Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records
Patent
1989-02-08
1991-07-16
Pitts, Harold
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
235376, 355 40, G06F 1520
Patent
active
050327070
ABSTRACT:
A bagless film handling system for individualized processing of a customer's film into prints is described. A key aspect of the system is a point-of-sale terminal for customer selection of individualized processing options such as print size, finish, etc., and for customer entry of identification information such as the customer's phone number, which selected options and information is used to prepare a machine and human readable label which is applied directly to the film before transport to the processing laboratory. As a result, the system eliminates the use of bags to send individual film orders to the lab, which bags are used in conventional film handling systems both to transport the films and as a means of conveying the customer's selected processing options and identifying information in human readable form only. The bar coded label further enables other manual steps in the conventional system to be automated, including, inter alia, the sorting of films into batches destined for similar processing, the splicing of the films, and the packaging of the films with their corresponding prints.
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Crochetiere Raymond H.
Gudmundson Gunnar G.
Reuss John R.
Pitts Harold
Standard Manufacturing
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