JP3428831B2 - Photo processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an exposing section for printing an image of a negative film on a photographic paper, a negative film discharging section for discharging the negative film used in the exposing section, and the photographic printing paper. A developing unit for developing, a paper cutter for cutting the developed printing paper into prints of a predetermined length, a print discharging unit for discharging the print-cut prints, and a 1 for discharging from the negative film discharging unit. The present invention relates to a photographic processing apparatus provided with a unit negative film and a collation station for collating one unit of print discharged from the print discharge unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a photographic processing apparatus such as that described above, the combination of a negative film and a print is such that one negative film ordered by a customer or a set of negative pieces (several pieces of film cut every four or six frames). ) Is usually performed as one unit, and this one unit is also called one order. Even when the same customer places an order for printing several negative films or several sets of piece negatives at the same time, they are processed as different orders. A photograph in which the DP of one order, that is, one unit of piece negative (usually one long negative film is finally cut to a predetermined length as a piece negative) is collated with the print and automatically packed in a DP bag. A processing device is known, for example, from Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-43622. In the piece negative and print collating station of this photographic processing apparatus, one unit of piece negative inserted into a negative sheet after exposure processing is stored in a print bag on which the ID number of this piece negative is printed.
Collate the ID number of this print bag with the ID number of the prints sorted by unit and conveyed by the sorter,
When the ID numbers match, the print of one unit is stored in the print bag and combined with the piece negative having the same ID number.

In such a photographic processing apparatus, print-cut prints (which are cut as a print for each frame image from the photographic paper that has undergone development processing) are continuously conveyed to a collation station, but the conveyance apparatus malfunctions. Even if it becomes impossible to convey prints due to overflow of collation work at the collation station or the collation station, it is not possible to stop the conveyance of photographic paper passing through the inside of the development tank of the development processing section. The printing paper sent is cut as it is, and the print is discharged from the print discharge unit. For this reason, the overflowed prints are mixed with the prints of the preceding orders, and the collation becomes inconsistent over a considerable number of orders.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and even if a trouble that print conveyance is impossible occurs in the print conveyance line from the paper cutter to the collation station, the development in the development processing section is performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a photographic processing apparatus capable of handling a developed photographic paper that does not adversely affect the preceding order print without stopping the conveyance of the photographic paper passing through the tank.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, an exposing section for printing an image of a negative film on a printing paper, and a negative film discharging section for discharging the negative film used in the exposing section. A developing unit that develops the printed photographic paper, and a paper cutter that cuts the developed photographic paper into prints of a predetermined length,
A print discharge unit for discharging the prints that have been cut; and a collation station for collating one unit of the negative film discharged from the negative film discharge unit with one unit of the print discharged from the print discharge unit. In the photographic processing apparatus, a bypass discharge line for forcibly discharging the photographic printing paper is formed, and a print transport trouble detection means for detecting a trouble in which print transport cannot be performed on a print transport line from the paper cutter to the collation station. A non-cut discharge control means for discharging the photographic printing paper sent to the paper cutter to the bypass discharge line in a non-cut manner in response to a signal from

With the above construction, when a trouble that print cannot be conveyed occurs in the print conveying line from the paper cutter to the collation station, the photographic printing paper is not cut into prints, but is forcibly forced before being discharged from the print discharging section. It is discharged from the bypass discharge line. Therefore, after the trouble in which the print cannot be conveyed is detected, the printing paper sent to the paper cutter is not mixed with the print of the preceding order. Further, since the photographic paper is not printed cut for each frame image but is sent to the bypass discharge line as long as it is discharged, it may be piled up in pieces like print cut prints and scattered in the vicinity. Absent.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the print transport line is a sheet ejected from a negative film ejection section.
A unit of negative film and a tray conveyor that conveys one unit of the negative film from the print discharge unit as a set are provided, and the print conveyance trouble detecting means detects the trouble of print conveyance failure due to interruption of conveyance of the tray conveyor. There is one configured in. With this configuration, one unit of negative film and print to be combined is stored on the tray, so automatic verification is possible, but if the tray stops moving for some reason,
To avoid this, the prints will be scattered on the device that transfers the prints to the tray or on the trays.To avoid this, the paper cutter operation is stopped and the photographic paper remains uncut as soon as the conveyance interruption of the tray conveyor is detected. And send it to the bypass discharge line. When adopting such a tray conveyor capable of automatic collation, the emergency evacuation processing according to the present invention is particularly important.

In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention,
If the bypass discharge line is arranged on the downstream side of the paper cutter with respect to the transport direction, it is only necessary to guide the leading edge of the photographic printing paper cut to the bypass discharge line when a trouble in which printing cannot be carried occurs, and it is sent to the bypass discharge line. When the length of the printing paper becomes longer than necessary, it is sufficient to cut the printing paper once with a paper cutter. When arranging the bypass discharge line on the upstream side of the paper cutter in the transport direction, another paper cutter for emergency operation is required.

It is proposed to use the order unit as the timing for cutting the long photographic paper sent to the bypass discharge line. That is, the length of the uncut photographic printing paper sent to the bypass discharge line is one order. As one embodiment for realizing this, the photographic printing paper is provided with a cut notch that is divided in frame image units and an order notch that is divided in order units, and the no-cut discharge control means cuts the photographic paper when the order notches are detected. To allow the cutter. This allows
The long photographic paper discharged without cutting is also sorted into units convenient for collation work called orders, which facilitates subsequent recovery work.

As a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is proposed that the uncut discharge control means permits the transition from the uncut discharge process to the print cut process when an order notch is detected. As a result, when the non-cut discharge process shifts to the print cut process due to the elimination of the print transport failure problem, the print cut start timing is detected by detecting the order notch, and the The cut prints are loaded on the tray from the new order, which is convenient for the matching work at the matching station. Other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following description of the embodiments of the invention with reference to the drawings.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The whole of a photographic processing apparatus 1 according to the present invention is shown in FIG. 1, and a negative film 2 (here, a negative film) is conveyed in the photographic processing apparatus 1 during various processing steps. The film is used as a generic name for a negative film having the length of one photographic film, a piece negative cut in units of several frames, and a negative film with a cartridge conforming to the Advanced Photo System. , Schematically shown in FIG. The photographic processing apparatus 1 includes a negative film supply unit 10, an exposure unit 20 for printing an image of the negative film 2 on a photographic paper 3 drawn from a paper magazine 4, and a development of the photographic paper 3 exposed by the exposure unit 20. A development processing unit 30 for processing, a drying unit 40 for drying the photographic printing paper 3 developed by the development processing unit 30, and a print discharging unit for cutting the dried photographic printing paper 3 into a predetermined length and discharging it as a print. 50 and the exposure unit 2
Negative film discharging section 6 for cutting the negative film 2 used in 0, inserting a negative sheet if necessary, and discharging
0, and one unit carried in from the negative film discharge unit 60 (one unit may be read as 1 order here for easy understanding) and one unit carried in from the print discharge unit 50. A conveyor mechanism 70 is provided for collating and combining unit prints as finished products and transporting them to a finished product take-out position by an operator.

The negative film supply section 10 can be loaded with two negative reels 11 each of which is formed by winding up to 100 negative films 2 joined by a splice tape, and the negative film pulled out from the negative reels 11 can be loaded. Bar code reader 12 that reads the bar code provided in 2 and the drawn negative film 2
A negative cutter 13 that cuts each of the orders is provided, and a screen sensor 14 that checks the frame image of the negative film 2 is also provided.

In the exposure section 20, as shown in FIG. 3 (the negative film 2 and the photographic paper 3 are arranged upside down as compared with FIG. 2), a reading light source is provided on the upstream side in the film transport direction. 21a, a mirror tunnel 21b, and an imaging device 21c
Is provided with a film reading device 21 consisting of an exposure light source 22a, a light control filter 22b, a mirror tunnel 22c, a negative mask 22d, a printing lens 22e, and a shutter 22f on the downstream side in the film transport direction.
2 is provided, and the negative film supply unit 10 to the exposure unit 20 are provided.
Roller 23a that conveys the negative film 2 to the negative discharge portion 60 through the motor 23 and the motor 2 that drives the roller 23a.
3b is provided. The negative film 2 conveyed by the rollers 23a is first read by the film reading device 21 for the image of each frame and sent to the controller 5 whose block diagram is shown in detail in FIG. In the exposure control means 5a of the controller 5, the film reading device 2
The exposure conditions for printing the image of the negative film 2 on the photographic printing paper 3 are obtained based on the image information received from the image data No. 1, and the frame of the corresponding negative film 2 is the negative mask 22.
When it is transported to the position of d, the light control filter 22b and the shutter 22f are based on the exposure condition previously obtained.
Is controlled to expose the photographic printing paper 3. Further, the controller 5 processes the image information of the negative film 2 read by the film reading device 21 and prints the photographic paper 3 under the obtained exposure condition.
A simulated image of the image obtained when the image is printed can be displayed on the monitor 6a, and the operator observes the simulated image on the monitor 6a and corrects the exposure condition from the operation console 6b as necessary. can do.

The negative film 2 which has been exposed by the exposure unit 20 is separated into six frames by a negative cutter 25 provided in a negative film discharge unit 60 arranged on the downstream side of the exposure device 22 in the film transport direction. Each piece is cut into four pieces and sent out as a plurality of negative pieces 2 to the conveyor mechanism 70. Depending on the specifications, the negative piece 2 is inserted into the negative sheet by a negative sheet inserting device (not shown), and the negative sheet is folded. It is sent to the rear conveyor mechanism 70. Since the negative film 2 conforming to the advanced photo system is pulled out from the cartridge before various processing operations and rewound into the cartridge again after the processing, the negative film 2 after the exposure processing is also stored in the cartridge and transferred to the conveyor mechanism 70. Sent out. The negative film transport control means 5b of the controller 5 controls the transport of the series of negative films 2 from the negative reel 11 to the final delivery to the conveyor mechanism 70.

Although not shown, the development processing section 30 is provided with a plurality of development processing tanks, and after the image of the negative film 2 is printed in the exposure section 20,
The photographic printing paper 3 is developed by the roller 24a and the motor 24b for driving the roller 24a, passing through the collection printing section 26, and further sequentially passing through the development processing tank of the development processing section 30. It should be noted that an emergency evacuation is performed in the case where a situation in which the photographic printing paper 3 cannot be continuously fed between the exposure unit 20 and the development processing unit 30 despite the presence of a loop portion in front of the development processing unit 30 A cutter 27 that cuts the photographic paper 3 is provided.

The photographic printing paper 3 after the development processing is dried in the drying unit 40, then sent to the print discharge unit 50, and cut into prints by the paper cutter 51 to become the finished print 3, which is driven by the motor 54a. It is sent out to the conveyor mechanism 70 by the lateral feed conveyor 54.

Reference numeral 200 denotes a bypass discharge line, which prints and cuts the photographic printing paper 3 in the lateral direction when a trouble in which printing cannot be carried occurs in the print carrying line from the paper cutter 51 through the lateral feeding conveyor 54 to the conveyor mechanism 70. This is for interrupting the feeding to the conveyor 54 and forcibly discharging the printing paper 3 to another place without print cutting. Bypass discharge line 20
0 to form a drive roller 56 and a guide plate 57 driven by a motor 56a between the paper cutter 51 and the outlet 55 to the transverse conveyor 54, as shown in detail in FIG. The frame body 201 is disposed above the print transport path that is formed, and the opening 202a of the through path 202 that extends obliquely above the frame body 201 and extends horizontally again.
Are located above the guide plate 57. A route changing member 204 is provided in the area of the opening 202a so as to be able to swing around the swing shaft 203, and the route changing member 204 is swingably driven by a solenoid 205. Penetration path 20
2 is provided with a plurality of conveying roller sets each including a driving roller 206 and an idler roller 207 arranged so as to face the driving roller 206, forcing the photographic printing paper 3 branched to the penetrating path 202. Uncut photographic paper placing table 2 that is conveyed vertically and extends above the lateral feed conveyor 54.
Send to 09. Power is supplied to the driving roller 206 by a motor 208.

The paper cutter 51 is vertically cut by a motor 52 via an eccentric cam mechanism (not shown). A notch sensor 53 for obtaining timing for cutting the photographic printing paper 3 is provided on the upstream side of the paper cutter 51 in the transport direction.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, on the photographic printing paper 3, a notch 3a for dividing each frame image and an order notch 3b for distinguishing each order consisting of a plurality of frame images are provided by a notcher. It is formed. When the notch sensor 53 optically detects the cut notch 3a and the order notch 3b, the notch sensor 53 sends the detection signal to the controller 5. The photographic printing paper 3 pulled out from the paper magazine 4 is print-cut by the paper cutter 51, and the conveyance control of the photographic printing paper 3 or the print 3 until the photographic paper 3 is carried into the conveyor mechanism 70 from the transverse feed conveyor 54 is performed by the controller 5. This is performed through the transfer control means 5c.

The conveyor mechanism 70, as shown in FIG.
It is a tray conveyor type, and is provided with a plurality of trays 100 which are driven by a driving means 90 which transmits a conveying force while being guided by a circulation guide path 80. A negative film carry-in station 71, a standby station 72, a print carry-in station 73, and a collation station 74 are formed in the transport line determined by the circulation guide path 80. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the circular guide path 80 includes a pair of left and right rails 81 having a substantially circular cross section and the rails 8.
1 is connected at a predetermined interval, and a negative film discharging unit 60 arranged at a lower position of the photographic processing apparatus 1 and a print discharging unit 5 arranged at a higher position.
Between 0 and 0 extends along the side walls of the development processing section 30 and the drying section 40.

As shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, the tray 100 includes a traveling unit 110 that travels on a rail 81,
It is composed of a mounting section 150 having a film storage section 150a and a print storage section 150b. Running section 11
0 is a channel type traveling platform 111 and this traveling platform 11
Each of four traveling rollers 113 rotatably supported by a shaft 112 inside the ribs 111a and 111b on both sides of 1 and an angle bracket for mounting the mounting portion 150 in an inclined manner with respect to the traveling base 111. It has and. Grooves 113a corresponding to the shape of the rail 81 are formed on the traveling surface of the traveling rollers 113, which are attached to each tray eight by eight. Running section 1
Reference numeral 10 denotes a front upper and lower traveling roller 113 and a rear upper and lower traveling roller 113 arranged on the right rib portion 111a.
The rail 81 on the right side is sandwiched by two places, and the upper and lower running rollers 1 on the front side arranged on the rib portion 111b on the left side.
The left rail 81 is sandwiched between the 13 and the upper and lower traveling rollers 113 on the rear side, so that stable rail traveling is performed.

The driving means 90 for conveying the tray 100 is
The chain drive system that uses the chain 91 as the endless drive body is adopted, and as is clear from FIG.
The first drive unit 90a is divided into the sixth drive unit 90f. The first driving device 90a is used in the matching station 74.
And the waiting station 72.
The second driving device 90b is arranged to move the empty tray 100 to the tray stop position in the negative loading station 71. The third drive device 90c is
The tray 100 on which the negative film 2 is loaded is formed by a part of the first driving device 90a.
It is arranged so that it can be moved to the second storage line. The fourth drive device 90d is arranged so as to sequentially move the tray 100 stored in the standby station 72 to the tray stop position of the print carry-in station 73, and as is apparent from FIG. 7, the fourth drive device 90d. 90d raises the tray 100 steeply.
The fifth drive device 90e further lowers the tray 100, on which the prints 3 are loaded, at a steep slope to move the first drive device 90a.
The tray 100 is arranged so as to be fed into the portion forming the collation station 74, but the circulation guide path 80 is curved before the collation station 74, and therefore the tray 100 is moved along the curved line. The sixth driving device 90f is arranged between the fifth driving device 90e and the first driving device 90a. Each of the above-mentioned drive devices includes a chain 91, a drive sprocket 92 meshing with the chain 91, a direction changing sprocket 93, and a drive sprocket 9
2 is composed of a drive motor 94. At that time, the first, second, third and sixth drive devices 90a, 90b, 9
0c and 90f receive power from a common drive motor 94, but the fourth and fifth drive devices 90d and 90e receive power from individual drive motors 94 because of the need for timed intermittent operation. . As the link plate of each chain 91, not only the normal link plate 91a but also a traction link plate 91b having a traction portion 95 extending in the axial direction of the chain roller at a predetermined pitch is mounted, and each chain has this traction portion. The tray 100 is moved via 95.

The towing unit 95 and the traveling unit 110 of the tray 100.
The engagement capable of transmitting the carrying force to and is performed by two methods. That is, in the first driving device 90a, the magnet fixed to the lower surface of the mounting plate 115 extending vertically to the outside of the rib portion 111b of the traveling base 110 by the resin 117 is formed as shown in FIG. 9 in order to form the storage line. The magnetic force acting between 116 and the pulling portion 95 of the chain 91 creates an engagement between the traveling portion 110 of the tray 100 and the pulling portion 95 of the chain 91, and as a result, the tray 100 is moved by the chain 91. There is. For this purpose, at least the traction link plate 91b is made of magnetic material. Therefore, the tray 100 is connected to the tray 100 and the chain 9
When the traveling is blocked by a force greater than the magnetic force acting between the magnet 116 and the magnet 1, the magnet 116 is disengaged from the pulling portion 95, only the chain 91 advances, and the tray 100 remains stopped. As a result, the trays 100 are sequentially stored as the end faces of the traveling platform 111 come into contact with each other, and when the previous tray moves forward, the magnet 116 again magnetically engages with the pulling portion 95 of the chain 91. , After the tray 1
00 also starts moving due to the chain 91. That is, the storage of the tray 100 and the supply of the negative film 2 and the print 3 to the take-out position of the tray 100 are automatically performed without delay.

In drive devices other than the first drive device 90a,
Since it is sufficient for the tray 100 and the chain 91 to move integrally, as shown in FIG.
The claw portion 118 further protruding from the lower ends of the traveling portions 1 and 111b abuts on the towing portion 95 of the chain 91, so that the traveling portion 1
A transportable engagement between the 10 and the tow 95 is created. The drive motors 94 are controlled by the conveyor control means 5d of the controller 5 so as to cooperate with each other.

At the negative film loading station 71,
One unit of the negative film 2 discharged from the negative film discharging section 60 is transferred to the film storage section 150a of the tray 100. At the standby station 72, the tray 100 loaded with the negative film 2 can be placed on standby in order to match the timing at which one unit of the print 3 onto which the image of the negative film 2 loaded on the tray 100 is printed is output from the print discharge unit 50. Is. At the print carry-in station 73, one unit of the print 3 on which the image of the negative film 2 stored in the film storage unit 150a is printed is transferred from the print discharge unit 50 to the print storage unit 150b of the tray 100. Matching station 7
In 4, when the collation of the negative film 2 and the print 3 for one unit carried by the tray 100 is confirmed, the negative film 2 and the print 3 are taken out from the tray 100 and placed in the DP bag 7. Since such collation / removal for each tray 100 and sending of the tray 100 to the collation station 74 are not synchronized, the collation station 74 stores the tray 100 on the rail 81 like the standby station 72. It is possible. The empty tray 100 is sent to the negative film carry-in station 71 again.

The controller 5 is configured to perform various functions, as is apparent from FIG. 4, in addition to the functions described above. The paper cutter control means 5e
Based on the detection signal of the cut notch 3a of the printing paper 3 sent from the notch sensor 53, the paper cutter 51
The motor 52 is driven to perform the cutting operation. The bypass discharge line control means 5f, instead of sending the photographic printing paper 3 to the print cut lateral feed conveyor 54,
The path changing member 204 is oscillated through the solenoid 205, and the drive roller 206 is moved through the motor 208.
Is rotated, the photographic printing paper 3 sent in uncut state is branched from the opening 202a to the penetrating path 202 and guided to the bypass discharge line 200.

The print conveyance trouble detecting means 5g is linked to the photographic paper conveyance control means 5c and the conveyor control means 5d so as to detect a print conveyance impossible trouble which has occurred in the print conveyance line from the paper cutter 51 to the collation station 74. Is configured. The uncut discharge control means 5h acts on the paper cutter control means 5e and the bypass discharge line control means 5f, triggered by the detection of the print conveyance trouble by the print conveyance trouble detection means 5g, and prints only when the order notch 3b is detected. When the paper 3 is cut and the uncut discharge process for guiding the long uncut photographic paper 3 in order unit to the bypass discharge line 200 is executed, and when the trouble in which the print can be conveyed is eliminated, the order notch 3b
The normal print cut is carried out by the detection of, and the print cut process is shifted to the print cut processing for sending the print 3 which has been cut to the lateral feed conveyor 54.

FIG. 11 shows the operation of the paper cutter 51 in the above-described print cutting process, non-cut discharging process, and transition from the non-cut discharging process to the print cutting process.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of. There are two important flags in this flowchart, one of which is the uncut flag, which is set to "0" during normal print cut processing and "1" during uncut discharge processing.
Is set. The other is an order wait flag, which is used to perform the transition from the non-cut discharge process to the print cut process on an order-by-order basis, and is set to "0" at the start of this routine.

In the normal print cutting process, the process waits until the cut notch 3a is detected (# 10). When the cut notch 3a is detected, it is checked whether the order notch 3b is also detected (# 12). Whether or not the order notch 3b is detected, the timer is started (# 20), but if the order notch 3b is also detected, the order notch flag is set to "1"(# 14), and the uncut flag is set. Check the status (# 16). Since the no-cut flag is set to "0" during normal print cut processing, the order wait flag is set to "0"(# 18). When the timer starts (# 20) and the timer elapsed time: t reaches the predetermined time: T (# 22), the process proceeds to the next step and the timer is reset (# 24). In addition, predetermined time:
T is a corresponding time until the cut notch 3a detected by the notch sensor 53 reaches the paper cutter 51. Next, it is checked whether the uncut flag is set to "1"(# 26). However, since the uncut flag is set to "0" during normal print cut processing, a No branch is performed and the order wait flag is set. To
Check if "1" is set (# 2
8) Since the order wait flag is set to "0" at the time of starting, the process branches to No, the paper cutter 51 is operated (# 30), and the order notch flag is set to "0"(# 32), # Return to 10. By repeating this, print cutting is performed.

When the print conveyance trouble detection means 5g detects a print conveyance impossible trouble, the uncut discharge control means 5h activates the bypass discharge line control means 5f and acts on the paper cutter control means 5e, that is, the uncut flag is set to "1". "Is set and uncut discharge processing starts.

In the uncut discharge process, the cut notch 3
If only a is detected, the uncut flag is set to "1", so Yes branch is made at # 26 described above,
The order wait flag is set to "1"(# 34), and the state of the order notch flag is checked (# 36). However, since the order notch 3b is not detected, the order notch flag is "0". The process branches to No and returns to # 10. That is, the print cut by the cut notch 3a is not performed. However, when both the cut notch 3a and the order notch 3b are detected, a yes branch is made at # 12 and "1" is set to the order notch flag (# 1
4) Further, the state of the uncut flag is checked (# 16). Since the uncut flag is set to "1", the process branches to No (# 16). Next, when the timer starts (# 20) and the timer elapsed time: t reaches the predetermined time: T (# 22), the process proceeds to the next step and the timer is reset (# 24). In addition, predetermined time: T
Is a corresponding time until the cut notch 3a detected by the notch sensor 53 reaches the paper cutter 51. Next, it is checked whether the uncut flag is set to "1"(# 26). However, since the uncut flag is set to "1", the result of the branch is Yes and the order wait flag is set to "1". (# 34), the state of the order notch flag is checked (# 36). Since the order notch flag is set to "1" in # 14,
The process branches Yes at # 36, operates the paper cutter 51 (# 30), sets the order notch flag to "0"(# 32), and returns to # 10. That is, the photographic printing paper 3 is cut in order.

The no-cut flag is set to "0" at the transition from the no-cut discharge process to the print-cut process, but when only the cut notch 3a is detected, the no-cut flag is set to "0". N in # 26
o It branches, and it is checked whether the order wait flag is set to "1"(# 28). However, since the order wait flag is set to "1" at # 34 as described above, the Yes branch is made. , Returns to # 10 without print cutting. However, if both the cut notch 3a and the order notch 3b are detected therein, the process branches to Yes at # 12 and Yes at # 16, and the order wait flag becomes "
It is set to 0 "(# 18), which causes N in # 28.
o Branch and activate the paper cutter 51 (# 3
0), the photographic printing paper 3 is cut. After that, even if only the cut notch 3a is detected, the order wait flag remains set to "1", so the flow branches to No at # 28, the paper cutter 51 is operated (# 30), and the print cut is performed. It will be done.

In the description of the above embodiments, when the uncut photographic paper 3 is discharged to the bypass discharge line 200, the order unit is used. However, in some cases, the photographic paper 2 may be cut at other timings, or You may employ the structure which does not cut at all. An important point in the present invention is to discharge the photographic printing paper 3 to the bypass discharge line 200 without cutting, that is, without cutting the print, when a trouble in which the print cannot be conveyed occurs.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a photo processing apparatus that employs a photo collation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a photographic processing apparatus showing the flow of negative film and photographic paper according to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the photographic processor according to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the controller.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a bypass discharge line.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of a photographic printing paper on which cut notches and order notches are formed.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a conveyor mechanism that constitutes the photo collation system.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the drive device and the traveling portion of the tray.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the drive device and the traveling portion of the tray.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing the loading of the negative film into the film storage section.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the paper cutter.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 Negative film 3 photographic paper (print) 5g Print transport trouble detection means 5h Uncut emission control means 20 Exposure section 50 Print output section 51 paper cutter 60 Negative film discharge section 74 Verification station 200 bypass discharge line

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. An exposure unit for printing an image of a negative film onto photographic paper, a negative film discharge unit for discharging the negative film used in the exposure unit, and a developing unit for developing the printed photographic paper. A paper cutter for cutting the developed photographic paper into prints of a predetermined length, a print discharge unit for discharging the print-cut prints, a unit of negative film discharged from the negative film discharge unit, and In a photographic processing device having a collation station for collating one unit of print ejected from a print ejecting section, a bypass ejection line for forcibly ejecting the printing paper is formed, and the paper cutter performs the collation. A print transport tray that detects troubles that prevent print transport on the print transport line to the station. In response to a signal from the table detection means, the photographic processing apparatus, characterized in that the photographic paper fed into the paper cutter uncut discharge control means for discharging the bypass exhaust line uncut are provided. 2. A print conveying line is provided with a unit of negative film discharged from the negative film discharging unit and a tray conveyor for conveying the unit of negative film from the print discharging unit as a set, 2. The photographic processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print-conveyance trouble detecting means detects a trouble that the print-conveyance is impossible based on the interruption of the conveyance of the tray conveyor. 3. The photographic processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bypass discharge line is arranged on the downstream side of the paper cutter in the transport direction. 4. The photographic printing paper is provided with a cut notch for dividing by frame image and an order notch for dividing by order, and the uncut ejection control means permits cutting of the printing paper when the order notch is detected. The photographic processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the photographic processing apparatus is a photographic processing apparatus. 5. The photographic processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the uncut discharge control means permits a transition from the uncut discharge process to the print cut process when an order notch is detected.