US5359387A
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Photographic process utilizing combined print and order form
Assignee: Eastman Kodak Co
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Filing: 1992-07-06
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Granted: 1994-10-25
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Expires: 2012-07-06
Abstract
Abstract A photographic process for institutional groups in which several exposures are taken of each subject in the group. After the film is developed, the negatives are printed in proof form on a single sheet of proof paper and an order form is simultaneously printed on the same sheet of proof paper to create a combined print and order form. The combined print and order form is delivered to the subject with an envelope including information with respect to packages symbolically identified on the order form, the subject marks the order form to indicate the packages desired for each proof print, the subject returns the marked combined print and order form with payment in the envelope to the photographic lab and the photographic lab, produces final photographic prints from the order information contained on the combined print and order form.
Inventors
- 👤 Ray Hicks
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 10:06
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03D; G03D15/00; G03D15/001
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
115 words
A method of facilitating the production of final positive photographic prints of a subject from a photographic exposure of the subject characterized in that the exposure is developed to produce a negative, a proof print is made from the negative on a sheet of photographic proof paper, and order information enabling a customer to order specific sizes and quantities of final photographic prints is printed on the sheet of photographic proof paper proximate the print image to create a combined print and order form and thereby eliminate the necessity of providing a separate order form and eliminate the necessity of correlating separate order forms with separate proof prints to produce the final positive photographic prints.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
115 words
A method of facilitating the production of final positive photographic prints of a subject from a photographic exposure of the subject characterized in that the exposure is developed to produce a negative, a proof print is made from the negative on a sheet of photographic proof paper, and order information enabling a customer to order specific sizes and quantities of final photographic prints is printed on the sheet of photographic proof paper proximate the print image to create a combined print and order form and thereby eliminate the necessity of providing a separate order form and eliminate the necessity of correlating separate order forms with separate proof prints to produce the final positive photographic prints.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein the order information is printed on the proof paper at the same time that the negative is printed on the proof paper.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
57 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein the order information includes provision to order symbolically identified packages of final positive photographic prints and the combined print and order form is delivered to the subject with an envelope on which is imprinted information with respect to the content of the various symbolically identified packages on the order form.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
132 words
A method of facilitating the production of final positive photographic prints of a single subject from the plurality of varying photographic exposures of a subject representing varying poses, characterized in that the exposures are developed to produce a plurality of negatives, a plurality of proof prints are made from the negatives on a single sheet of photographic proof paper, and order information enabling a customer to order specific sizes and quantities of final photographic prints of each proof print is printed on the single sheet of proof paper proximate the respective proof prints to create a combined print and order form and thereby eliminate the necessity of providing a separate order form and eliminate the necessity of correlating separate order forms with separate proof prints to produce the final positive photographic prints.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
132 words
A method of facilitating the production of final positive photographic prints of a single subject from the plurality of varying photographic exposures of a subject representing varying poses, characterized in that the exposures are developed to produce a plurality of negatives, a plurality of proof prints are made from the negatives on a single sheet of photographic proof paper, and order information enabling a customer to order specific sizes and quantities of final photographic prints of each proof print is printed on the single sheet of proof paper proximate the respective proof prints to create a combined print and order form and thereby eliminate the necessity of providing a separate order form and eliminate the necessity of correlating separate order forms with separate proof prints to produce the final positive photographic prints.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 4 wherein the order form is printed on the proof paper at the same time that the negatives are printed on the proof paper.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
57 words
A method according to claim 4 wherein the order form includes provision to order symbolically identified packages of final positive photographic prints and the combined print and order form is delivered to the subject with an envelope on which is imprinted information with respect to the content of the various symbolically identified packages on the order form.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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