Abstract: A digital film processing system and film processing solution cartridge are disclosed. The cartridge comprises a housing and a chamber for storing a film processing fluid. The processing solution may be contained within a flexible bladder within the chamber. The cartridge may also include an integral applicator for coating the processing solution onto undeveloped film. The cartridge is generally removeably attached to the film processing system, but may also be refillable.

Abstract: A digital film processing system and film processing solution cartridge are disclosed. The cartridge comprises a housing and a chamber for storing a film processing fluid. The processing solution may be contained within a flexible bladder within the chamber. The cartridge may also include an integral applicator for coating the processing solution onto undeveloped film. The cartridge is generally removeably attached to the film processing system, but may also be refillable.

Abstract: A digital film processing system and film processing solution cartridge are disclosed. The cartridge comprises a housing and a chamber for storing a film processing fluid. The processing solution may be contained within a flexible bladder within the chamber. The cartridge may also include an integral applicator for coating the processing solution onto undeveloped film. The cartridge is generally removeably attached to the film processing system, but may also be refillable.

Abstract: Film support bridges for use in precisely positioning film during scanning in a digital film processing system. A friction reducing material may be applied to the bridge to minimize scratching of the film. The material may be applied to only the center portion of the bridge to raise the film at its center but to allow the edges of the film near the sprocket holes to be free from contact with the bridge to minimize vibration. In other embodiments, the bridge includes a pair of longitudinally spaced rollers which roll as the film travels over the bridge, the bridge includes a pair of transversely spaced side rollers which contact the film near the side edges of the film, or the bridge comprises two elongated strips which are connected near their ends so as to form an elongated slot which has a length less than the width between sprocket holes.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating a single digital image file from multiple digital images while minimizing cost, complexity, and/or size of the system. A single imaging station is used to generate a plurality of digital images from a medium, each digital image representing the same source image on the medium. The plurality of digital images are combined to create a single digital image which represents the source image. In one exemplary embodiment, the medium is moved a plurality of times in a continuous unidirectional path through the imaging station to create the digital images. The medium can be applied to a transport structure, such as a wheel, which can be rotated to recirculate the medium through the imaging station. The medium can comprise developing film, and the imaging station can comprise a front source, a front sensor, a back source, and a back sensor.