step 508, if there is at least one slide to be reprinted within one order, the pointer of the slide to be ejected in the storage device is moved by one order. As a result, the slides for that order remain in the magazine 18 and are not discharged by the slide discharge device 34.
Next, in step 516, the one order of roll paper 28 is cut by the automatic cutter 36. When cutting for one order is completed (step 518), cutting of the roll paper 28 is stopped in step 513.

Then, in step 520, the sort number,
Display the number of slides and prints on the display. After checking these, the worker removes SP bag 24.
Store photos and slides in. When all the slides in the magazine 18 (excluding the slides for the order to be reprinted) have been processed (step
522) At step 524, the start switch is turned on and the process returns to step 508. In addition,
At this time, if the order includes slides that require reprinting, only the photos are stored without storing the slides in the SP bag, and after the reprinting is completed, the worker can reprint them based on the sort number. The printed photographs are stored in the SP bag mentioned above together with the ordered slides that have been reprinted. This results in
Slides and photos that have been printed, including reprinted slides, can be stored in SP bags.

If it is determined in step 522 that processing for one lot has been completed, it is determined in step 526 whether there are any slides in the magazine 18 that should be re-baked, and if there are any slides that should be re-baked, they are removed. display (step 528). This allows the operator to be informed that there are slides to be reprinted. Next, in step 530, the film information storage device 76 in the magazine 18 is
Change the job number stored in . That is, if there is nothing to reprint, this is set to 0; otherwise, this is set to 4 (see FIG. 1). Next, in step 532, an alarm is generated to notify the operator that processing for one lot has been completed.

If there are slides to be reprinted in the magazine 18, the operator loads the magazine 18 into the supply side of the autoprinter 26. auto printer 26
Then, of the ordered slides 12 left in the magazine 18, only the slides to be re-baked (ie, the slides for which the re-baking flag has been set) are subjected to the baking process (re-baking process) in the same manner as described above. Further, all the slides of the order are stored in the magazine 18 mounted on the receiving side of the printer 26. Furthermore, when this reprinting is performed, the printer resets the reprinting flag.

When the reburning is completed, the magazine 18 will be
0, the operator determines whether or not re-baking is required in the same way as above, and if re-baking is not necessary, the magazine 18 is attached to the final processing device 32,
Perform the above process. Therefore, only slides of orders that do not require reprinting are discharged for each order.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, in the present invention, a sort card having the same external dimensions as the slide and containing information to distinguish each order is inserted corresponding to the slide of each order. The excellent effect of sorting can be obtained.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a slide printing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a print preparation device, Fig. 3 is a front view of a slide, Fig. 4 is a front view of a sort card, and Fig. 4 is a front view of a sort card. Fig. 5 is an explanatory diagram of measuring the sliding state, Fig. 6 is a partial sectional view showing the detection structure of the sort card, Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the magazine and the lifting/lowering rotation device, Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of the printer, and Fig. 9 The figure is a hardware configuration diagram of the information processing system shown in Figure 8, Figure 10 is a partial view of a roll paper with symbols printed on the edge, Figure 11 is a perspective view of the checker, and Figure 12 is a part of the checker. cross-sectional plan view,
FIG. 13 is a partial perspective view of the slide ejection device, the first
4 to 17 are flowcharts showing the processing in each device (excluding the checker) shown in FIG. 1. 10...Slide printing device, 12...Slide, 14...Film, 18...Magazine, 2
0...Print preparation device, 22...Sort card, 26...Auto printer, 28...Roll paper, 30...Checker, 32...Final processing device, 34...Slide discharge device, 36...Auto cutter, 38 ... Auto sorter, 40 ... Sort card box, 73 ... Slide storage room, 74
... Lifting and rotating device, 75,160 ... Pusher, 96 ... Film information processing device, 162 ...
guide.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. When slides of a plurality of orders are sequentially conveyed and processed, a sorting card having the same external dimensions as the slides of each order and recording information for distinguishing each order is provided. Insert
A slide processing method in which slides of a plurality of orders are classified and processed for each order using the sort card. 2. The information that distinguishes each order is recorded on the sort card by drilling optically detectable holes corresponding to bits, and the information that distinguishes each order is read. 2. The slide processing method according to claim 1, wherein sorting is performed for each order using a slide processing method. 3. The slide processing method according to claim 2, wherein the read information is stored in a storage means provided in a magazine that stores the slides and sort cards.