Improved optical printer

Claim 1

In an optical image printer wherein images are copied from a first film onto a photographically sensitive second film, the improvement comprising in combination: a relatively stationary structure having a bed and including means for providing electric energizing power; a first carriage slidable along said bed; a second carriage slidable along said bed; a projector having a first apparatus including a first housing mounted on said first carriage for receiving said first film and first means in said first housing for positioning said received first film, said projector including means operatively associated with said first apparatus for illuminating said positioned first film and forming a luminous image; a camera operatively associated with said projector and having a second apparatus including a second housing mounted on said second carriage for receiving said second film and second means in said second housing for positioning said received second film, said camera including means operatively associated with said second apparatus for receiving said luminous image from said projector and projecting said received luminous image onto said positioned second film; first, second, third and fourth film magazines of identical construction for selectively supplying and receiving either of said first and second films, each of said first, second, third and fourth film magazines having an individual magazine housing, individual means for rendering said magazine housing light tight, an individual mounting shoe, individual means in the particular magazine housing for coiling either of said first and second films, an individual electric motor coupled to said coiling means for driving said coiling means, and means for mounting said electric motor on the particular magazine housing; means for releasably mounting said first, second, third and fourth magazines, respectively, on a first side of said first housing, on an opposite second side of said first housing, on a first side of said second housing, and on an opposite second side of said second housing via the mounting shoes of said first, second, third and fourth magazines; and means coupled to the electric motor of each film magazine for selectively connecting each electric motor to said electric energizing power providing means.