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Patent US5995196 - Reorder processing system - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsA negative sheet (1) for storing piece negatives (10) has reorder information recording sections (6) formed thereon for recording reorder information on the piece negatives (10), respectively. A printer/processor (100) determines additional printing conditions for image frames (10a) to be additionally...http://www.google.com/patents/US5995196?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5995196 - Reorder processing systemAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS5995196 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 08/998,271Publication dateNov 30, 1999Filing dateDec 24, 1997Priority dateDec 27, 1996Fee statusLapsedAlso published asEP0851292A2, EP0851292A3Publication number08998271, 998271, US 5995196 A, US 5995196A, US-A-5995196, US5995196 A, US5995196AInventorsShigeki Nishida, Hideoshi NishikawaOriginal AssigneeNoritsu Koki Co., LtdExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (13), Non-Patent Citations (14), Referenced by (8), Classifications (5), Legal Events (4) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetReorder processing systemUS 5995196 AAbstract A negative sheet (1) for storing piece negatives (10) has reorder information recording sections (6) formed thereon for recording reorder information on the piece negatives (10), respectively. A printer/processor (100) determines additional printing conditions for image frames (10a) to be additionally printed, based on the reorder information read by a detector (93) from the reorder information recording sections (6) of the negative sheet (1) fed to the printer/processor (100). The piece negatives (10) to be additionally printed are drawn out of the negative sheet (1), and the image frames (10a) are printed on printing paper with the additional printing conditions determined.
What is claimed is: 1. A reorder processing system for making photographic prints from piece negatives stored in a negative sheet, comprising:an exposing section for exposing image frames on said piece negatives onto printing paper; a negative sheet transport mechanism for transporting said negative sheet; a detector for reading reorder information from reorder information recording sections formed on said negative sheet; a film transport mechanism for transporting said piece negatives to said exposing section; a transfer mechanism for withdrawing said piece negative out of said negative sheet having transported by said negative sheet transfer mechanism, and transferring these piece negatives to said film transport mechanism; a controller for determining additional printing conditions of the image frames to be additionally printed based on said reorder information read by said detector, and controlling said negative sheet transport mechanism, said transfer mechanism and film transport mechanism to transport piece negatives containing these image frames to said exposing section. 2. A reorder processing system as defined in claim 1, wherein said additional printing conditions include positions on said piece negatives of said image frames to be printed, and numbers of additional prints.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A primary object of this invention is to provide a reorder processing system, in which reorder information read mechanically (i.e. with an optical, electronic or magnetic reading device) from reorder information recording sections of a negative sheet is used by a controller inside a printer to identify positions of the frames to be additionally printed and the numbers of additional prints.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a reorder processing system according to this invention;
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a concept diagram of a reorder processing system according to this invention. While checking image frames 10a formed on piece negatives 10 stored in a negative sheet 1, a customer records numbers of additional prints as reorder information in reorder information recording sections of the negative sheet 1 corresponding to the image frames 10a to be additionally printed. The negative sheet 1 with the reorder information recorded thereon is brought to a photo processing agent who performs an order acceptance process such as applying an order ID seal 1x to the negative sheet 1. A plurality of negative sheets 1 sent from varied photo processing agents to a developing laboratory are joined with splicing tape 1y to form an elongate film to be fed to a printer/processor 100. A detecting device 93 reads the reorder information from the reorder information recording sections of the negative sheets 1 fed to the printer/processor 100. Photographic prints are made by printing desire numbers of desired image frames 10a of the piece negatives 10. Finished photographic prints are delivered along with the negative sheets 1 to the customers through the photo processing agents. Thus, with this reorder processing system, reorder information recorded on the negative sheet by the customer is read as it is, without being manually transcribed, by the printer/processor 100 for use in an additional printing process.
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