Abstract: A passive take-up chamber for temporarily receiving and storing photographic filmstrips in the transport path of a film scanner for digitizing images on the filmstrips. The take-up chamber has a cavity defined by parallel side walls and a generally circular, lateral connecting wall with a plurality of shaped interior surface segments formed in and spaced apart around the interior surface of the lateral wall and generally defining a circular path for the filmstrip within the cavity. A further plurality of guiding rollers are mounted to extend between the first and second side walls adjacent to the interior surface of the lateral wall, for rotation on contact with the longitudinal edges of the filmstrip.

Abstract: A platen protecting thermal printing system effects borderless printing on an image receiver by thermal transfer of image imparting substance such as diffusible or sublimable dye from a donor web at a printing nip between coextensive portions of a thermal head and cooperating platen defining a nip width. The web is disposed between the head and receiver, and a platen protecting extension member is disposed between the receiver and platen, for common travel of the web, receiver and member through the nip during printing. The web width exceeds the receiver width and exceeds, equals or is exceeded by the nip width. The member width exceeds the nip width when the web width exceeds or equals the nip width, and exceeds the web width when the nip width exceeds the web width. The member is overprinted on its lateral portions extending beyond the receiver side edges within the range of the web width and/or nip width, while preventing overprinting on the platen.