Abstract: A method is disclosed for testing a light emission condition of an exposing head of a type including a plurality of luminous elements arranged along a main scanning direction for forming a linear dot pattern on a print paper. The exposing head is movable relative to the print paper in a sub scanning direction. The emission amounts of the respective luminous elements are compared to each other, based on the densities of respective dots obtained by exposure on the print paper. For allowing more accurate grasping of the light emission of each luminous element, testing target dots are formed by driving luminous elements selected as target elements which are not adjacent each other in the main scanning direction. Further, background dots are formed in the peripheries of the target dots so that the peripheries are completely filled with the background dots having a density higher than that of the target dots.

Abstract: A photograph processing apparatus includes: (i) an exposing portion for recording a picture onto a photosensitive material piece cut to a print size; (ii) a developing portion for developing the photosensitive material piece; (iii) a magazine for containing in roll a lengthy photosensitive material composed of pieces connected to each other via a splicing portion in the vicinity of which a detecting slot for detecting the splicing portion is formed; (iv) cutting means for cutting the photosensitive material as being drawn from the magazine, to a predetermined print size including the splicing portion and the detecting slot; (v) a conveying roller having a width smaller than, equal to, or larger than the width of the detecting slot; and (vi) width-direction shifting means for shifting the photosensitive material piece with the splicing portion to a position such that the conveying roller may not be countered with the detecting slot.

Abstract: A transfer apparatus for transferring pre-processed sheet materials discharged from an outlet of a sheet processing apparatus includes a transfer unit provided outside of the outlet for receiving the sheet materials discharged from the outlet and transferring the sheet materials to a plurality of collecting sites. The transfer unit is capable of selectively shifting the transfer direction thereof in such a manner as to transfer each of the sheet materials to a predetermined collecting site.

Abstract: An order receiving apparatus (1) for making sound-accompanying photographs having, recorded thereon, image information, and audio information converted into code images to be optically readable. This apparatus includes an audio input unit (22) for receiving audio information from a customer, an image input unit (23) for receiving image information, a layout editor (12) for designating recording regions on a sound-accompanying photograph to be made, to record the image information and audio information, and an order information output unit (26) for outputting the image information and audio information as order information and as linked to the recording regions designated.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting positions which can accurately detect the position of light emitting elements and improves the ease in operation are disclosed. Light emitting elements of a PLZT shutter array that are arranged in one dimension are lighted. A light receiving element transfer system makes a light receiving element or receiver scan along an imaging face of the PLZT shutter array by sampling analog data which has been taken in by the light receiving element 22 so that a data series can be obtained. A minimal value of the data series is determined to be a threshold. Then by comparing the threshold and the data series sequentially from the beginning, the first place where the threshold is exceeded is detected. A maximum value within a searching range of one cycle from this first place is detected. The position of the maximum value is considered to be a beginning or first light emitting element position among the lighted light emitting elements.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a PLZT head. The PLZT head performs an interval exposure based on an interval exposure data between exposures of photosensitive material. Further, exposure data of a predetermined number of lines already used in an N-th and preceding exposures may be maintained in a RAM as a basis of correction to an exposure data for an N+1-th print. The PLZT head performs an exposure for an exposure time given by the corrected exposure data.

Abstract: A polarizing plate and a double refracting plate, which are allowed to rotate around an optic axis, are provided to the light-exit side of a liquid crystal layer. The double refracting plate splits incident light into an ordinary ray which travels along a straight optic axis and an extraordinary ray which travels along a refracted optic axis, and supplies the same to a printing paper. The double refracting plate is laminated to the polarizing plate in such a manner that the splitting direction of the former matches with the polarizing plate of the latter, thereby allowing only the extraordinary ray to exit from the double refracting plate. By rotating the two plates together as one body by, for example, 90 degrees around the optic axis and exposing the printing paper each time, resolution attained without displacing the liquid crystal layer or printing paper with respect to the other is nearly as high as the one obtained by displacing the liquid crystal layer or printing paper.

Abstract: A film supply apparatus is provided wherein one film is held in a waiting position while a first film is being processed and the waiting film is automatically processed after the processing of the first film has been completed. The apparatus comprises a film holding supply mechanism with a film nip section that nips the film at a film waiting position, a film moving mechanism for moving the film from the film waiting position to a film supply position and a driving mechanism for nipping and transferring the film between it and the film moving mechanism. The film moving mechanism is configured to return to the film waiting position after a predetermined portion of the first film has been transferred and wherein after the film moving mechanism has returned to the film waiting position, the next film can be nipped using the film nip section at the film waiting position.

Abstract: A method of testing light-emitting condition of a vacuum florescent print head is disclosed. The print head is of a type having a plurality of luminous elements disposed along a main scanning direction for forming dots in the form of a linear column on a print paper, and the print head is movable in a sub-scanning direction relative to the print paper. The method includes a first step of exposing and forming on a print paper a plurality of linear dot columns, each column consisting of a plurality of dots arranged along a main scanning direction with a predetermined space therebetween, the plurality of dot columns being juxtaposed with each other with a predetermined space therebetween; a second step of determining density of each dot formed and exposed by the first step one column after another by using a scanner; and a third step of outputting the determined densities of the respective dots as light-emitting amounts of a plurality of luminous elements forming the linear dot column.

Abstract: A film feeding apparatus and method are disclosed that have improved operability and reliability using magnetic reading devices and read magnetic data frame by frame, store them in RAM and set flags indicative of the presence or absence of the magnetic data while a film is unwound. If a frame whose magnetic data has not been read yet is judged to be present with reference to the flags in RAM, the magnetic data are read and stored in RAM and the flags are set while the film is rewound. If the frame whose magnetic data has not been read yet is judged again to be present with reference to the flags in RAM even after the film is rewound, an operator is notified by means of a display. If the operator gives a command to reread the magnetic data by means of a keyboard, the magnetic data are reread again after the feeding speed of the film is changed.

Abstract: A vacuum fluorescent printer including a print head (60) having luminous blocks (32, 33, 34) each having a plurality of luminous elements arranged in a main scanning direction for irradiating a photosensitive material with light released from phosphorous objects to which electrons are applied based on a drive signal, thereby forming dots on the photosensitive material. A further luminous block (32b) is provided which is spaced from the luminous blocks (32a, 33, 34) in the sub-scanning direction and used for printing a particular color among the three colors (R, G, B). Each dot of the particular color is formed by light from a plurality of luminous blocks (32a, 32b). A printer controller (7c) is provided for generating a pulsed drive signal as the drive signal. The number of pulses in the drive signal is determined based on a density value of the image data, and the slower a moving speed is in the sub-scanning direction, to the larger pulse width the drive signal is set.

Abstract: A method or transferring a strip-form photosensitive material comprising mounting a feed roller on an upstream side and a transferring roller on the downstream side with an exposure table located therebetween and intermittently transferring the photosensitive material onto the exposure table only in the predetermined feed size, characterized by measuring in advance a feed size of the paper based on number of revolution of the feed roller and a feed size of the paper based on number of revolution of the transferring roller and compensating for the number of revolution given to both rollers in order to prevent an error generated between both paper feed sizes.

Abstract: A vacuum fluorescent print head (60) for photographic printing paper having luminous elements with phosphorous objects (64, 164) arranged linearly in a main scanning direction to form a plurality of luminous element arrays (90, 190) arranged in a sub-scanning direction at right angles to the main scanning direction. The luminous elements (62, 63, 64; 162, 163, 164) of the luminous element arrays (90; 190) are arranged at predetermined intervals, and the luminous element arrays are arranged relative to one another, such that light beams radiating from the luminous elements of one of the luminous element arrays and from the luminous elements of another of luminous element arrays lie close to one another without overlapping in the sub-scanning direction.

Abstract: A vacuum fluorescent color print head for photographic printing paper having a red luminous block (32) including a plurality of luminous elements arranged in a main scanning direction, and red color filters attached to light-emitting ends of the luminous elements; a green luminous block (33) including a plurality of luminous elements arranged in the main scanning direction, and green color filters attached to light-emitting ends of the luminous elements, and a blue luminous block (34) including a plurality of luminous elements arranged in the main scanning direction, and blue color filters attached to light-emitting ends of the luminous elements. The color filters (69: 69a, 69b, 69c) are attached to the light-emitting ends of the luminous elements defined by phosphorous object (64) formed of ZnO:Zn phosphor, and part of a first strip-like anode conductor (62) or a second strip-like anode conductor (63).

Abstract: An image frame selector system for a photographic printing apparatus includes an image processing unit (5d) for reading image frames from a photographic film (2) and displaying a plurality of simulated image frames in a particular multiple frame display pattern on a monitor (50), and a keyboard (60) for inputting commands to handle the simulated image frames displayed. The monitor is switched to a view including next simulated image frames unless commands are inputted through the keyboard within a predetermined time.

Abstract: A photographic processing system has a first printing section for printing a film image on photographic paper, a second printing section for printing image data which has been converted into a light signal on the photographic paper, and a common developing section for developing the image exposed on the photographic paper by the first or second printing section. The first printing section and the developing section are disposed adjacent to each other at lower part of the system, and the second printing section is disposed above the first printing section.

Abstract: A negative film with an identification number printed directly on a film surface of a non-frame image area other than frame image areas with photographic images formed therein. A photographic printing apparatus for printing a negative film having frame image areas and non-frame image areas other than the frame image areas includes: a first identification number reader for reading an identification number printed in a fogged portion formed in the one of the non-frame image areas in a leading end region of the negative film; a second identification number reader for reading an identification number printed between perforations formed in the non-frame image areas of the negative film; and a printer for printing the identification number read on a back of printing paper having, printed thereon, frame images of the negative film with the identification number.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transferring a strip-form photosensitive paper material comprising mounting a feed roller on an upstream side of an exposure table and a transferring roller on a downstream side of the exposure table and intermittently transferring photosensitive paper material onto the exposure table only in predetermined feed size, characterized by measuring, in advance, a feed size of the photosensitive paper material based on a number of revolutions of the feed roller and a feed size of the photosensitive paper, based on number of revolutions of the transferring roller, and compensating for the number of revolutions given to both rollers in order to prevent an error generated between the photosensitive paper feed sizes and an exposure table having upstream feed rollers and downstream transfer rollers and control means for measuring and feed the photosensitive paper material.

Abstract: In an image recording apparatus, exposure light amounts measured by a sensor immediately after a PLZT head performs an exposure with exposure light amounts corrected first by a controller using an original scanner or the like are stored in a memory as correction reference exposure light amounts. Thereafter, the controller performs an exposure correction such that the exposure light amounts measured by the sensor agree with the correction reference exposure light amounts. At this time, since the correction reference exposure light amounts are set according to the precision of the sensor, a shortage of the exposure light amount can be easily recognized by comparing both exposure light amounts even if the precision of the sensor is not high. As a result, the exposure correction can be reliably performed. Accordingly, the exposure light amounts can be accurately corrected even when using a sensor having a relatively large scanning displacement.

Abstract: An ink ribbon assembly for use in a thermal transfer printer includes a plurality of ink ribbons 17a, 17b and 17c which has at least one ink ribbon 17c less influence on an outcome the printing accuracy is shorter in length than the other ink ribbons 17a and 17b. The shorter ink ribbon has a terminal end mark 60 formed at its terminal end. At the time point when the end of the shorter ink ribbon is detected in the middle of the printing of one printing area, the other ink ribbons have finished the printing of such printing area, because they are longer than the ink ribbon 17c, and thus, joints cannot be produced in the printing with the longer ink ribbons.