Abstract: A process and apparatus for processing strips of a photographic tape material whose surface is at least partially coated with, for example, an emulsion. In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus includes means for determining the position of the side of the strip with the coated surface. In a first case, in which the side with the coated surface is in a desired position, a switch guides the unmodified strip onward for further processing. In a second case, in which the side with the coated surface is not in the desired position, the switch automatically guides the strip into a turning device before the strip is further processed.

Abstract: A photographic printing machine for copying originals on sheet-like copy material having a storage reservoir for the copy material, and a feed mechanism which transports the copy material from the storage reservoir to an imaging unit in which the originals are copied onto the sheet-like copy material. The storage reservoir has numerous cassettes, the cassette openings of which are positioned side by side along a direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the copy material. The feed mechanism has a carriage that can move along the direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the copy material, for transporting the copy material from the respective cassette opening to the imaging unit.