Photographic image processing system having laboratory unit for processing film and photographer unit for supplying printing information

Abstract

Abstract In a first system, a laboratory unit includes a developing machine for developing an exposed film, a printer for printing the exposed film, a print identification code printer, a film identification code reader for reading a film identification code, a scanner for reading the image recorded on the exposed film, a controller for controlling an image memory in is stored the image data sent from the photographer, and a printer which prints the image data. Also in the first system, a photographer unit includes an image memory for storing image data sent from the laboratory side, an image processing unit, an operation member, a monitor, an optical disc unit, and an image memory. The laboratory unit is connected to the photographer unit by a transmission line containing terminal repeaters. In a second system, on the photographer side, the images on a negative film are read by a scanner and converted into digital image data. The digital image data is processed by an image processing unit. The digital image data processed by the image processing unit is transferred to the laboratory side via terminal repeaters. The transferred data contains the digital image data, the data used to identify the sender, and at least one of data indicating the print size and data indicating the number of prints. A printer effects printing on the basis of the image data transferred.

Inventors

• 👤 Masafumi Yamasaki

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