JPH08166665A - Processor system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a processor system capable of saving space and easily processing plural photosensitive materials. CONSTITUTION: The processor system 60 is composed of a color developing tank 64 and a bleach-fixing tank 66, and the processor parts 80 and 82 provided with the transporting racks 72A to 78A and 72B to 78B for the first and second water tanks 68 and 70. The transporting racks 72B to 78B arranged in the same process tank with the transporting racks 72A to 78A, are respectively provided with the deferent path length and constituted so as to be driven at the deferent speed by the independent motor. In this way, the photographic paper 12A and the photographic paper 12C for which the same processing liquid is available, but the processing time in the processing liquid should be changed, can be parallelly processed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a processor system in which an imagewise exposed light-sensitive material is immersed in a processing solution for development processing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the field of silver salt photography, after an image recorded on a document such as a negative film is exposed on another photosensitive material such as photographic paper, the photosensitive material is developed with a developing solution (color developing solution), A photographic print is obtained by developing with a processing solution such as a fixing solution (bleach-fixing solution). There is a printer processor in which a printer (exposure device) that exposes an image recorded on such a negative film onto a printing paper and a processor (developing device) that integrates the image-exposed printing paper are integrated. A printer processor used in a minilab or the like is set to perform printing on a standard size of E size or L size quickly.

In recent years, with the diversification of image processing, the demand for various print processing is increasing. To meet such requirements, for example, in addition to the requirement for reducing and enlarging an image recorded on a negative film on a photographic printing paper having a size different from a standard size (E size / L size) and exposing the same, as a photosensitive material. Is not only negative type photographic paper but also positive type photographic paper, O
Various photosensitive materials such as films for HP (over head projector) and photosensitive materials (printing paper) for digital printing have been used. Even in minilabs and the like, such various print processes are required.

In a processor for developing an imagewise exposed light-sensitive material, a conveying means for conveying the light-sensitive material, a processing liquid for processing the light-sensitive material, and respective processing liquids are appropriately processed in accordance with the type and size of the light-sensitive material. You must try to maintain your ability. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a plurality of processors according to the photosensitive material used.

[0005]

However, when a plurality of processors are provided, a large installation space is required and each of them must be operated individually, which complicates the developing process.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above facts, and an object of the present invention is to provide a processor system capable of processing various photosensitive materials without expanding the installation space.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a processor system, wherein an imagewise exposed light-sensitive material is sequentially dipped in a processing solution stored in each of a plurality of processing tanks arranged in succession for development. A processor system for processing, characterized in that a plurality of transfer racks are provided in each of the processing tanks, and a plurality of transfer means for transferring the photosensitive material are formed in the apparatus.

A processor system according to claim 2 is
2. The processor system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of transfer means include transfer means having different transfer speeds of the photosensitive material or different transfer lengths in any processing tank.

A processor system according to claim 3 is
A processor system for sequentially developing an image-exposed light-sensitive material by sequentially immersing it in a processing solution stored in each of a plurality of processing tanks arranged continuously, wherein a plurality of transport racks are provided in each of the processing tanks. And forming a plurality of conveying means for conveying the photosensitive material in the apparatus,
It is characterized in that a partition is provided in a part of the processing tank to partition a part of the conveying means so that the photosensitive material can be processed under different processing conditions.

A processor system according to claim 4 is
The processor system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the depth of the tank is changed within the processing tank according to the transfer length of each of the plurality of transfer racks.

[0011]

In the processor system according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of conveying means are provided in the apparatus, and the photosensitive material is conveyed while being developed. by this,
Using the same processing liquid without interfering with each other's processing,
Multiple photosensitive materials can be processed in parallel.

As described above, by providing a plurality of conveying means in the apparatus and processing the photosensitive material with the same processing liquid, a plurality of conveying means can be provided without expanding the installation space of the apparatus and complicating the inside. It is possible to secure the same processing capacity as that of the processor.

In the processor system according to the second aspect, different transporting means are provided, and by this, the time (processing time) in which the photosensitive material is dipped in the processing liquid can be changed. As a result, photosensitive materials having different processing times in arbitrary processing solutions can be processed in parallel.

There is a method of changing the processing time by the transfer means such as the length of the transfer path in the processing liquid (path length) or the transfer speed. Either one or both the path length and the transfer rate may be changed. As a result, it becomes possible to process the photosensitive materials in parallel, which could not be processed by the same apparatus because the processing time was different but the processing solutions could be processed by the same processing solution.

In the processor system according to the third aspect of the present invention, the processing condition of the photosensitive material is changed by partitioning a part of the processing tank. As a result, since the processing liquids are partially different, it is possible to perform the parallel processing of the photosensitive materials which have been processed by different apparatuses.

In this processor system, different processing liquids may be stored in the divided processing tanks, and the replenishment liquid (concentration) may be stored even if the charged liquids (processing liquids stored first; mother liquids) are the same. , The presence or absence of additives), the amount of replenisher or the temperature at which the photosensitive material can be optimally processed may be different. Such processing conditions need to be set according to the photosensitive material, but parallel processing of such photosensitive materials that need to be processed under different processing conditions becomes possible.

In the processor system according to the fourth aspect, the depth of the tank is changed in the same processing tank according to the transfer length (path length) of the transfer racks arranged. A transport rack having a short path length also has a small transport rack height, and the depth of the tank is changed according to the height of the transport rack. As a result, the capacity of the tank is reduced so that it is not necessary to store more processing liquid than necessary. As a result, the amount of processing liquid used can be suppressed, and the capacity of the heater for maintaining the processing liquid in the optimum temperature range for processing the photosensitive material is also reduced to increase the running cost of the apparatus. Can be suppressed.

For example, a plurality of conveying means are provided in order to process photosensitive materials of different sizes under the same processing conditions (processing time), and the path length of the conveying means corresponds to the photosensitive material which needs to be processed frequently. To increase the transport speed and increase the transport speed, so that the photosensitive material can be processed quickly, and when processing a photosensitive material having a small processing frequency, by processing at a low transport speed with a short path length, It is possible to suppress an increase in the running cost of the device.

The present invention can be applied to the processing of various light-sensitive materials used in the field of silver salt photography such as positive-type and negative-type printing papers and films. Parallel processing of different light-sensitive materials such as films can be performed.

[0020]

【Example】

[First Embodiment] FIGS. 1 and 2 show a processor system 10 applied to a first embodiment of the present invention. The processor system 10 is provided, for example, on a downstream side of a printing system (exposure device) (not shown) that performs image exposure on various photosensitive materials, and the photosensitive material image-exposed by the exposure device (for example, printing paper, hereinafter referred to as "printing paper"). Paper 12 "
It can be used in a minilab or the like for continuously obtaining a photographic print by continuously developing.

As shown in FIG. 1, this processor system 10 includes a processing solution processing section 14 for sequentially immersing a photographic printing paper 12 in a plurality of processing solutions, and a photosensitive material processed by the processing solution processing section 14. Is provided with a drying section 16 for performing a drying process. The processing liquid processing unit 14 includes a color developing tank 18 for storing a color developing solution, a bleach-fixing tank 20 for storing a bleach-fixing solution, and first and second washing tanks 22 for storing washing water in each.
24 are provided (hereinafter collectively referred to as "processing tank")
Say).

In each processing tank of the processing liquid processing section 14, a transfer rack 26 is provided at one end side of the printing paper 12 in the transfer width direction.
A, 28A, 30A, and 32A are provided, and a transport path for transporting, for example, the E-size and L-size width photographic printing paper 12A is formed. In addition, the transfer racks 26B, 28B, 30B, 3 and 3 are provided at the other widthwise end portions of the respective processing tanks.
2B is provided, and the width of the printing paper 12B is different from that of the printing paper 12A (for example, sheet-shaped printing paper of 8 × 10 size).
A transport path for transporting is formed.

As a result, the processing liquid processing unit 14 is integrally provided with the processor unit 34 for carrying and processing the printing paper 12A and the processing unit 36 for carrying and processing the printing paper 12B with the same processing liquid. Has become. Each of the transport racks 26A to 32B has a large number of rollers (not shown) provided between a pair of side plates, and these rollers are rotationally driven to transport the printing paper 12.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, in the processing liquid processing section 14, the processing liquids stored in the color developing tank 18, the bleach-fixing tank 20 and the first and second washing tanks 22 and 24, respectively. A circulation device 40 that circulates and uniformly stirs is provided. The circulation device 40 includes a circulation pump 42A for circulating a color developing solution, a bleach-fixing solution, and washing water,
42B, 42C, 42D, which are control devices 44
It is connected to the. These circulation pumps 42A to 42D
Is configured to return the treatment liquid sucked from the bottom of each treatment tank to the upper portion of each treatment tank to stir the treatment liquid in the treatment tank. The circulation pumps 42A to 42D may be driven by the same drive source, or may have separate drive sources.

Further, heaters 46A, 46B, 46C, 46D and a temperature sensor 48 are provided in each of the color developing tank 18, the bleach-fixing tank 20, and the first and second washing tanks 22, 24.
A, 48B, 48C, and 48D are provided, and the stored processing liquid is heated and maintained in a predetermined temperature range.

Therefore, the color developing tank 18 and the bleach-fixing tank 2
The color developing solution, the bleach-fixing solution, and the washing water in the first and second washing tanks 22 and 24 are maintained in a predetermined temperature range in which the photographic printing paper 12 can be treated with optimum quality by being uniformly stirred. . It should be noted that the circulation device 40 may be provided with heating means corresponding to the heaters 46A to 46D so as to circulate the treatment liquids and heat the treatment liquids so that the treatment liquids reach a predetermined temperature range.

In the processing liquid processing section 14, a replenishing liquid tank 5 for storing a replenishing liquid for a color developing solution and a bleach-fixing solution is stored.
0A and 50B are provided. In the color developing tank 18 and the bleach-fixing tank 20, the processing amount of the printing paper 12 (for example, the printing paper 1
2A, 12B, the processing area obtained from the processed length, etc.) from the replenisher tanks 50A, 50B to the replenisher pump 5
The replenisher is supplied by driving 2A and 52B. Water for dilution may be supplied together with the replenishing solution to the color developing tank 18 and the bleach-fixing tank 20, and the excess processing solution in the color developing tank 18 and the bleach-fixing tank 20 due to the supply of the replenishing solution. Is discharged through an overflow pipe (not shown).

The second washing tank 24 is supplied with washing water by water supply means (not shown), and the first washing tank 22 is supplied with water by a so-called cascade method. That is, the excess washing water in the second washing tank 24 overflows and is supplied to the first washing tank 22, and the excess washing water in the first washing tank 22 is It overflows from the washing tank 22 and is discharged.

On the other hand, the drying section 16 is supplied with warm air (dry air) of a predetermined temperature generated by a heater and a drying fan (not shown), and the photographic paper 12A,
12B is transported and dried while being blown with this warm air. The drying unit 16 includes the photographic paper 12 processed by each of the processor units 34 and 36.
A drying rack (not shown) for separately transporting A and 12B is provided, and the photographic printing papers 12A and 12B are separately transported by the drying rack and dried.

In the processor system 10, the transport racks 26A to 32B and a drying rack (not shown) are driven by the same drive source (not shown) so that the photographic printing paper 12 can be quickly transported at a substantially constant speed. ing. As a result, the processor sections 34 and 36 can process the photographic printing papers 12A and 12B under substantially the same processing conditions (for example, the time of immersion in each processing solution).

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. In this processor system 10, image-exposed E size /
When the L-size photographic printing paper 12A is sent from a printing system (exposure device) (not shown) to one processor section 34 of the processing liquid processing section 14, the photographic printing paper 12A is sequentially transferred by the transport racks 26A, 28A, 30A and 32A. Transport. As a result, the photographic printing paper 12A is soaked in the color developing solution, the bleach-fixing solution, and the washing water in that order for development processing. The photographic printing paper 12A that has undergone the development processing is sent from the processing liquid processing section 14 to the drying section 16 and is subjected to the drying processing by being blown with warm air (dry air) heated to a predetermined temperature in the drying section 16.

As described above, in the processor system 10, the image-exposed photographic printing paper 12A is quickly conveyed to the processor section 34 and the drying section 16 of the processing liquid processing section 14, and E
Finished and discharged as size / L size photo prints.

On the other hand, the printing paper 12B having a size different from that of the printing paper 12A is sent to the processor section 36 in the processor system 10 when imagewise exposed by an exposure device (not shown). In the processor section 36, the printing paper 12B is transferred to the transport racks 26B, 28B, 30B, 32.
While being conveyed by B, it is immersed in a color developing solution, a bleach-fixing solution, and washing water in this order for development processing, and then dried in a drying section 16 to be finished as a photographic print.

As described above, in the processor system 10, since the processor racks 34A to 32A and the carrier racks 26B to 32B are provided in the respective processing tanks to configure the processor units 34 and 36, the photographic paper 12A having different width sizes, 1
2B can be processed in parallel and quickly,
The mutual processing does not interfere.

Further, since the processor sections 34 and 36 process the photographic papers 12A and 12B of the same type, the same processing solution for processing the photographic papers 12A and 12B may be used, and the temperature control of each processing solution is possible. The control such as circulation and replenishment of the replenisher can be performed in the same manner as an apparatus for processing a single-size photosensitive material, and has a simple structure.

Therefore, it is not necessary to prepare separate developing devices (processors) according to the width dimension of the photosensitive material, and it is possible to process a plurality of photosensitive materials in a space-saving manner and simultaneously process a plurality of photosensitive materials. Nevertheless, maintenance such as operation of the device and management of replenisher can be performed very easily.

By providing the processor system 10 of this embodiment adjacent to a plurality of exposure devices or an exposure device for exposing the photographic paper 12 of a plurality of sizes to each other, the photographic paper 12 can be efficiently processed. Development processing can be enabled.

[Second Embodiment] FIGS. 3 and 4 show a processor system 60 applied to a second embodiment of the present invention. In the second embodiment, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof is omitted.

Processor system 60 shown in FIG.
The processing liquid processing section 62 includes a color developing tank 64, a bleach-fixing tank 66, and first and second washing tanks 68 and 70 as processing tanks. In the processing liquid processing unit 62, a transport rack 72A provided in the color developing tank 64 to the second water washing tank 70,
74A, 76A, and 78A form a processor unit 80 that conveys and processes the photographic printing paper 12A, and transport racks 72B, 74B, 76B, and 78B are provided side by side in the transport tanks 72A to 78A in each processing tank. The rack 72B to 78B constitutes a processor unit 82.

The processor section 82 processes the printing paper 12C which cannot be processed by the processor section 80. The photographic paper 12C is an example of a photosensitive material processed by the processor unit 82. In the processor unit 82, the photographic paper 12A has the same processing time as the photographic paper 12A but has a different size, or the photographic paper 12A is processed. It is possible to process light-sensitive materials of different times.

As shown in FIG. 4, each of the color developing tank 64, the bleach-fixing tank 66, and the first and second washing tanks 68, 70 is shallow on the processor section 82 side. Transport racks 72B, 74B, 76 that match the shallow depth
B and 78B are arranged. That is, each of the transport racks 72 </ b> B to 78 </ b> B for configuring the processor unit 82 is the transport rack 7 for configuring the processor unit 80.
The length of the transport path (path length) is shorter than 2A to 78A.

As shown in FIG. 3, the processor unit 8
The driving force from the drive motor 84 that drives at a constant speed is transmitted to the transport racks 72A to 78A of 0 and the drying rack 16A on the processor unit 80 side in the drying unit 16A. , Photographic paper 12A
Is set to be processed quickly while being transported at a constant speed.

Further, the transport rack 7 of the processor unit 82
2B to 78B and the drying rack 16B of the drying unit 16 include
The driving force of the drive motor 86 is transmitted. The drive speed of the drive motor 86 can be set arbitrarily. For example, the drive motor 86 is driven at a speed set by operating a key on an operation panel (not shown).
As a result, in the processor unit 82, the printing paper 12C
Is conveyed and processed at an arbitrary speed set.

The conveyance speed in the processor section 82, that is, the drive speed of the drive motor 86 is set so that the photographic paper 12C can be processed in an optimum state.
It is set according to the processing time required for. The transport path length of the drying rack 16B may be different from the transport path length of the drying rack 16A so that the drying time is optimized.

The color developing tank 64, the bleach-fixing tank 66, and the first and second washing tanks 68, 7 of the processor system 60.
0, heaters 46A-D, temperature sensors 48A-48
D, circulation device 40 and replenisher replenishing mechanism (replenishment tank 50
A and 50B and replenishing liquid pumps 52A and 52B are provided (all are not shown) so that the photographic papers 12A and 12C can be processed in an optimum state.

In the processor system 60 constructed as described above, when the photographic printing paper 12A exposed by the exposure device (not shown) on the upstream side is fed to the processor section 80, the photographic paper 12A is rapidly conveyed by the conveying racks 72A to 78A to develop color. After being developed by sequentially immersing it in a developing solution, a bleach-fixing solution, and washing water, a drying process is performed in a drying section 16 to finish. That is, in the processor unit 80,
The photographic paper 12A is continuously processed while being conveyed at a constant speed.

In the processor system 60, when the image-exposed photographic paper 12C is sent to the processor section 82, the photographic paper 12C is transported to the transport racks 72B to 72B.
While being conveyed at a speed set in advance by 8B, it is immersed in a color developing solution, a bleach-fixing solution, and washing water for processing, and then dried in a drying section 16.

Printing paper 12C in this processor section 82
Since the conveyance speed can be arbitrarily changed, any photographic paper 12C having different processing conditions (processing time) from the photographic paper 12A can be processed in an optimum state. In addition, photographic paper 12
Even if the processing time is the same as that of A, and the processing unit 80 has a size that cannot be processed, development processing can be performed.

As described above, in the processor system 60, the photosensitive materials (for example, the photographic paper 12A,
12C) can be developed in parallel without interfering with each other. Further, one processor unit 80 can quickly process the same printing paper 12A, and the other processor unit 82 changes the processing time each time according to the printing paper 12C to be processed,
Each can be processed in optimal conditions.

At this time, each processing solution such as the color developing solution, the bleach-fixing solution, and the washing water maintains the processing performance in the same manner as in a single apparatus, whereby a plurality of photosensitive materials having different processing times can be processed. The processing can be made extremely easy. Also,
By changing the depth of each processing tank, it is not necessary to increase the capacity of each processing tank more than necessary, and it is possible to prevent an increase in the running cost of the equipment by storing a large amount of processing liquid in each processing tank. can do.

Such a processor system 60
Can be processed with the same processing liquid, but is provided on the downstream side of an exposure device or a plurality of exposure devices that image-wise exposes a photosensitive material for which the processing time needs to be changed, so that the photosensitive material can be processed efficiently. It can be possible. Further, when processing a light-sensitive material that is less frequently processed, the transport rack 7
2B-78B path length is shortened to transport racks 72B-7
8B is made smaller than the transport racks 72A to 78A, and the depth of the bath in which the transport racks 72B to 78B are accommodated is made shallow, whereby the amount of the treatment liquid stored in each treatment bath is suppressed. As a result, it is possible to more efficiently suppress an increase in the running cost of the device.

As a method of changing the processing time of the printing paper 12A and the printing paper 12C, the path length in each processing tank may be the same and only the transport speed may be changed. When the processing amount of 12C is small, the path length is shortened to reduce the transfer racks 72B to 78B, and the processing tanks in which the transfer racks 72B to 78B are arranged are made shallow. It is no longer necessary to increase the amount of processing liquid used more than necessary.

[Third Embodiment] FIGS. 5 and 6 show a processor system 100 according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In the third embodiment, the first embodiment or the second embodiment
The same parts as those of the above are given the same reference numerals and the description thereof is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 5, the processor system 100 includes a color developing tank 10 containing a color developing solution.
2. The bleach-fixing tank 104 storing the bleach-fixing solution and the first,
The processing unit 106 includes the second liquid washing tanks 68 and 70, and the drying unit 16. Each of the color developing tank 102 and the bleach-fixing tank 104 of the processing liquid processing unit 106 has partition walls 108A and 108B provided in the central portion.
Has been divided into multiple. In this example,
As an example, the color developing tanks 102A and 102B and the bleach-fixing tanks 104A and 104B are divided.

A transport rack 72 is provided in each of the color developing tanks 102A and 102B and the bleach-fixing tanks 104A and 104B.
A, 72B, 74A and 74B are arranged. Also,
The first and second washing tanks 68, 70 include transfer racks 76A,
76B, 78A and 78B are provided, and the color developing tank 102A, the bleach-fixing tank 104A and the first and second washing tanks 6 are provided.
A processor unit 110 is formed between 8 and 70, and a processor unit 112 is formed between the color developing tank 102B, the bleach-fixing tank 104B and the first and second washing tanks 68 and 70.

Each transfer rack 72 of the processor unit 110
A driving force is transmitted from the driving motor 84 to the A to 78A, whereby the processor unit 1
In FIG. 10, the photographic printing paper 12A can be quickly conveyed and developed.

The driving force from the driving motor 86 is transmitted to each of the transport racks 72B to 78B of the processor section 112. This processor part 11
In No. 2, the photosensitive material and mother liquor to be treated with a different processing solution (color developing solution, bleach-fixing solution, etc.) are different from those of the printing paper 12A, but the processing components such as processing solutions having different replenishers have substantially different components. It is possible to store liquids and processing liquids having different processing conditions such as the processing liquid temperature at the time of optimal processing. In the third embodiment below, this processor unit 1
The photosensitive material processed in 12 will be described as a printing paper 12D.

As shown in FIG. 6, the processor unit 1
In the color developing tank 102A, the bleach-fixing tank 104A, and the second water washing tanks 68 and 70, the processing devices are circulated by the circulation device 40, and the heaters 46A to 46D and the temperature sensors 48A to 48D are arranged in a predetermined temperature range. Further, the color developing tank 102A and the bleach-fixing tank 104A are replenished with the replenishing liquid by the replenishing liquid pumps 52A and 52B according to the processing of the printing paper 12A.

A circulation device 114 is provided in the color developing tank 102B and the bleach-fixing tank 104B of the processor section 112.
The processing liquid is circulated by the circulating pumps 116A and 116B provided as above, and is maintained in a predetermined temperature range by the heaters 118A and 118B and the temperature sensors 120A and 120B. Furthermore, color developing tank 1
02B, bleach-fixing tank 104B, replenisher pump 122
The replenishing liquid is supplied from the replenishing liquid tanks 124A and 124B according to the processing amount of the printing paper 12D by A and 122B.

In the processor system 100 configured as described above, when the image-exposed photographic paper 12A is sent to the processor section 110, the photographic paper 12A is conveyed by the conveying racks 72A to 78A while the inside of the color developing tank 102A is being conveyed. Of the color developing solution, the bleach-fixing solution in the bleaching-fixing tank 104A, and the washing water in the first and second washing tanks 68 and 70, respectively, to be treated, and then dried in the drying section 16 to obtain a photograph. Finish as a print.

Further, in the processor system 100,
When the photographic printing paper 12D that has undergone image exposure is sent to the processor unit 112 from an exposure device (not shown), the photographic printing paper 12D is transported by the transport racks 72B to 78B while the color developing solution in the color developing tank 102B and the bleach-fixing tank are being transported. Bleach-fixing solution in 104B and first and second washing tanks 68, 7
After being sequentially dipped in washing water in 0 to treat the treatment solution, the drying section 16 performs a drying treatment for finishing.

As described above, in the processor system 100, the photographic printing paper 12A has substantially different processing liquids and processing conditions.
Each of the 12D can be finished in the optimum state. At this time, the separate processor units 110 and 11 are simply
By supplying a part that can be supplied instead of integrating the two, space can be saved and the structure can be simplified, and the operation for developing the photosensitive material can be facilitated.

In the first to third embodiments, the processor system for continuously processing the photosensitive material image-exposed by the exposure device (not shown) has been described.
This does not limit the configuration of the present invention.

For example, in Examples 1 to 3, a color developing solution, a bleach-fixing solution, and washing water were used as the processing solutions.
The present invention is not limited to this, and various processing solutions suitable for the photosensitive material such as a developing solution, a bleaching solution, a fixing solution, a stabilizing bath solution and a rinse solution can be used.

In the present embodiment, the photographic paper is processed as the photosensitive material. However, the processor system to which the present invention is applied is not limited to photographic paper and various photosensitive materials such as films are processed. The photosensitive material may be a negative type or a positive type. Any material that can optimally process such various photosensitive materials with an efficient structure may be used.

The present invention also relates to a film processor for developing and processing a light-sensitive material imagewise exposed by photographing a negative film or the like, and a photographic printing paper for recording an image recorded on the negative film developed by the film processor. In a photographic processing device that integrates an exposure unit that exposes the photosensitive material such as, and a photographic paper processor that develops the photographic paper image-exposed by this exposure unit, each of the photographic paper processor and the film processor Can be applied. As a result, it is possible to integrally process different types of photosensitive materials exposed according to the image recorded on the film together with the processing of different films.

By integrating the film processor and the photographic paper processor, the above photographic processing apparatus can be constituted by a single processing liquid processing section and exposure apparatus.

As described above, the present invention can be configured in various ways. As a result, an optimum processor system can be constructed in a space-saving manner in accordance with diversified various image processing requirements. The operation of development processing becomes easy.

[0069]

As described above, the processor system of the present invention can process a plurality of photosensitive materials in parallel under desired processing conditions. At this time, as compared with the case where a plurality of processor systems having the same function are arranged side by side, the installation space of the device can be narrowed, and the excellent effect that the operation and maintenance of the device are easy can be obtained.

Further, when the photosensitive materials are processed in parallel, the bottom of the processing tank on the side having a relatively small processing amount is made shallow and the amount of the processing liquid to be constantly stored is reduced, thereby reducing the running cost of the apparatus. Can be achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a configuration of a processor system applied to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a processor system applied to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view showing the configuration of a processor system applied to the second embodiment.

4A and 4B are schematic configuration diagrams of a processor unit applied to the second embodiment, respectively.

FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view showing the configuration of a processor system applied to the third embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram of a processor unit applied to the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10, 60, 100 Processor system 12 (12A-12D) Printing paper 14, 62, 106 Processing liquid processing section 16 Drying section 18, 64, 102A, 102B Color developing tank (processing tank) 20, 66, 104A, 104B Bleach fixing Tank (treatment tank) 22, 68 First water washing tank (treatment tank) 24, 70 Second water washing tank (treatment tank) 26A, 28A, 30A, 32A Transport rack (transport means) 26B, 28B, 30B, 32B Transport rack ( Conveying means) 72A, 74A, 76A, 78A Conveying racks (conveying means) 72B, 74B, 76B, 78B Conveying racks (conveying means)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A processor system for sequentially developing an image-exposed light-sensitive material by sequentially immersing it in a processing solution stored in each of a plurality of processing tanks arranged in succession, wherein each of the processing tanks is processed. 1. A processor system, comprising: a plurality of transport racks provided in the apparatus to form a plurality of transport means for transporting the photosensitive material in the apparatus. 2. The processor system according to claim 1, wherein among the plurality of conveying means, a conveying means having a different conveying speed of the photosensitive material or a conveying length in any one of the processing tanks is included. 3. A processor system for sequentially developing an image-exposed photosensitive material by sequentially immersing it in a processing solution stored in each of a plurality of processing tanks arranged in succession, wherein each of the processing tanks is processed. A plurality of transport racks are provided in the apparatus to form a plurality of transport means for transporting the photosensitive material in the apparatus, and a partition is provided in a part of the processing tank to partition a part of the transport means. A processor system characterized by being able to process materials under different processing conditions. 4. The processor system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the depth of the bath is changed in accordance with the transport length of each of the plurality of transport racks inside the processing bath.