Photography – Camera combined with or convertible to diverse art device
Reexamination Certificate
1998-10-19
2001-12-04
Gray, David M. (Department: 2851)
Photography
Camera combined with or convertible to diverse art device
C396S613000, C156S064000, C156S269000, C355S046000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06327439
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for manufacturing a postcard-affixed photographic print wherein a postcard is bonded to the back of a photographic print and to a method and apparatus for manufacturing a photographic print.
2. Description of the Related Art
Postcard-affixed photographic prints wherein a postcard is bonded to the back of a photographic print have conventionally been known. Postcard-affixed photographic prints of this kind are obtained by printing a row of plural images along the longitudinal direction of a thin, rolled photographic printing paper having a predetermined width, for example, a width of 102 mm, by a digital image recording device which reads the images from a film, developing the printed images by a roll developing apparatus, and cutting the photographic printing paper per image and into postcard sizes after affixing postcards to the rear surface by a postcard bonding apparatus.
The conventional digital image recording device comprises a first punch and a second punch. The first punch punches holes for demarcating the printing positions of the respective images and holes for demarcating the printing positions of the respective orders in the photographic printing paper before printing, along the conveying direction of the photographic printing paper. The second punch has an adjustable punching position, and punches holes for indicating demarcation of the respective images and holes for indicating demarcation of the respective orders in the photographic printing paper after printing, along the conveying direction of the photographic printing paper.
The number of products using photographic prints such as postcard-affixed photographic prints of this kind has been increasing recently. Thus, improvement in the efficiency of the series of the processings of the postcard-affixed photographic prints, i.e., the printing of the images, the developing of the photographic printing paper, the cutting of a printed photographic paper into postcard size, etc. has come to be required. In other words, improvement in productivity is required. An improvement in productivity is especially required in the manufacturing of postcard-affixed photographic prints wherein a single image may have to be printed many times. Also, improvement in the efficiency of the printing process is required.
However, the efficiency of printing process depends on an efficiency of printer. Namely, in the manufacturing of postcard-affixed photographic prints wherein a single image must be printed many times, the productivity is determined by the throughput of a printer after the data of the images to be printed is input.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention was made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for manufacturing a postcard-affixed photographic print, which can improve productivity while using a conventional digital image recording device, and which improve the efficiency of processing a roll of photographic printing paper without greatly altering a conventional manufacturing line.
Also, another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for manufacturing a photographic print, which can improve productivity while using a conventional digital image recording device, and which improve the efficiency of processing a roll of photographic printing paper without greatly altering a conventional manufacturing line.
In order to achieve the above objects, a first aspect of the present invention is a method of manufacturing a postcard-affixed photographic print for manufacturing a postcard-affixed photographic print in which a postcard is bonded to the back of the photographic print comprising an image printing step in which images are printed such that a plurality of image rows, each having a plurality of images which are formed along the longitudinal direction of an elongated photographic printing paper, are formed in the transverse direction of the photographic printing paper on the photographic printing paper.
A second aspect of the present invention is a method of manufacturing a postcard-affixed photographic print according to the first aspect of the present invention further comprising a print forming step in which the photographic printing paper on which the images are printed is developed so as to form a plural-row printed photographic paper on which a plurality of image rows are formed, a bonding step in which a reverse surface of each image formed portion of the plural-row printed photographic paper and a reverse surface of a postcard are bonded together after having been superposed together, and a cutting step of cutting the plural-row printed photographic paper along the sides of each postcard after the bonding step has been completed.
A third aspect of the present invention is a method of manufacturing a postcard-affixed photographic print according to the first aspect of the present invention further comprising a print forming step in which the photographic printing paper on which the images are printed is developed so as to form a plural-row printed photographic paper on which a plurality of image rows are formed, a separating step in which the plural-row printed photographic paper is separated into a single-row printed photographic papers on each of which an image row is formed, by cutting the plural-row printed photographic paper at a region between the image rows formed thereon, a bonding step in which a reverse surface of each image formed portion of the single-row printed photographic papers and a reverse surface of a postcard are bonded together after having been superposed together, and a cutting step of cutting the single-row printed photographic papers along the sides of each postcard after the bonding step has been completed, wherein the bonding step is conducted by at least one bonding apparatus for carrying out bonding.
A fourth aspect of the present invention is a method of manufacturing a postcard-affixed photographic print according to the first aspect of the present invention further comprising a first punching step in which, before images are printed, a first punch, which is provided to punch in the photographic printing paper and along a conveying direction of the photographic printing paper, image printing position demarcating holes which each demarcate a printing position of one image and order printing position demarcating holes which each demarcate a printing position of one order, punches in the photographic printing paper the image printing position demarcating holes and the order printing position demarcating holes, and a second punching step in which, after the images are printed, a second punch, which is provided to punch in the photographic printing paper and along the conveying direction of the photographic printing paper, image demarcation indicating holes which each indicate demarcation of one image and order demarcation indicating holes which each indicate demarcation of one order, punches the image demarcation indicating holes and the order demarcation indicating holes in the photographic printing paper, wherein, in the printing step, for each image printing position demarcating hole, printing of plural images which are aligned in a transverse direction of the photographic printing paper is repeated along the longitudinal direction of the photographic printing paper, and for each order printing position demarcating hole, printing of images of a different order commences, and the second punch whose hole punching position is adjustable is adjusted such that holes are punched at positions corresponding to positions indicating demarcation of images and at positions corresponding to positions indicating demarcation of orders in each row of the plural-image rows due to a suitable combination of the holes punched by the first punch and the holes punched by the second punch.
A fifth aspect of the present invention is a postcard-affixed photographic print manufacturing apparatus f
Fuji Photo Film Co. , Ltd.
Gray David M.
Sughrue Mion Zinn Macpeak & Seas, PLLC
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