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A METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION STORAGE CARDS HAVING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES FORMED THEREON AND FURTHER HAIVNG DATA IDENTIFYING SUCH IMAGES RECORDED THEREON, WHICH METHOD INCLUDES THE STEPS OF FORMING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES CORRESPONDING TO DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS ON A FILM STRIP, RECORDING DIFFERENT DIGITAL DATA AT A SELECTED POSITION ON EACH OF A PLURALITY OF MASTER CARDS TO IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL MASTER CARDS WITH RESPECT TO THE DIFFERENT DOCUMENT IMAGES ON THE FILM STRIP, CAUSING DIFFERENT PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES FROM THE FILM STRIP TO BE EXPOSED ON DIFFERENT ONES OF THE MASTER CARDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIGITAL DATA ON SUCH MASTER CARDS SO THAT THE IMAGES ON THE FILM STRIP OF A PARTICULAR DOCUMENT ARE EXPOSED ON A MASTER CARD BEARING DIGITAL DATA IDENTIFYING THAT DOCUMENT, PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF INFORMATION STORAGE INDEX CARDS BEARING DIGITAL DATA AT A SELECTED POSITION ON EACH SUCH CARD CORRESPONDING TO THE DOCUMENT-IDENTIFYING DIGITAL DATA ON RESPECTIVE ONES OF THE MASTER CARDS, COLLATING THE MASTER CARDS AND THE INDEX CARDS WITH RESPECT TO THE DOCUMENT-IDENTIFYING DIGITAL DATA THEREON INTO A STACK WITH EACH MASTER CARD BEING GROUPED WITH ALL THE INDEX CARDS BEARING CORRESPONDING DOCUMENT-IDENTIFYING DIGITAL DATA, INTRODUCING EACH MASTER CARD AND AN INDEX CARD BEARING CORRESPONDING DOCUMENT-IDENTIFYING DATA INTO A PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND SHINING LIGHT THROUGH THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE ON EACH OF THE MASTER CARDS AND ONTO THE INDEX CARD BEARING CORRESPONDING DOCUMENT-IDENTIFYING DATA TO CAUSE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES ON EACH OF THE MASTER CARDS TO BE EXPOSED ON EACH OF THE INDEX CARDS BEARING CORRESPONDING DOCUMENT-IDENTIFYING DIGITAL DATA.

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A METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION STORAGE CARDS HAVING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES FORMED THEREON AND FURTHER HAIVNG DATA IDENTIFYING SUCH IMAGES RECORDED THEREON, WHICH METHOD INCLUDES THE STEPS OF FORMING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES CORRESPONDING TO DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS ON A FILM STRIP, RECORDING DIFFERENT DIGITAL DATA AT A SELECTED POSITION ON EACH OF A PLURALITY OF MASTER CARDS TO IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL MASTER CARDS WITH RESPECT TO THE DIFFERENT DOCUMENT IMAGES ON THE FILM STRIP, CAUSING DIFFERENT PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES FROM THE FILM STRIP TO BE EXPOSED ON DIFFERENT ONES OF THE MASTER CARDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIGITAL DATA ON SUCH MASTER CARDS SO THAT THE IMAGES ON THE FILM STRIP OF A PARTICULAR DOCUMENT ARE EXPOSED ON A MASTER CARD BEARING DIGITAL DATA IDENTIFYING THAT DOCUMENT, PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF INFORMATION STORAGE INDEX CARDS BEARING DIGITAL DATA AT A SELECTED POSITION ON EACH SUCH CARD CORRESPONDING TO THE DOCUMENT-IDENTIFYING DIGITAL DATA ON RESPECTIVE ONES OF THE MASTER CARDS, COLLATING THE MASTER CARDS AND THE INDEX CARDS WITH RESPECT TO THE DOCUMENT-IDENTIFYING DIGITAL DATA THEREON INTO A STACK WITH EACH MASTER CARD BEING GROUPED WITH ALL THE INDEX CARDS BEARING CORRESPONDING DOCUMENT-IDENTIFYING DIGITAL DATA, INTRODUCING EACH MASTER CARD AND AN INDEX CARD BEARING CORRESPONDING DOCUMENT-IDENTIFYING DATA INTO A PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND SHINING LIGHT THROUGH THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE ON EACH OF THE MASTER CARDS AND ONTO THE INDEX CARD BEARING CORRESPONDING DOCUMENT-IDENTIFYING DATA TO CAUSE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES ON EACH OF THE MASTER CARDS TO BE EXPOSED ON EACH OF THE INDEX CARDS BEARING CORRESPONDING DOCUMENT-IDENTIFYING DIGITAL DATA.