Abstract: Apparatus and method are disclosed for synchronously processing photographic prints and corresponding negatives through an inspection and packaging operation. Initially, a file of printing history data is compiled on magnetic storage in a central computer system when the prints are originally exposed in sequence of customer order by a photographic printer. After the photographic print material is processed, the prints and negatives are delivered to the inspection and packaging apparatus in roll form while the corresponding printing history is withdrawn from magnetic storage. The inspection and packaging apparatus chops the prints and places each print in an identifiable position upon a moving inspection belt. By beginning the process with the prints, the negatives and the history file in corresponding sequence, the negative-related history data is correlated to the identifiable positions in which corresponding prints are placed.