Method and apparatus for printing zoomed photographs from negati

Details Method and apparatus for printing zoomed photographs from negati Method and apparatus for printing zoomed photographs from negati

1996-09-19

1999-02-16

Gray, David M.

Photocopying

Projection printing and copying cameras

Focus or magnification control

355 41, G03B 2752

Patent

active

058726195

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus (118) for printing photographs from a processed photographic filmstrip having images having different widths measured longitudinally of the filmstrip and having heights measured transversely of the filmstrip, using a photographic printer having a zoom lens (122) and a printing mask (130) to provide printed images having a selected print width and a selected print height, the apparatus including a device (134, 136) for measuring the width of an image on the processed filmstrip; a device (124, 136) for adjusting magnification of the zoom lens in proportion to the measured width so that the width of a projected image matches the selected print width at the printing mask; and a device (120) for projecting the image on the processed filmstrip through the adjusted zoom lens to expose a photographic medium (128) at the printing mask to produce on the medium an image having the selected print width and selected print height. A corresponding method is taught.

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