Patent ID: 6396564
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A photographic printing system comprising:a separating mechanism which separates a photographic photosensitive material, which is accommodated in a cartridge provided with a storing element for storing printing information, from the cartridge; an identification mark applying mechanism which applies to the photographic photosensitive material an identification mark for having the photographic photosensitive material and the cartridge correspond to one another; a first reading mechanism which reads printing information stored in the storing element; a storing mechanism which stores the identification mark and printing information read by the first reading mechanism in correspondence with one another; a second reading mechanism which reads, from the storing mechanism, printing information corresponding to the identification mark applied to the photographic photosensitive material; and a printer which, in a state in which the photographic photosensitive material and the cartridge are separated, prints, on the basis of printing information read by the second reading mechanism, an image recorded on the photographic photosensitive material onto a photographic printing paper.