Patent ID: 6583851
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
A photographic film printer system comprising:a film feeding device disposed on a printer body to feed a processed photographic film, the processed photographic film being devoid of sprocket holes; a paper feeding device disposed on said printer body to feed a photosensitive paper; an exposing device for exposing an image of said processed photographic film into said photosensitive paper; a first detector for non-mechanically detecting a frame size signal on a marginal area along one edge of said processed photographic film, said frame size signal indicating a size of an area on said processed photographic film to be printed; a second detector for non-mechanically detecting order information on a marginal area along another edge of said processed photographic film; and a microprocessor connected to said first detector and said second detector for controlling said exposing device in accordance with said detected frame size signal and said detected order information, wherein said detected order information includes at least one of a print size and a number of prints.