JPS59182433A - Photograph printing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a burning-in mechanism which is capable of selecting freely a character, a graphic, etc. and also capable of changing easily, by selecting pattern information of a word processor from a memory, and burning it in. CONSTITUTION:A word processor device 1 is constituted of a keyboard 1A, a CRT display tube 1B, a control part 1C, a memory 1D, etc. The device 1 generates pattern information constituted of a character, a symbol, a graphic, etc., and stores it in memories 21-2n. The pattern information from the memories 21- 2n is selected by a selecting means 3, and outputted to a pattern generating fiber optic recording tube 4. A negative 11 is projected to a color print paper 12 by a lens 13. From the tube 4, the pattern information is burned in onto the print paper 12 as a linear picture element almost vertical to the transfer direction while taking synchronization successively.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a photo printing device, and more particularly to a photo printing device that prints a pattern composed of characters, symbols, etc., taking into consideration the positional relationship with the photographic image to be printed. be.

Conventionally, for example, printing of characters, symbols, etc. on souvenir photos of sightseeing, etc. has been carried out by using a mask negative film made from a manuscript created by phototypesetting, and applying external pressure contact printing to the image area.

However, with this printing method, when changing the number of characters, symbols, etc. to be printed, the mask negative film that is set in the paper mask section of the photoprinting device must be replaced, which is a hassle. There is a problem that the characters are written on the mask negative film prepared in advance.

There was a problem in that anything other than symbols could not be imprinted.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to solve the above-mentioned problems in printing characters and symbols using conventional photographic printers, and to print characters, symbols, 2 figures, etc. to be printed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a photographic printing device equipped with a printing mechanism for printing characters, symbols, etc., which can be freely selected and easily changed.

The above-mentioned object of the present invention is to provide a photo printing apparatus equipped with a pattern printing means for printing a pattern composed of characters, symbols, two figures, etc. while taking into consideration the positional relationship with the photographic image to be printed. means, letters,
A word processor that generates pattern information composed of symbols, figures, etc., a storage means that individually stores the pattern information from the word processor, and desired pattern information selected from the plurality of pattern information stored in the storage means. a pattern information selection means that outputs light from the storage means selected by the pattern information selection means; and a pattern generation means that emits light based on the pattern information outputted from the storage means selected by the pattern information selection means; In the present invention, photoprinting refers to color and "
/W negative film, refers to reversal film A color printing. Furthermore, the light emitting means includes those that emit light themselves and those that have the same function as the light emitting means by guiding light from other light emitting means.

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

Figure 1 shows a color negative film (
Hereinafter, it will simply be referred to as "negative". ) is a configuration diagram showing an outline of a photo printing apparatus from 1999. In the figure, 1 is the keyboard L
A. CRT display 18 control unit IC and memory I
2□ to 2n are memories for storing pattern information created by the word processor 1, as will be described in detail later; 3 is a word processor that selects from the contents of the memories 21 to 2n as instructed by the operator 9; The pattern information selection means 3 is a fiber optics recording tube for pattern generation that emits light at a predetermined timing based on the pattern information outputted by the pattern information selection means 3.

Fiber Obtakes recording tubes, for example, are made of red, green, and blue phosphors in a mosaic pattern, as shown in the cross-sectional view in Figure 2-4, and the front view of the same (B) I/C. An optical fiber plate 42 is provided on the surface of a CRT having an array of phosphor layers 41.

Further, 10 is a main body of the photo printing apparatus, 11 is a negative, 12 is color photographic paper for printing (hereinafter simply referred to as "photographic paper"), and 13 is a negative image projection lens (hereinafter simply referred to as "
It's called a lens. ), 14 is a light source for printing. In addition,
Arrow A is the direction in which the photographic paper 12 is transported. Burning light source 14
The image on the negative 11 illuminated by the lens 13 is projected onto the photographic paper 12A at the corresponding printing position, and is printed at an exposure time determined by a known printing exposure control means (not shown). be fired. In this embodiment, in parallel with printing the negative image onto the photographic paper, commemorative characters and the like are printed at predetermined positions on the photographic paper. Fig. 3 shows an example, where 12A is an image section;
12B is a commemorative character section.

Commemorative letter engraving is done as follows. Various commemorative characters are input into the word processor 1 mentioned above from the keyboard 1A, and the information is stored in the memories 21 to 2n. Said manual action is performed while looking at the CRT display IB and in a preferred position in relation to the image to be printed. Since the commemorative characters have relatively many kanji parts, the operator inputs kana characters and converts them into kanji characters. In addition, commemorative characters usually consist of a part that changes (date, time, pass number, flight number, etc.) and a part that does not change (title part, such as "○○ sightseeing commemoration"). These may be stored in separate memories and combined when outputting.

The commemorative character (pattern) information stored in the memories 2□ to 2n is selectively taken out by the pattern information selection means 3 operated by the operator and sent to the pattern generation phase fiber optics record t4-. In this case, the commemorative character (pattern) information is sequentially sent as linear pixels approximately perpendicular to the transport direction of the photographic paper 12 to the fiber onotake recording board, and is synchronized with the transport of the photographic paper 12. While doing so, the images are gradually burned out.

In the apparatus of the above embodiment, an example was shown in which printing was performed by bringing the fiber optics recording tube 4 into close contact with the photographic paper 12, but as shown in FIG. The image may be projected and printed onto the photographic paper 12 using the lens 5. Note that in FIG. 4, symbols 1 to 4 and 10 to 14 indicate the same components as shown in FIG.

In each of the embodiments described above, a fiber optics recording tube was used as a commemorative character reading means, but the reading means is not limited to the above-mentioned fiber optics recording tube. It is possible to effectively use a liquid crystal display device such as the one shown in FIG.

Figures δ and 6 show New Year's cards and "private New Year's postcards" that can be produced by the photo printing apparatus of the present invention. In the case of a New Year's gift postcard, the information corresponding to number 15 is generated by software in a manner that changes sequentially, and this is combined with other pattern information and printed.

As described above, according to the present invention, characters are printed while taking into account the positional relationship with the photographic image to be printed.

In a photo printing apparatus equipped with a pattern reading means for printing a pattern composed of symbols, two figures, etc., the pattern reading means is connected to a word processor that generates pattern information composed of characters, symbols, one figure, etc., and a word processor that generates pattern information composed of characters, symbols, one figure, etc. a storage means for individually storing pattern information, a pattern information selection means for selecting desired pattern information from a plurality of pattern information stored in the storage means, and a pattern information selection means for selecting desired pattern information from the storage means selected by the pattern information selection means. The pattern generating means is configured to emit light based on the output pattern information, and the light emitting means arranged in a line is used as the pattern generating means to print the pattern information while transferring the photosensitive material. Characters and symbols that should be entered.

This has the remarkable effect that it is possible to realize a photographic printing apparatus equipped with a pattern reading mechanism that allows free selection of figures and the like and easy modification thereof.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 and 4 are block diagrams showing an embodiment of the present invention, Figures 2 (5) and (B) are explanatory diagrams of a fiber optic recording tube, and Figures 3, 5, and 6 are illustrations of the fiber optic recording tube. FIG. 1: Word processor, 2I to 2n: Memory, 3: Pattern information selection means, 4: Fiber optics recording tube, 5 = Lens, 1o: Photographic printer body, 11: Negative, 12: Photographic paper, 13 = Lens, 14 = light source. 2 Figure 1 Figure 2 (A) (B) Loss/ Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a photo printing apparatus equipped with a pattern burning means for printing a pattern composed of characters, symbols 1, figures, etc. while taking into consideration the positional relationship with the photographic image to be printed, the pattern burning means is configured to print characters, symbols 2, etc. a word processor that generates pattern information composed of figures, etc.;
storage means for individually storing pattern information from the word processor; pattern information selection means for selecting desired pattern information from a plurality of pattern information stored in the storage means; The pattern generating means includes a pattern generating means that emits light based on pattern information outputted from the storage means, and the pattern information is printed while transferring the photosensitive material using the light emitting means arranged in a line as the pattern generating means. A photo printing device characterized by: