Patent ID: 7324242

Claim:
A photographic processing system comprising: a printing unit for forming photographic prints based on image data read out from an image forming medium; a recording medium writing device for writing the image data in a recording medium; a collecting region for collecting the photographic prints and/or the recording medium in an order unit; a print transporter for transporting the photographic prints formed by the printing unit to the collecting region; a recording medium transporting unit for transporting the recording medium having the image data written therein to the collecting region; and a control unit for controlling the printing unit and the recording medium writing device in such a manner as to collect the photographic prints and/or the recording medium of the same order in the collecting region, wherein in the case where the photographic prints and the recording medium of the same order are collected together, the control unit performs the control such that the recording medium is first collected in the collecting region, and then, the photographic prints are placed on the recording medium.