JPH11352596A - Photographic processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily confirm the image of a printing form, selected by the screen of a display device at the time of printing by providing a printing form display function for displaying the image chart of the printing form selected by an input device. SOLUTION: When operation mode is switched to a mode for setting the printing form, the item of a digital print finish size is displayed together with various kinds of the setting items of the printing form on the monitor screen 20 of the display device. The image chart corresponding to each printing form is set at the printing form displaying function of a controller. When the operation mode is switched to the mode to explain the digital print finish, a designation B and the image chart C of the printing form selected by the operation of the inputting device with the item of the print finish size are displayed on the monitor screen 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a photographic processor which selects a desired form from a plurality of types of print forms set in advance and prints an image of a developed film with the selected form.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a photographic processor of this kind is, for example,
An image reading device for reading the image of each frame of the developed film, an exposure unit for printing the image read by the image reading device on photographic paper, and a development process for developing the photographic paper exposed by the exposure unit And a control device that controls the driving of the print processing device based on image data from the image reading device.

When a printing process is performed by the print processing apparatus, an image on the developed film is read by an image reading device, and the exposure device is operated by a control device based on the read data, and the image is printed on photographic paper. Then, the photographic paper is developed by a development processing device to finish the print. In the above-described photo processing machine, a plurality of types of forms that can be printed by the print processing device are set in the control device in advance, and are displayed on the screen of the display device by a key operation of the input device during the printing process. A desired form is selected from the name of the form, and a film image is printed by the selected form.

[0004]

However, in the above-described photographic processor, as described above, since a plurality of types of print forms are prepared, it is difficult for the operator to learn the specific aspects of all the print forms. Therefore, as in the conventional case, when the type of the form to be printed is selected from its name, it is necessary to confirm the specific form of the form to be selected each time, for example, by using an instruction manual. As a result, there is a problem that the time required for the printing process becomes long.

The present invention has been developed in view of the above circumstances. It is an object of the present invention to provide a photographic processing apparatus which allows a user to easily confirm an image of a selected print form on a screen of a display device during a printing process. Is to do.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a print processing apparatus for printing a film image, a control apparatus for controlling the print processing apparatus, and a control apparatus for controlling the print processing apparatus. A display device and an input device connected to the control device are provided. By operating the input device, one of a plurality of types of print forms set in the control device is selected, and the image of the film is printed by the form. The photographic processor has a print form display function of displaying an image of the print form selected by the input device on the screen of the display device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the photographic processor of the first aspect, an image to be printed by the print processing device is displayed in an image diagram of the print form displayed on the screen of the display device. It was.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a photographic processor according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The photographic processor shown in FIG. 1 basically includes a scanner 1 as an image reading device that reads an image of each frame of a developed film F, and a display device that displays an image read by the scanner 1 on a monitor screen 20. 2, a print processing device 3 for printing the image read by the scanner 1, a control device 4 for controlling these constituent members 1, 2, and 3, and various kinds of information and the like. And an input device 5 for inputting.

The print processing apparatus 3 includes a digital exposure mechanism 3a for printing each image read by the scanner 1 on the photographic paper P, and a development processing for developing the photographic paper P exposed by the exposure mechanism 3a. And a mechanism 3b,
After each image read by the scanner 1 is printed on the photographic paper P by the exposure mechanism 3a, the photographic paper P is developed by the development processing mechanism 3b to finish the print.

The control device 4 includes a microcomputer, and has an image correction function 41 for correcting an image read by the scanner 1 on a program of the microcomputer.
An image display function 42 for displaying an image read by the scanner 1 on the monitor screen 20 of the display device 2, a print form setting function 43 in which a plurality of types of print forms are set, and a print form selected by the input device 5. And a print form display function 44 for displaying the image diagram on the monitor screen 20 of the display device 2. By the operation of the input device 5, a print form setting function 43 is set. You can choose one.

Specifically, the program of the control device 4 includes:
A mode of “print form setting” and a mode of “digital print finish description” are constructed, and the input device 5
As the control device 4 is switched to the “print form setting” mode by the key operation of “”, the “print form setting” image shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the monitor screen 20 of the display device 2. As the control device 4 is switched to the “digital print finish explanation” mode by the operation, the monitor screen 20 of the display device 2 displays
The "Digital print finish explanation" image shown in FIG. 3 is displayed.

FIG. 4 shows the print form setting function 43.
Are set in advance, and at the time of print processing, by operating the keys of the input device 2,
When switching to the "Print Form Settings" mode,
As shown in FIG. 2, the item A of “finished digital print size” is displayed on the monitor screen 20 of the display device 2 together with various setting items of the print form.

In the print form display function 44, an image diagram corresponding to each of the 24 types of print forms set in the print form setting function 43 is set. When the mode is switched to the “Digital print finish description” mode, the display form displays the name B of the print form selected in the item “Digital print finish size” A and the image C in the “Print form setting” mode in the above-mentioned “Print form setting” mode. 2 is displayed on the monitor screen 20.

The image diagram of, for example, "multi-ID" in the 24 types of print forms shown in FIG. 4 is the mode shown in FIG. 5, and the image diagram of, for example, "W135" is the mode shown in FIG. On the other hand, the input device 5
As shown schematically in FIG. 1, the print form setting function 43 comprises a keyboard provided with a MENU key, a SHIFT key, a PASS key, a START key and the like.
When the user selects one of the print forms set by the user using the input device 5, the cursor is moved to the item A of the "finished digital print size" on the screen of the "print form setting" mode shown in FIG. Above, P
The desired form is selected by the operation of the ASS key, and after inputting each item in the mode of the “print form setting”, the mode is switched to the “digital print finish explanation” mode by the operation of the SHIFT key. As shown in FIG. 4, an image of the selected print form is displayed on the screen 20 of the display device 2 via the print form display function 44.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes a negative mask unit mounted on the exposure mechanism 3a of the print processing apparatus 3. Thus, in the photographic processing apparatus described above, the developed film F is set in the negative mask unit 11, the image of each frame of the developed film F is read by the scanner 1, and the necessary correction is performed by the image correction function 42. Is added, the printing is started by the print processing device 3 by the key operation of the input device 5.

In the above-described print processing, a print form is converted into a desired format, for example, "mini-multi".
In order to set the print mode, the control device 4 is switched to the “print form setting” mode by a key operation of the input device 5, and the cursor is moved to the “print form setting” mode screen displayed on the monitor screen 20 of the display device 2. After adjusting to item A of "Digital print finish size",
By operating the PASS key arbitrarily, "mini multi" is selected.

At the time when each item has been input in the "print form setting" mode, the input device 5
When the SHIFT key is operated, the mode is switched to the “digital print finish explanation” mode, and as shown in FIG. 3, the image diagram C and the name B of the selected “mini multi” print form are displayed on the monitor screen 2 of the display device 2.
It is displayed at 0.

Therefore, the operator can immediately and intuitively confirm the image of the selected print form only by looking at the monitor screen 20 of the display device 2, so that there is no mistake in the selection of the print form, and the printing process is not performed. Can be shortened as a whole, and the operator does not need to learn the specific form of the print form, so that even those who are not familiar with the machine can easily perform the printing process.

In the above embodiment, the SHI of the input device 5
By switching to the “digital print finish explanation” mode by operating the FT key, an image diagram of a print form as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed.
By switching to the “Digital print finish explanation” mode, as shown in FIG. 7, in the image diagram C of the print form displayed on the monitor screen 20, the images D1 to D8 to be subjected to the print processing by the print processing device 3 are displayed. You may make it display via the display function 42.

With the above configuration, the image of the selected print form can be checked immediately and intuitively, and it is possible to eliminate mistakes in the selection of the print form. Can be confirmed, and the image to be printed is displayed on the monitor screen 20 of the display device 2. By installing the photo processing device at the store, a so-called demonstration effect can be obtained for the customer. It is.

[0021]

According to the photographic processor of the first aspect, a print processing apparatus for performing print processing of a film image is provided.
A control device for controlling the print processing device, comprising a display device and an input device connected to the control device, by operating the input device, selecting one of a plurality of types of print forms set in the control device, In a photographic processor configured to print a film image using the form, a print form display function of displaying an image diagram of the print form selected by the input device on a screen of a display device is provided. The user can intuitively confirm the form of the selected print form simply by looking at the image diagram displayed on the screen of the display device via the PC. However, there is no need to memorize the specific form of the print form. Print processing is also in the stomach's easy, it is possible to shorten the time required for the printing process as a whole.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the photographic processing apparatus according to the first aspect, an image to be printed by the print processing device is displayed in an image diagram of the print form displayed on the screen of the display device. By doing so, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, it is possible to confirm an image that is substantially the same as the actual print. A demonstration effect is obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a photographic processor according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a monitor screen in a print form setting mode.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a monitor screen in a digital print finish explanation mode.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing types of print forms set in a print form setting function 43.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an image diagram of a print form.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an image diagram of a print form.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing another display example of the monitor screen in the digital print finish explanation mode.

[Explanation of symbols]

 F film 2 display device 3 print processing device 4 control device 44 print form display function 5 input device

Claims (2)

[Claims] A print processing device for printing a film image; a control device for controlling the print processing device; a display device and an input device connected to the control device; In a photographic processor in which one of a plurality of types of print forms set in the apparatus is selected and a film image is printed by the form, an image diagram of the print form selected by the input device is displayed on a screen of a display device. A photo processor having a print form display function for displaying. 2. The photographic processor according to claim 1, wherein an image to be printed by the print processing device is displayed in an image diagram of the print form displayed on the screen of the display device.