JPH05323458A - Photographic image printing device and image forming device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a proper correspondence between a photographic image and a printed information at the time of adding a printed image on a photographic print by inputting discrimination information to a photographic printing paper by use of an inputting means for adding a cut mark, or a sort mark. CONSTITUTION:In a photographic image printing device 100, the photographic image of a negative film F is printed on the photographic printing paper P by a printing means 101, and the photographic printing paper P on which the photographic image is printed is developed by an automatic developing machine 102 so as to obtain the photographic print. The cut mark M1 which corresponds to respective photographic images and the sort mark M2 which corresponds to the prescribed number of the photographic images are added by an inputting means 103 on the photographic printing paper P on which the photographic image of the negative film F is printed. The cut mark M1 is used for cutting the developed photographic printing paper P one by one so as to obtain each photographic print, meanwhile, the sort mark M2 is used for dividing one negative film F into the prescribed number of photographic prints.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a photographic image printing apparatus for printing a photographic image on photographic paper and an image forming apparatus for freely forming a printed image such as characters and figures on a developed photographic print on which the photographic image is formed. It relates to the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, as a method of forming an illustration image on a photographic print, there is a photographic print on which an illustration image such as a character or a figure is formed on a main image portion of photographic paper.
For example, there is a method in which a main image is printed on a photographic printing paper from a negative film and an illustration image is printed on an illustration image original film. The illustration image to be mixed with the main image of the photographic print is, for example, the layout of the print position and the print size, the description of the photograph, the printing of the figure, etc. are freely designated by the orderer or the like.

In order to mix an illustration image with a main image of such a photographic print by printing, an illustration image original film on which an illustration image is formed needs to be prepared in advance. This illustration image original film is usually computer typesetting or the like. Created by.

[0004]

As described above, in the case where the illustration image original film is prepared in advance by the computer typesetting method or the like, since the photographic process is used, a special device is required for the preparation and various films are required. It is difficult and difficult to form an illustration image. In addition, there is a problem in that the illustration image original film is prepared in advance, which is time-consuming and costly. Further, since the final layout in the photo printing method cannot be known unless the photo printing is performed, confirmation of an error is delayed.

Therefore, instead of the photographic printing method, it is possible to print the photographic image on a silver halide light-sensitive element of photographic paper in advance and develop the photographic image, and then directly print on the photographic image of the photographic print by a printing printer. Conceivable. In this case, the print image can be input and edited using a computer, and the layout of the print image can be confirmed in advance on the display, so that an error can be easily calibrated.

By the way, in such a method of directly printing on a photographic image of a photographic print with a printer, there is no simple and effective means for establishing correspondence between the photographic image and the print image to be added thereto. .. For this reason, especially when a postcard is created, the print image may be different from the print image designated by the orderer in correspondence with the photographic image on the negative film, resulting in a print error.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a photographic image printing apparatus and an image forming apparatus capable of accurately associating a photographic image with print information when a printed image is added to a photographic print. The purpose is to do.

[0008]

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 is a photographic image printing apparatus for printing a photographic image on photographic paper, wherein the photographic paper is provided with identification information. It is characterized in that a cut mark corresponding to each photographic image to be printed or a sort mark corresponding to a predetermined number of photographic images is added by using an input means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in an image forming apparatus for printing a photographic image on a photographic paper by a photographic image printing apparatus to develop the photographic image, and to form a print image on the photographic paper that has been developed by the printing apparatus. The identification information formed on the photographic paper by the photographic image printing apparatus according to claim 1 is read by the printing apparatus, and the printing information according to the identification information is output.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the identification information is input to the photographic paper by using the input means for adding the cut mark or the sort mark, and the identification information is used to add the print image to the photographic print. Therefore, the correspondence between the photographic image and the print information can be taken correctly.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the first aspect is
The identification information input to the photographic paper with the described photographic image printing device is read by the printing device, and the printing information corresponding to this identification information is output, so when adding the printing image to the photographic print, the photographic image and the printing information Correspondence can be taken correctly and printing mistakes are eliminated.

[0012]

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

FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of a photographic image printing apparatus. In the photographic image printing apparatus 100, the photographic image of the negative film F is printed on the photographic paper P by the printing means 101, and the photographic paper P on which the photographic image is printed is the automatic developing machine 102.
Then, the photographic print S is obtained by performing the developing process. Photographic paper P on which a photographic image of this negative film F is printed
The input means 103 adds a cut mark M1 corresponding to each photographic image and a sort mark M2 corresponding to a predetermined number of photographic images.

The cut mark M1 is used, for example, to cut the photographic printing paper P which has been developed to obtain a photographic print one by one, and the sort mark M2 is predetermined for each negative film F, for example. It is used to divide into the number of sheets.

As shown in FIG. 2, the identification information D is input to the printing paper P on which the photographic image of the negative film F is printed by using the input means 103 for adding the cut mark M1.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the identification information D is inputted to the photographic printing paper P on which the photographic image of the negative film F is printed by using the input means 103 for adding the sort mark M2. There is.

The identification information D indicates an order number or the like, and the print image designated by the photo print S is printed by the printing device based on the order number.

Here, the identification information D formed on the photographic printing paper P
May be a hole punch type or a quenching type. Alternatively, both the cut mark M1 and the sort mark M2 may be used. Further, the range of the area in which the identification information D is formed is not particularly limited as long as it does not affect the photographic image.

A specific example of this identification information D is shown in FIG. The identification information D is input using the input means 103 for adding a sort mark M2 to represent, for example, a 4-digit order number. According to the identification information D, after the start bit is detected, the mark detection sensor scans a certain distance to detect no mark, and 0 is detected, and 1 is detected.
To judge. The identification information D in this embodiment is 0.
The order number 6714 is indicated by 1101000111010.

In this way, by forming the identification information D on the photographic printing paper P and using this identification information D as an order number, for example,
The photographic image of the photographic print S and the printed image to be added thereto can be easily and accurately associated with each other.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the image forming apparatus, FIG. 6 is a view showing a photographic print, and FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line VII-VII of FIG.

In FIG. 5, reference numeral 21 is an image processing unit,
The image processing unit 21 includes an image memory 22 and an image input unit 2.
3, the print image input unit 24 and the image display unit 25 are connected. The image processing unit 21 may be any general computer having image processing capability. The image memory 22 may be any memory device such as an optical disk, a CD-ROM, a floppy disk, an IC card, etc., as long as it can directly transfer information to a computer. In addition, the information stored in the image memory 22 other than the repeatedly used information may be input each time using the keyboard, the mouse, the scanner or the like of the print image input unit 24.

The image input unit 23 may be any unit such as a scanner or a video camera as long as it can input a graphic image. The print image input unit 24 is composed of, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a scanner, etc., and the image display unit 25 is composed of a display.

The image memory 22 can store information of images to be added to the photographic print S input from the image input unit 23 and the print image input unit 24 and print image information such as characters. The image input unit 23 reads an image from a photographic print or a negative film, and inputs this image information into the image memory 22.

The image processing unit 21 uses the information from the image memory 22 and the information from the print image input unit 24 to print the print image 1c.
The layout such as the print position and print size is displayed on the image display unit 25. In this way, since the layout of the print image can be confirmed on the image display unit 25 in advance, error correction can be easily performed.

The information of the print image created or edited by the image processing unit 21 is sent to the printing device 27 under the control of the printer controller 26 and printed on the main image portion 1a and the non-image portion 1b of the photographic image of the photographic print S. The image 1c is thermally transferred.

The photographic print S created in this way
7, has a silver halide photosensitive element 11b carrying a main image on a support 11a of a photographic printing paper P, and a print image 1c is formed on a predetermined position of the silver halide photosensitive element 11b. It is configured to have the thermal transfer image layer 12 to be formed.

Regarding the character information, the image processing unit 2
1 or the printing device 27 may be provided with character font information in advance, and this may be called and used at the time of thermal transfer.

The printer 27 is, for example, a thermal transfer head 6.
0, a thermal transfer ribbon 61. This thermal transfer head 60
The mark detection sensor 200 is arranged in front of
The identification information D of the photographic printing paper P input by the photographic image printing apparatus 100 is converted into the mark detection sensor 200 of the printing apparatus 27.
The print information corresponding to the identification information D is output to the thermal transfer head 60.

The mark detecting sensor 200 may be of a transmissive type or a reflective type. The transmissive type is used when the identification information D is formed by a hole punch, and the reflective type is formed by either a hole punch or a burn. But you can use it.

The thermal transfer head 61 thermally transfers the thermal transfer ribbon 61 to the photographic print S conveyed by the platen roller 62 to form a printed image 1c on the main image portion 1a and the non-image portion 1b of the photographic print S. Thermal transfer ribbon 61
Is conveyed from the ribbon supply section 63 to the ribbon winding section 64. A thermal transfer printer is used as the printing device 27. The thermal transfer includes a melt type and a sublimation type, but the melt type is preferable from the viewpoint of clear printing. A thermal head is generally used in a thermal transfer printer, but it is 8 dots / m in terms of print quality.
A head having a dot density of m or more is preferable.

The thermal transfer printing method includes a line method and a serial method, but the line method is preferable from the viewpoint of printing speed. However, the serial method has an advantage that the dot density of printing can be easily increased, and is not limited to the line method. Further, by using a white ribbon as the thermal transfer ribbon 61, white characters or the like can be printed in the main image portion 1a of the photographic print S.

For the photographic print S, for example, Konica color paper type SR is used. This photographic print S is, as shown in FIGS.
A photographic image is printed from the negative film F by the photographic image printing apparatus 100 on the silver halide light-sensitive element 11b laminated on a, and the photographic image is developed. The silver halide light-sensitive element 11b refers to all the constituent layers on the side coated with the light-sensitive silver halide on the support 11a, and includes, for example, an undercoat layer, an emulsion layer, an intermediate layer and a protective layer.

This photographic print S was produced by subjecting Konica Color Paper Type SR to image printing, development, fixing and stabilization processing by NPS-501 manufactured by Konica. The size of the photographic print S is not specified, but, for example, A4 size, postcard size, service version or the like is used.

In this way, the photographic image is printed on the photographic printing paper P in advance and developed, and selected according to the identification information D on the main image portion 1a and the non-image portion 1b of the photographic image of the photographic print S. When the print image 1c is added to the photographic print S in order to form the printed image 1c, it is not necessary to create this additional information as a film, and the image on the photographic paper P is not scratched and is clear. It can be added with good print quality. Further, since the printing device 27 reads the identification information D input by the photographic image printing apparatus 100 and outputs the printing information corresponding to the identification information D,
When the print image 1c is added to the photographic print S, the photographic image and the print information can be correctly associated with each other, and printing errors can be easily and surely eliminated.

The thermal transfer printing may be performed immediately after the photographic print is produced in the laboratory, or may be performed at the photographic store in response to the user's request.

When performing thermal transfer printing in a laboratory, for example, a thermal transfer printer may be directly connected to an automatic photo developing machine to perform thermal transfer printing simultaneously with the automatic developing process.

Further, for example, in the case of making a post card, information (characters, illustrations, information that the orderer wants to add to the photo print S on the layout card at the photo store)
Ask them to write a blank part.

Then, the negative film and the layout card to be used are sent to the laboratory. Depending on the layout card, optionally a plurality of trimmed photo prints are made by a normal photo printing process. Necessary character information, illustration information, etc. separately described on the layout card are input to the computer by an input means such as a keyboard, a mouse, a scanner and a video camera.

The photographic print S after development is set in the printing device 27, information is sent from the computer to the thermal transfer printer, and necessary information is printed on the photographic print S. In this way, the finished photographic prints S are sorted, sent to the photo shop, and handed to the orderer.

FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing another embodiment of the image forming apparatus. In the image forming apparatus of this embodiment, the television camera 300 inputs the photographic image of the negative film F to the input computer 301. This input computer 30
Trim the negative image on the display of 1.
Subsequently, the character information is input from the keyboard 302, and the layout adjustment (trimming magnification,
Printing position). This input computer 3
The floppy disks 400-1 and 400 of which the order number is two, for example, are used as identification information together with characters and layout information of characters and trimming information at the time of printing.
-2 is input. The floppy disk 400-
1 is set in the photographic image printing apparatus 100, the photographic image is printed based on the trimming information in the floppy disk 400-1, and at the same time, the order number is added as identification information to the order break on the photographic paper. It On the other hand, the floppy disk 400-2 is set in the output computer 500.
The print information of -2 is output to the printer 27. And
The identification information D on the photographic printing paper P previously input by the photographic image printing apparatus 100 is read by the mark detection sensor of the printing apparatus 27, and the output computer 500 outputs the printing information corresponding to the identification information D to print the photograph. A print image is formed on S.

When the layout is edited on the input computer 301, two floppy disks 400-1 and 400-2 containing layout information are created, but the contents of the two floppy disks may or may not be the same. Is also good. However, the floppy disk 400-1 has at least all the information relating to the printing of the photographic image of the negative film F and the order number as the identification information, and the floppy disk 400-2 has at least all the information relating to the printed image, such as character information. , Print start position, etc., and identification information D
The order number must be included as.

These two types of information can be input only once
It is desirable that data be input to the floppy disks 400-1 and 400-2 at the same time, so that an input error in the input computer 301 can be reduced as much as possible.

At the time of editing the layout on the input computer 301, two floppy disks 400-1,
2 floppy disks 4 without using 400-2
The information input to 00-1 and 400-2 may be input to one floppy disk.

In the above-described embodiment, a thermal transfer printer is used as the printing device 27. The thermal transfer printer is simple and inexpensive and requires no maintenance, but the invention is not limited to this and a well-known ink jet printer is used. A current-carrying printer or the like can be used, and an inkjet printer can print in the same manner as a flat surface even if the surface is uneven, such as photographic printing paper having a silk surface.

FIG. 9 shows the principle of the ink jet printer. In this inkjet printer, the ink 90 is pressurized and heated based on the print information and ejected from the nozzle 91,
At this time, the nozzle 91 is vibrated to generate ink particles 92, which are placed on the photographic print S. The inkjet system includes a drop-on-demand type in which ink particles are generated even during recording and a continuous type in which ink particles are constantly generated in order to eliminate clogging of nozzles and are deposited on a recording paper when selected.

FIG. 10 shows the principle of the energizing printer. In this energization printer, the common electrode 93 and the individual electrode 94
And has a support 95 by energizing based on the print information.
Heats up, the ink 96 melts, and a print image is formed on the photographic image of the photographic print S.

[0048]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the identification information is input to the photographic paper by using the input means for adding the cut mark or the sort mark, the photographic print can be obtained by using the identification information. When a print image is added to, the photographic image can be correctly associated with the print information.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the identification information input to the photographic paper by the photographic image printing apparatus according to the first aspect is read by the printing device, and the printing information corresponding to the identification information is output. Therefore, when a print image is added to a photographic print, the photographic image and print information can be easily and correctly associated with each other, and printing errors can be eliminated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a photographic image printing apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a photographic printing paper.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a photographic printing paper.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific example of identification information.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an image forming apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a photographic print.

7 is a sectional view taken along line VII-VII of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a schematic configuration diagram showing another embodiment of the image forming apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the principle of an inkjet printer.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the principle of an energizing printer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 27 Printing device 100 Photo image printing device D Identification information P Printing paper S Photo print

Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification code Office reference number FI technical display location G03D 15/04 7810-2H

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A photographic image printing apparatus for printing a photographic image on photographic paper, the identification information being provided on the photographic paper, the cut mark corresponding to each photographic image printed on the photographic paper, or a predetermined number of photographic images. A photographic image printing apparatus, characterized in that input is made by using an input means for adding a sort mark. 2. An image forming apparatus for printing a photographic image on a photographic paper by a photographic image printing apparatus to develop the photographic image, and to form a print image on the developed photographic paper by a printer.
An image forming apparatus, wherein the printing apparatus reads the identification information formed on the printing paper by the photographic image printing apparatus according to claim 1 and outputs the printing information according to the identification information.