JPH09160135A - Method for preparing index print - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the correspondence of negative film to an index print easy-to- view by forming one row of the frame arrangement of the index print in the same unit as that of the arrangement of pieces of the negative film housed in a negative bag and arranging the frame pictures of the respective rows in the same arrangement as that of the corresponding frame pictures of the pieces of the negative film. SOLUTION: The index print 20 of the negative film 2 is prepared for every negative film. The pictures 21 on the negative film 2 are reduced and laid out side by side, and a frame number 22 is printed to each picture so as to be convenient to order extra printing. The index print 20 has the frame arrangement of plural rows and the frame arrangement is formed in the same unit as the pieces of the negative film housed in the negative bag 3. In the frame arrangement of the first row, the reduced pictures corresponding to the pictures of two frames whose frame number is 1 and 2 exist after a blank part 20B equivalent to four frames. The frame arrangement of the second and succeeding rows is formed in the same manner, so that the correspondence of the index print to the respective frame pictures of the negative film becomes easy-to-view.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for producing an index print, and more particularly to a method for producing an index print from a negative film contained in a negative bag.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known an index print, that is, one in which frame images photographed on one negative film are collectively printed as a small positive image and printed on one color paper so as to be convenient for an order when reprinting. , And various methods and devices for making the same have been proposed. (For example, JP-A-6-266018 and JP-A-7-140563.
No.) When printing color photographs of popular size from a negative film, these methods and devices read an image from a negative film with an image reading device, convert it into digital image data, and then use a digital printer to print the leading edge of all prints or Images of reduced size of all frames are printed as index prints at the trailing edge. The index print format is generally a matrix of frames arranged vertically and horizontally.

[0003]

Since the index print is created so as to be convenient for reprinting orders, a frame number is printed as a part of each frame image of the index print. I'm supposed to order. When ordering, it is usually sufficient, but sometimes you may want to see the negatives before ordering.

For example, when the same scene or a large number of subjects are photographed under different photographing conditions, there is a difference in aptitude of exposure, and there is a situation in which it is desired to use a negative of optimum exposure when reprinting, especially when stretching, but in printing. Even if the images were taken under different conditions, prints with almost no change were made by automatic exposure compensation, and the difference is not clearly seen especially in index prints with a small image size. In addition, since the size is small, it may not be possible to determine the quality of details. In such a case, the exposure will be evaluated by looking directly at the negative film, but when there are many consecutive same scenes, it is often unclear which negative corresponds to which print, It may cause a mistake in specifying the negative.

Therefore, there is a demand for an index print whose correspondence with a negative film image is easy to see.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an index print and a method of creating the index print in which the correspondence with each frame image of a negative film can be easily seen in response to this demand.

[0007]

In the index print according to the present invention, one row of the index print frame array is formed in the same unit as the negative film pieces stored in the negative bag, and the images of the frames of each row correspond to each other. It is characterized by being arranged in the same arrangement as the image of each frame of the negative film piece.

The index print producing method according to the present invention is a method for producing an index print from a negative film stored in a negative bag, wherein one row of the frame arrangement of the index print is stored in each negative sleeve of the negative bag. Formed in the same unit as the negative film piece,
The index print is created such that the frame image of each line of the index print has the same arrangement as the frame image of the negative film piece corresponding to the line of the index print.

Here, to make an index print "from a negative film stored in a negative bag" means that it may be either a negative film before being stored in the negative bag or a negative film after being stored. Is. That is, the index print may be created before the negative film is stored in the negative bag, or may be created by taking out the negative film stored in the negative bag from the negative bag.

The printing method is to cut the developed negative film into pieces of negative film having a length that can be accommodated in a negative bag, and then from the tip of the negative film piece including the tip of the negative film to the position of the first frame. Can be measured, and an index print of the first line can be created with a blank portion having a length corresponding to the distance. For example, when printing a photo from a piece of negative film, measure the distance from the edge of the piece of negative film to the position of the frame to be printed first, and leave a blank part of the length corresponding to that distance to index the first row. A print may be created.

[0011]

According to the index print of the present invention, one row of a frame array is formed in the same unit as a negative film piece stored in a negative bag, and the frame image of each row is the same as the corresponding frame image of the negative film piece. Because it is arranged in an array,
Correspondence between each frame image of the index print and each frame image of the negative film is very easy to see, and it becomes easy to confirm the ordered frame by the negative when reordering, and it is possible to prevent a negative designation error.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of an index print and a method of making the same according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a negative film stored in a negative bag.

As shown in FIG. 1, one piece of the negative film 2 is divided into several pieces of negative film 2a to 2e (length corresponding to 6 frames) whose length can be stored in the negative bag 3. Cut and store in negative bag 3. First negative film piece 2a
Has a blank portion 2B from its tip to a frame 2A to be printed first. The length of the blank portion 2B varies depending on the situation after the film is loaded in the camera and the first frame is photographed. Further, each negative sleeve of one negative bag 3 usually accommodates each negative film piece 2a to 2e of one negative film 2. For example, in the illustrated example, the first negative film piece 2a has images of two frames with frame numbers 1 and 2 after the blank portion 2B and has a second film piece 2b.
Has images of 6 frames with frame numbers 3 to 8. Less than,
The third to fifth film pieces 2c to 2e have images with frame numbers 9 to 14, 15 to 20 and 21 to 24, respectively, and the fifth film piece 2e has two frames after the image with frame number 24. Has a blank portion 2C corresponding to.

Index print 2 of negative film 2
0 is created for each negative film, and the image 21 of the negative film 2 is reduced and arranged side by side as shown in FIG. 2, and a frame number 22 is added to each image so that it is convenient for an additional order.
Is printed.

The index print 20 has a plurality of rows of frame arrays 20a to 20e, and each frame array is formed in the same unit as the negative film pieces 2a to 2e accommodated in the negative bag 3, and the first line is formed. The frame array 20a of 4 has a reduced image corresponding to the images of the two frames of frame numbers 1 and 2 after the blank portion 20B corresponding to 4 frames, and the frame array 20b of the second row has 6 frames of the frame numbers 3-8. And a reduced image corresponding to the image of
0c to 20e are frame numbers 9 to 14 and 15 to 2, respectively.
The reduced image corresponding to images 0, 21 to 24 is included, and the frame array 20e on the fifth line has a blank portion 20C corresponding to two frames after the reduced image with the frame number 24.

The index print thus formed is formed in the same unit as the negative film piece stored in the negative bag, and the frame arrangement of each row is the same as the frame image of the corresponding negative film piece. There is. Therefore,
The correspondence with each frame image of the negative film can be easily seen.

Next, an embodiment of the index print creating apparatus for carrying out the index print creating method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

An image of the negative film 2 set in front of the light source 30 is printed on the paper 32 by an optical printer including the light source 30 and the lens 31. At this time, the image on the negative film 2 is read by the image reading device 33, and the read image data is stored in the memory 3 of the image processing unit 36.
4 is stored as digital image data, and the stored digital image data is sent to the index print formatter 37 via the control unit 35 and printed as an index print on the paper 32 by the digital printer 38.

The negative film 2 is fed one frame each time each image is printed, and when the printing of the length of the negative film pieces (six frames) stored in the negative bag is completed,
The cutter 39 cuts the negative film pieces 2 a to 2 e, and the negative film pieces 2 a to 2 e are stored in the tray 40. The first negative film piece 2a of the negative film 2 includes the blank portion 2A.

When this index print producing apparatus prints an index print corresponding to the leading end portion of one negative film, the distance of the blank portion 2B from the leading end of the negative film 2 to the position of the frame 2A to be printed first. Is measured using, for example, the data from the image reading device 33, the data of this distance is stored in the memory 34 of the image processing unit 36 together with the read image data, and the formatter 37 of the index print is transmitted via the control unit 35.
To the paper 32 by the digital printer 38.
Then, the reduced image 21 is printed as an index print together with the blank portion 20B corresponding to the distance.

In this way, the frame array 20a of the first row of the index print 20 corresponding to the first film piece 2a of the negative film 2 is printed. Below 2
In the index print frame arrays 20b to 20d corresponding to the first to fourth film pieces 2b to 2d, reduced images of 6 frames each are sequentially printed. A reduced image of four frames is printed on the frame array 20e on the fifth line of the index print corresponding to the fifth film piece 2e,
After that, a blank for two frames is provided.

The index print may be prepared before the negative film is stored in the negative bag,
It may be created by taking out from the negative bag after it is stored in the negative bag.

Further, in the above embodiment, the distance from the tip of the negative film piece to the position of the first frame is measured at the time of printing, but the developed negative film has a length such that it can be stored in the negative bag. The distance may be measured before cutting into the negative film piece, or of course, after cutting and before printing.

Further, in the above embodiment, the printing from the negative film is performed by the optical printer and the index printing is performed by the digital printer. However, these two types of printing may be performed by one printer. Good. For example, a negative printer image is read by an image reading device into digital image data, and then a laser printer that prints a photographic image on paper with a laser beam modulated by the image data is used. You can also choose to do so. That is, both the negative film image information and the index print information are input to one laser printer, and both the negative film image and the index print data are indexed on the same paper, for example, before or after the negative film print. You can print as the print comes. This makes it possible to simplify the structure of the entire printer and to perform various kinds of image processing such as gradation processing, color correction, etc. on the image data of the negative film, thus adding various added values to the photo printing process. It will be possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a negative film stored in a negative bag.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an index print printed in the same arrangement as a negative film stored in a negative bag by the index print creating method according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of an apparatus for carrying out the index print creating method according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Negative film 2a to 2b Negative film pieces 2A and 2B Blank part 3 Negative bag 20 Index print 21 Image of negative film 2 22 Frame number 20a to 20e Frame array 30 Light source 31 Lens 32 Paper 33 Image reading device 36 Image processing unit 34 Memory 35 Control Unit 37 Formatter 38 Digital Printer 39 Cutter 40 Tray

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A method of producing an index print from a negative film stored in a negative bag, wherein one row of a frame array of the index print has the same unit as a negative film piece stored in each negative sleeve of the negative bag. A method for creating an index print, characterized in that the index print is created such that the frame images of the respective rows of the index print formed in the above are arranged in the same arrangement as the frame images of the negative film pieces corresponding to the rows of the index print. 2. After cutting the developed negative film into pieces of negative film having a length that can be accommodated in the negative bag, the distance from the tip of the negative film piece including the tip of the negative film to the position of the first frame is measured. The method for producing an index print according to claim 1, wherein the index print of the first row is produced by measuring and leaving a blank portion having a length corresponding to the distance. 3. When printing a photograph from the negative film piece, the distance from the tip of the negative film piece to the position of the frame to be printed first is measured, and a blank portion having a length corresponding to the distance is measured. The index print creating method according to claim 1, wherein the index print of the first row is created. 4. One row of a frame array is formed in the same unit as the negative film pieces stored in the negative bag, and the images of the frames of each row are arranged in the same array as the image of each frame of the corresponding negative film piece. Index print that is characterized by.