JPS6142637A - Photograph printing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the constitution of the whole photograph printing system by installing a supplying side magazine and a receiving side magazine so as to be attachable and detachable, and providing plural slide containing chambers and film information storage means on both the magazines. CONSTITUTION:A magazine 18 is installed to a lifting and rotating device 74 of a supplying side and a receiving side of an auto printer 26, and a slide 12 and a soft card 22 are carried in the direction as indicated with an arrow M by a carrying part 83, and placed on a print base 86. A light source 87 is provided, and a film image is printed to a roll paper 28 installed to a printing part 88 provided on the upper part of the slide 12. As for a light transmitting through the slide 12, its light quantity is measured by a film density detector 92, and a film density is detected. The exposure time is determined by this film density and an exposure quantity correcting value stored in a film information storage device 77, and when the exposure is ended, the slide 12 is carried in the direction as indicated with an arrow N by a carrying part 94, and contained in a slide containing chamber 73 of the magazine 18.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of the Invention] The present invention is used in a slide printing system for photographic printing of slide film, in which a removable slide storage magazine is attached to the slide supply side and the slide receiving side of the printer. The present invention relates to a photo printing device that performs photo printing.

[1r Background Technology] In this type of photo printing apparatus, in the process after photo printing is completed, film information to be processed before photo printing and film information obtained by the printer are required. For example, if the exposure amount is appropriate, When reprinting without printing, it is necessary to take the printer's exposure time information into consideration. Furthermore, when photo printing is completed and the slides and prints are stored in bags for each customer, it is necessary to confirm the number of slides and prints.

This problem can be solved by connecting each device with a cable and transferring information.

However, the processing time for one magazine differs depending on the processing device at each stage, and when multiple processing devices are used, information processing becomes complicated. become unable to do so. Furthermore, each device must store film information for many magazines over the time from print preparation to storage of prints in bags, so the storage capacity is extremely large considering the maximum required storage capacity. There is a need to.

[Object of the Invention] In consideration of the above-mentioned facts, an object of the present invention is to provide a photographic printing apparatus that can simplify the overall configuration of a slide film photographic printing system.

[Summary of the Invention] In the photo printing apparatus according to the present invention, the zero magazine, in which the supply side magazine and the receiving side magazine are removably attached to the photo printing printer, has a plurality of slide storage chambers and a plurality of slide storage chambers. and film information storage means for storing film information in correspondence with each other.

The supply side magazine is adapted to supply slides and slide film information (for example, exposure correction information, focus information, print number information, etc.) for photo printing to the printer. Further, the receiving side magazine is configured to receive slides and slide film information on which photo printing has been completed from the printer. This slide film information is added to the slide film information possessed by the supply side magazine, as well as the slide film information obtained by the printer (for example,
(exposure time information, etc.) is added.

[Embodiments of the invention] Embodiments according to the present invention will be described according to the drawings.

(Slide printer system 10) The slide print system 10 shown in FIG. 1 prints the film 14 of the slide 12 shown in FIG. It looks like this. This slide printing system IO is equipped with separate devices for each process. This is because the processing time in each step is different, so the number of devices is provided according to the processing time, and the timing time between each device is eliminated to increase the overall processing efficiency.

Further, in order to simplify the configuration of the slide print system 10, a magazine system is adopted. That is, the magazine 18 is removably attached to each device. This magazine 18 stores slides 12 for multiple orders and sort cards 22 for sorting each order. The magazine 18 is also equipped with a film information storage device, in which the number of prints for each slide, focus information, etc. are stored. Therefore, when each device finishes processing one magazine, it can clear the film information in each device and prepare for the next magazine. Therefore, the storage capacity of each device can be reduced, and there is no need to connect each device with a cable to transfer information.

The Blino r preparation device 20 stores slides 12 and sort cards 22 in a magazine 18, and transfers film information such as the number of prints to the magazine 18. Further, the print preparation device 20 is configured to print the number of prints and the like on the SP bag 24. These 52 bags 24 are bags for storing prints and slides for each order.

When the processing is completed for one magazine 18, the magazine 18 is removed from the print preparation device 20 and installed on the supply side of the autoprinter 26. The auto printer 26 takes out the slides 12 one by one from the magazine 18, prints the images of the slides 12 on roll paper 28, which is photographic paper, and then transfers the slides 12 to the magazine 18 on the storage side.
It is designed to store. When this process is completed for one magazine 18, the supply side and storage side magazines 18 are removed. This magazine 18 on the supply side is attached to the print preparation device 20, and a new slide 12 and the like are stored therein.

The magazine 18 on the receiving side and the developed roll vapor 28 are mounted on a checker 30, and it is checked whether the exposure time for each color is appropriate or not. For inappropriate items, reprint information is transferred to the magazine 18.

When the processing in the checker 30 is completed, the magazine 18 is removed and mounted on the slide discharge device 34 of the final processing device 32. Further, the roll paper 28 is transferred to the final processing device 3.
It is attached to the auto cutter 36 of No. 2. The slide ejection device 34 is adapted to eject the slides 12 and sort cards 22 from the magazine 18. Further, the automatic cutter 36 is configured to cut the roll paper 28 piece by piece. The cut roll paper 28 is classified by an autosorter 38 into those with appropriate printing and those with inappropriate printing. Whether these cut roll paper 28 and ejected slides 12 are of the same order or not, and whether the number of print sheets and the number of slides are stored in the magazine 18 in the print preparation device 20 (printed on 32 bags) ), and then each order is stored in the SP bag 24 after checking whether it matches the above. Further, the sort cards 22 are sequentially stored in the sort card box 40. In addition,
If at least one slide to be reprinted is included in all the slides for one order, all the slides and sort cards 22 of that order are not ejected from the magazine 18.

If there are still slides 12 to be reprinted in the magazine 18 after the processing in the final processing device 32 is completed,
It is then attached to the supply side of the autoprinter 26 again and the above process is repeated. Further, when the inside of the magazine 18 is empty, a new slide 12 can be stored and can be mounted on the receiving side of the print preparation device 20 or the autoprinter 26.

Note that all the magazines 18 used in the slide printing system 10 have the same structure, so that the usage efficiency of the magazines 18 is improved. However, when the magazine 18 is removed and loaded into another device after processing in one device is completed, the film information will be cleared if the magazine 18 is loaded into the wrong device. Therefore,
In order to prevent this, the job number is stored in the magazine 18 when the processing in each device is completed. Each device performs processing only when a magazine 18 with a predetermined job number is loaded.

For example, in FIG. 1, the print preparation device 20 accepts only the magazine 18 with job number 0, and when the print preparation device 20 finishes processing, the information of job number l is stored on the supply side of the auto printer 26. accepts only the magazine 18 with job number 1, and when the auto printer 26 completes processing, the magazine 18 is assigned job number 0. However, even if the job number is changed, the film information is not cleared; for example, if the film information in the magazine 18 is lost after the processing of the checker 30 is completed, the film information is stored in the magazine 18 on the supply side of the auto printer 26. It is possible to transfer film information to this.

Next, details of each of the above-mentioned devices will be explained.

(Print preparation device 20) 1. The print preparation device 20 is shown in FIG.
Slide 12 and sort card box 4 for one order
One sort card 22 taken out from 0 is mounted on the shark stencil 42. This shark stain 42 is semi-transparent so that light is irradiated from below. The slide 12 mounted on the Scherkasten 42 is inserted into the delivery port 44 after one operator properly aligns the front and back of the film and the direction of the slide 12.

This slide 12 includes a turntable 46 and a main conveyance section 4.
8 , and is discharged from the print preparation device 20 by a discharge section 50 and stored in the magazine 18 . This conveyance is carried out by the slide 12 as shown in FIG.
The end surface of is held between the circumferential surfaces of a drive roller 52 and a press roller 54, and the pressing is performed by rotating the drive roller 52.

A film condition measuring device 56 is provided in the middle of the main transport section 48, and as shown in FIG. (used as focus information) and the front and back sides of the film 14 are measured. These measurements are made by an optical pickup 58 mounted movably in a direction perpendicular to the film 14. The optical pickup 58 is used for compact discs, etc., and is capable of emitting laser light to the film 14 to detect focus errors.

The initial position of the optical pickup 58 is determined, the optical pickup 58 is moved from this initial position to detect zero focus error, and D is measured from the amount of movement. Further, the front and back sides of the film 14 are detected as follows. When the film 14 is heated for a certain period of time, for example, 4 seconds, the moisture content of the emulsion layer decreases and shrinks, curling by several microns. The direction of this curl is the direction in which the emulsion cotton becomes a recess. Therefore, the front and back sides of the film 14 can be detected by stopping the optical pickup 58 and heating the film 14, and then detecting a change in the focus error signal from the optical pickup 58.

(Sorting Card 22) As shown in FIG. 4, the sorting card 22 is provided with synchronization bits 60 at regular intervals in the central portion of the conveyance direction. Further, a data bit 62 is provided corresponding to this synchronization bit 80.

The number represented by this data bit 62 is written on the sort card 22 (487 in FIG. 4), and can be checked by the operator. Before and after data bit 62, start bit 64. A stop bit 66 is provided, so data bit 6 can be read even from the opposite direction.
2 data can be read. sort card 22
As shown in FIG. 6, the bit information is read by a light emitter/receiver 68 embedded in the conveyance table 51 of the main conveyance section 48. Since the synchronization pit 60 is bored in the center of the sort card 22, it is possible to read the synchronization bit 60 even if the front and back of the sort card 22 are reversed. Note that the data bit 62. Start bit 64. The stop pit 66 may be drilled symmetrically with respect to the synchronization bit 60, in which case the sort card 22
Even if the front and back sides of the data bit 62 are reversed, it is possible to read the data of the data bit 62.

(Magazine 18) As shown in FIG. 7, the magazine 18 is attached to the upper case 6.
9 and a lower plate 70 are connected by a rod 71, and a drum 72 is pivotally supported by a ring (not shown) that projects from the upper case 69 and the lower plate 70. This drum 72 is provided with a plurality of slide storage chambers 73 for storing slides 12 and sort cards 22. The drum 72 is raised and lowered by a lifting and rotating device 74, and the slide 12. The sort cards 22 are sequentially stored in the slide storage chamber 73. Note that the receiving side of the autoprinter 26 shown in FIG. 1 is also provided with an elevating and rotating device 74 shown in FIG. 7. Further, the supply side of the auto printer 26, the checker 30, and the slide ejecting device 34 are further provided with a pusher 75 shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG.
2 and sort card 22 can be pushed out.

The upper case 69 includes a film information storage device 7, which will be described later.
7 is built-in. Further, the upper case 69 is provided with an electrode 78 and a light emitter/receiver 79. therefore,
When the magazine 18 is attached to the print preparation device 20, power is supplied to the film information storage device 77 via the electrode 78, and film information is transferred to the film information storage device 77 and other devices via the light emitter/receiver 79. It is designed to be transferred between

The film information is input to the print preparation device 20 using the keyboard 80 shown in FIG. It has become. A display 81 is provided above the keyboard 80, and is used to confirm input from the keyboard 80 and display the operating status of the print semi-@ device 20, etc. Above the display 81 is an insertion slot 82. 51 bags 2 are inserted into the insertion port 82.
When the 4J is inserted, the number of copies to be printed, etc. is printed by a printing device (not shown).

(Processing in print preparation device 20) Next, processing in print preparation device 20 will be explained according to FIG.

The magazine 18 is placed in the print preparation device 20. Step 200) A start switch (not shown) is turned on (Step 202). When the start switch is turned on,
The magazine 18 is moved to the initial position by the lifting and rotating device 74 (step 204).Then, the film condition measuring device 56 is calibrated (step 20).
6).

That is, a reference plate (not shown) is mounted on the conveyance table 51 instead of the slide 12 shown in FIG. 5, and the optical pickup 58 is lowered to the lower limit position and then raised. Calibration is performed by detecting zero focus error during this upward movement and determining the position of the optical pickup 58 with respect to the upper surface of the transport table 51.

Next, input the ID number using the keyboard 80 (
Step 208) This ID number is, for example, 0, which is the serial number of the processing order of the magazines 18 processed by the print preparation device 20.Then, the number of prints of the slide 12 and the exposure correction value are input using the keyboard 80 (Step 21O) , this exposure amount correction value is
6, the exposure amount is automatically determined. This is the correction value for the value.

Next, the slide 12 into which the data has been input is transferred to the delivery port 44.
(step 212), turntable 46. The slide 12 is transported by the main transport section 48, and the film condition measuring device 56 measures the front and back sides of the film and the distance glD shown in FIG.

(Step 214), if the front and back of the film are reversed, the slide 12 is ejected to the ejection port 49.The operator then reverses the slide 12, inserts the slide 12 from the ejection port 49, and turns the film again. Table 46. Next, step 2 is to transport the slide 12 by the main transport section 48.
At step 16, the slide 12 is ejected by the ejecting section 50, and the magazine 18 is stored in the slide storage chamber 73. Thereafter, the magazine 18 is rotated up and down by the up/down rotation device 74, and the next slide storage chamber 73 corresponds to the ejection section 50.

Next, if it is determined in step 217 that l orders of slides have not been completed, the process returns to step 210. When the slides 12 for one order are completed, in step 218, the number, sort number, magazine number, number of slides, number of prints, machine number, etc. Print operator number, date, etc.

Next, in step 220, the sort card 22 is inserted into the delivery port 44, and the sort card 22 is stored in the magazine 18 in the same manner as described above. In addition, the sort card 22 is
The bit information (
sort number) is read by the light emitter/receiver 68. If the above processing for all orders has not been completed (step 222), the process returns to step 210 and the above processing is repeated.

If all orders have been completed, the data stored in the print preparation device 20 is transferred to the magazine 18 in step 224. This data includes the number of prints for each slide, exposure correction value, focus correction value (D in Figure 5), sort number for classifying orders, ID number, job number, etc. The processing for ends.

(Printer 26) Next, the auto printer 26 shown in FIG. 8 will be explained. Lifting and rotating device 1 on the supply side and receiving side of the auto printer 26
The magazine 18 is attached to 74.

The slide 12 and the target card 22 pushed out by the pusher 75 (see FIG. 7) of the lifting and rotating device 74 are transported by the transport section 83 in the direction of arrow M in FIG. There is. Print table 8
A light source 87 is arranged below the slide 12.
It is attached to the print section 88 provided above the
A film image is printed onto a roll paper 28. The print table 86 has an autofocus mechanism 9
0, it can be raised and lowered, and the image taken on the roll paper 28 is brought into focus based on the focus correction value. The amount of light transmitted through the slide 12 is measured by a film density detector 92.

Film density is now detected. The exposure time is determined based on the film density and the exposure amount correction value stored in the film information storage device 77. When the exposure is completed, the slide 12 is transported l1iB
94 in the direction of arrow N, and the magazine 18
It is designed to be stored in a slide storage chamber 73.

Note that the sort card 22 simply passes through the print table 86. Slide 12 or sort card 22
Whether this is the case is determined based on information stored in the film information storage device 77.

In addition, in the printing section 88, a number printing device 95 is located close to the roll paper 28. This number printing device 95 is composed of a 7-segment LED, and is capable of printing numbers directly onto the roll paper 28 as shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 shows a film information processing device 96 built into the auto printer 26 and a film information storage device 77 built into magazines on the supply side and the receiving side. The film information storage device 77 is composed of a microcomputer, and includes a CPU 97, ROM 98, and RAMI.
00 and I10 ports 102 are connected to each other by a bus 104. A signal converter 106 that converts serial data into parallel data and converts parallel data into serial data is connected to this I10 boat 102. signal converter l
A light emitter/receiver 79 is connected to O6.

Therefore, after the optical signal received by the light emitter/receiver 79 is converted into a parallel signal by the signal converter 106, it is input to the I10 port 102, or the data output from the I10 port 102 is converted to a parallel signal by the signal converter 106. The optical signal is converted into a serial signal and is emitted from the downstream optical receiver 79. Further, the CPU 97 processes data according to a program stored in the ROM 98.

Note that when the magazine 18 is removed from the elevating and rotating device 74, the data stored in the RAM 100 is automatically saved by the battery 107.

In the film information processing device 96, light emitters and receivers 79A and 79B corresponding to the supply side and the reception side are connected to the signal converter 106 by Vc. Further, cyan, magenta, and yellow film density detectors 92C, 92M, and 92Y are connected to the I10 boat 102 via the A/D converter 10B.

In other respects, the configuration is similar to that of the film information storage device 77.

Note that when the magazine 18 is removed from the elevating and rotating device 74, the data stored in the RAM 100 is automatically saved by the battery 107.

In the film information processing device 96, light projectors and receivers 79A and 79B corresponding to the supply side and the reception side are connected to the signal converter 106. Furthermore, the cyan, magenta, and yellow film density detectors 92C, 92M, and 92Y are connected to the A/D converter 1.
08 to I10 port) 102. In other respects, the configuration is similar to that of the film information storage device 77.

(Processing in the printer 26) Next, the processing in the auto printer 26 will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 15.18.

In step 300, the roll paper 28 is set in the printing section 88, and the elevating and rotating device 7 on the supply side and receiving side
4 Set the magazine 18 to 0 then step 302
In step 304, a start switch (not shown) of the auto printer 26 is turned on to start the auto printer 26. Then, in step 304, the film information processing device 9 is turned on.
6 is RAM l00 in the magazine 18 on the supply side and the receiving side.
Read the job number stored in.

As shown in FIG. 1, the following processing is performed only when the job number /<- of the magazine 18 on the supply side is 1 and the job number of the magazine 18 on the receiving side is 2.

Next, the ROM 98 in the magazines 18 on the supply side and the receiving side
Magazine number stored in and supply side magazine 1
Read all information stored in RAM 100 in 8. All this information is the information shown in step 224 in FIG.

Next, in step 306, as shown in FIG.
Slide supply side magazine to roll paper 28')7 number t<
110, slide storage side magazine number 112. Roll paper number 114. Printer number 116. Print lot number 118. This slide storage side magazine number 112 corresponds to the checker 30 and the final processing device 32.
The roll paper 28 on which the slide film image has been printed is made to correspond to the magazine 18 in which the slide is stored, and this can be done without taking out the slide from the magazine 18. In addition, the slide storage side magazine number 112 is a number stored in the ROM 98 in advance, and unlike when one worker manually presses the key, there is no possibility of accidentally printing the slide storage side magazine number 112. The side magazine number 110 is used when transferring the data in the supply side magazine 18 to the storage side magazine 18 when the data in the storage side magazine 18 is lost for some reason. The roll vapor number 114 is a serial number when several roll papers 28 correspond to one magazine. Printer number 118 is multiple auto printers 2
6, it shows which auto printer 26 was used to print. The lot number 118 indicates the processing order of the magazines 18 in the auto printer 26 on that day.

Next, in step 308, the magazine 18 is moved to the initial position by the lifting and rotating device 74.Next, in step 310, all the slides 1 in the magazine 18 are moved to the initial position.
Check whether printing in step 2 has been completed. If this has not been completed, it is printed in step 312. If completed, in step 314 the autoprinter 26 transfers the data from step 304 and the data obtained by the autoprinter 26 into the receiving magazine 18. The data obtained by the auto printer 26 includes the exposure amount for each of cyan, magenta, and yellow. Also,
0 to change the job number of receiving magazine 18 to 2
Next, in step 316, an alarm is generated to notify the operator that the 10 steps have been completed.

Next, the processing at step 312 will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 16. At step 400, based on the data read at step 304, it is determined whether or not the sort card 22 is mounted on the print stand 86. If it is the sort card 22, the film densities for each of cyan, magenta, and yellow are read from the film density detectors 92C, 92M, and 92Y.Next, in step 404, all of the film densities are above a certain value. Decide whether or not.

If this is less than a certain value, in step 406, exposure times Tl, T2 . Calculate T3. If the concentration is above a certain value, in step 408, the Tl, T2. Let all values of T3 be equal to a constant value t.

After completing the processing in step 406 or step 408, the value of N is set to 1 in step 410. The value of N is 0, where 1 corresponds to cyan, 2 corresponds to magenta, and 3 corresponds to yellow.
), then increment the value of N in step 416
), if the value of N is not 4, return to step 412;
If the value of N is 4, printing for one slide 12 is completed. (Step 418)'.

In step 408, the exposure time is set to be a fixed time when the film density is above a certain value.The reason why the exposure time is set to be a fixed time when the film density is higher than a certain value is that while the exposure time becomes longer when the film information is dense, the exposure time is set to be longer depending on the film density. However, this has little to do with the finish of photo printing. Therefore, through the process in step 408, it is possible to shorten the processing time in the auto printer 26 without deteriorating the finish of photo printing.

(Checker 30) Next, the checker 3o will be explained according to FIG. 11.12.

A winder 12o is provided at the upper end of the checker 30.

122 is provided so that the roll paper 28 can be wound in both directions. That is, when the operating knob 124 is moved in the direction of arrow A, the roll paper 28 is moved in the direction of arrow A by the winder 122. Furthermore, when the operation knob 124 is moved in the B direction, the roll paper 28 is moved in the B direction by the winder 120.

This roll paper 28 has cut marks 126 to the boundaries of the pieces. An order classification mark 128 is provided.

These marks are pinholes, and during printing, a perforator 130 provided in the print section 88 shown in FIG.
It is designed to be perforated by cut mark 12
6. The order classification marks 128 are detected by optical sensors 132 and 33 provided correspondingly.

There is a window 13 on the top surface of the roll paper 28 corresponding to one piece.
4 is provided, and the slide 12 corresponding to the image of the roll paper 28 located in the window 134 is taken out from the magazine 18 by turning on the slide take-out switch 135 and moved below 136. It has become. That is, as shown in FIG. 12, the slide 12 pushed out by the pusher 75 is conveyed to a belt conveying device 138, and is held by a leaf spring 142 provided at one end of an arm 140. The other end of the arm 140 is rotatable about an axis 144 so that the slide 12 can be moved below 136.

If the operator determines that reprinting is necessary, the operator uses the slide 12 and the roll paper 28 corresponding to the slide 12.
The user looks at the image and inputs reprint information from the keyboard 146. This input value is confirmed on the display 148. This reprint information is transferred from the checker 30 to the magazine 718.

Note that the correspondence between the images of the slide 12 and the roll paper 28 is indicated by the cut marks 126 . This is done by associating the order classification mark 128 with the film information stored in the magazine 18, which is read by optical sensors 132 and 133.

(Slide Discharge Device 34) Next, the slide discharge device 34 will be explained according to FIG. 13.

A press belt 152 is pressed against the drive bell)-150 by a spring (not shown), and holds the slide 12 pushed out by the pusher 75 shown in FIG.
It is designed to be conveyed in the direction of arrow A in the figure. The slide 12 that has been sent out is mounted on a base plate 154 and is pressed by a leaf spring 156. This slide 12 is pushed out from above the base plate 154 by the following slide 12 and mounted on the drive belt 158. The conveyance speed of the drive belt 158 is sufficiently slower than the conveyance speed of the drive belt 150,
The slides 12 are sequentially stacked and conveyed. Therefore, the worker can easily take out the slides 12 all at once and store them in the 52 bags 24.

The sort cards 22 are conveyed by a drive belt 150,
When mounted on the base play') 154, pusher 1
60 in the direction of arrow B and pushed out toward guide z62. This sort card 22 is pushed into the sort card box 40 by two subsequent sort cards 22.

The slide ejecting device 34 has slides 12 for one order.
When the sort card 22 is processed, the processing is temporarily stopped. In this stopped state, the tip end 156A of the leaf spring 15-6 is clamped and the two sort cards 22 are mounted on the guide 162. On the other hand, the auto cutter 36 and auto sorter 38 shown in FIG.
Like the slide ejecting device 34, it is configured to stop when processing for one order is completed, so that the last photograph for one order can be viewed by the operator.

Therefore, the operator can check whether this photograph matches the image of the slide held by the tip 156A. Additionally, it is possible to check whether the sort numbers of the two sort cards remaining in the guide 162 are consecutive, and to check this sort number with the sort number printed on the SP bag 24. .

When the sort card box 40 is full of sort cards 22, the sort card box 4o is removed from the slide ejection device 34 and attached to the print preparation device 20 as shown in FIG.

(Processing in the final processing device 32) Next, the processing in the final processing device 32 will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In step 500, the roll paper 28 is set on the auto cutter 36, and the magazine 18 is placed on the slide ejecting device 3.
4 is set to 0. Next, in step 502, a start switch (not shown) of the final processing device 32 is turned on. As a result, in step 504 the magazine 18
Then, in step 508, the magazine 18 is moved to the initial position by the lifting and rotating device 74.Then, in step 5
At step 08, based on the data read at step 504, it is determined whether or not there is any slide to be reprinted in one slide to be delivered next. If there is nothing to be reprinted, in step 510, the auto cutter 36 cuts the cut mark 126 and the order classification mark 1.
28, the roll paper 28 is cut into pieces.

Further, the slide 12 in the magazine 18 is ejected by the slide ejecting device 34. When the processing for one order is completed (step 512), cutting of the roll paper 28 and ejection of the slide 12 are stopped (step 513).

In step 508, if there is at least one slide to be reprinted within one order, the pointer of the slide to be ejected in the storage device is moved by one order. As a result, the slides for that order remain in the magazine 18 and are not discharged by the slide ejecting device 34.Next, in step 518, the slides for the above-mentioned 1.
An order worth of roll paper 28 is cut by an automatic cutter 36. When cutting for one order is completed (step 518), cutting of the roll paper 28 is stopped in step 513.

Next, in step 520, the operator displays the sort number, the number of slides, and the number of prints on the display, and after confirming these, stores the photos and slides in the SP bag 24. If all slides in the magazine 18 (excluding the slides for the order to be reprinted) have been processed (step 522), in step 524,
The start switch is turned on and the process returns to step 508. When the processing for 10 tons is completed (step 522), it is determined whether there are any slides to be reprinted in the magazine 18 (step 526), and if there are slides to be reprinted, this is displayed (step 526). step 528),
Next, in step 530, the job number stored in the film information storage device 76 within the magazine 18 is changed. That is, if there is nothing to be reprinted, set this to 0; otherwise, set this to 4 (see Figure 1). Notify the worker that the process has been completed.

[Effects of the Invention] In the photo printing apparatus according to the present invention, the supply side magazine and the receiving side magazine are removably attached to the printer, and the slide film information in the seven supply side magazines is transmitted through the printer to the slides obtained by the printer. Film information is further added and transferred to the receiving magazine, so after printing is completed, the information in the printer can be cleared and used for the next magazine, and the information in the supplying magazine can be cleared. It is possible to clear the magazine and use the magazine for a new slide.

Furthermore, there is no need to use cables for information transfer between each processing device.

Furthermore, when a plurality of processing apparatuses are used at each stage, an excellent effect is obtained in that the magazine can be used for any of the plurality of apparatuses without distinction.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a slide print diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is an explanatory diagram of measuring the sliding state, Fig. 6C is a partial sectional view showing the detection structure of the sort card, and Fig. 7 is a diagram showing the detection structure of the sort card. Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of the printer, Figure 9 is a hardware configuration diagram of the information processing system shown in Figure 8,
Figure 10 shows a roll paper with symbols burned into the edges, (-
, FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the checker, FIG. 12 is a partial cross-sectional plan view of the checker, FIG. 13 is a partial perspective view of the slide ejecting device, and FIGS. 14 to 17 are each shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the processing in an apparatus (excluding a checker). 10@--Slide print system 12...Slide 14...Fist film 18--Magazine 20...-Print preparation device 22-,...Sort card 26...φ Auto printer 2B@--Roll paper 30. ... Checker 32 ... Final processing device 34 ... Φ slide discharge device 36 ... Auto cutter 381, auto sorter 40 ... Sort card box 73, O. Slide storage chamber 74 ... Fist lifting and lowering rotation device 75.160 - Pusher 96...Film information processing device 162...Guide

Claims (1)

[Claims] A photo printing printer, a supply magazine that is removably attached to the printer and supplies slides and slide film information for photo printing to the printer, and a supply magazine that is detachably attached to the printer and that has completed photo printing and the slide film information. and a receiving side magazine that receives slide film information added with slide film information obtained by the printer from the printer, and both magazines have a plurality of slide storage chambers and a receiving side magazine that stores film information in correspondence with each slide storage chamber. 1. A photographic printing apparatus comprising: a film information storage means for storing film information.