Patent ID: 6047891
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A photographic printing apparatus comprising:reader means for reading first character information of a first language magnetically recorded on a photographic film;an exposing unit for exposing a photosensitive material with a photographic image recorded on the photographic film;an analyzing unit for determining if the first language of the read first character information is a sentence or a predetermined code;an operating console for selecting a language of second character information to be combined with the photographic image recorded on the photographic film;character-information converter having a plurality of conversion rules for converting a character of the first language to a character of a second language, said character information converter comprising a sentence generating unit for converting a sentence in the first character set of information into a sentence of characters of the second language, wherein the character-information converter is operable to select one of the conversion rules for converting from a language judged by the analyzing unit into a further language selected by means of the operator console, and convert the first character information into second character information in accordance with a selected one of the conversion rules; andprinting means for printing the second character information on the photosensitive material to be correlated with the image recorded on the photographic film.