Automatic self-service installation for printing photographs stored in digital form
First Claim
1. An automatic self-service installation available to users for printing photographs stored in digital form within a digital medium, characterized in that it comprises:
- at least one reader (9, 10) of the digital medium on which the digital photos to be printed are stored, which reader is intended to read and to extract the digital data corresponding to the stored image or images which the user wishes to restore on a paper print;
a central processing unit (14), intended on the one hand, to manage the operation of the installation, and on the other hand, to cater for interaction with the user;
a facility for interaction (8, 11, 12) between the central processing unit (14) and the user, capable of being actuated by the latter, and intended to allow the latter to select within the digital medium inserted into the reader, the image or images of which he wishes to obtain a paper print, then to bring about its (their) production on paper medium;
an exposure system (16) for the selected digital image or images, which is associated with a facility for storing and for moving a photosensitive paper;
a chemical treatment unit (17), consisting of a plurality of juxtaposed baths, and furnished with a facility for automatic transfer of the developed photosensitive paper (32) into the various baths;
a facility for drying the snap or snaps thus obtained after printing;
finally a receptacle (6) for storing and for removing the snaps produced.
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Abstract
An automatic self-service installation for printing photographs stored in digital form includes a digital medium reader for reading and retrieving digital data from stored image(s) which a user wishes to restore on a paper print. A central processing unit manages the installation and permits interaction with a user. An interacting device, actuatable by the user allows user selection of image(s) within the digital medium for printing, and production of the image(s) on paper medium. An exposure system for the selected image(s) is associated with a facility for storing and moving a photosensitive paper. A chemical treatment unit includes developing baths and a facility for automatic transfer of developed photosensitive paper into the baths. The installation also includes a facility for drying paper print(s) obtained after printing and a receptacle for storing and permitting removal of the produced print(s).
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12 Claims
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1. An automatic self-service installation available to users for printing photographs stored in digital form within a digital medium, characterized in that it comprises:
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at least one reader (9, 10) of the digital medium on which the digital photos to be printed are stored, which reader is intended to read and to extract the digital data corresponding to the stored image or images which the user wishes to restore on a paper print;
a central processing unit (14), intended on the one hand, to manage the operation of the installation, and on the other hand, to cater for interaction with the user;
a facility for interaction (8, 11, 12) between the central processing unit (14) and the user, capable of being actuated by the latter, and intended to allow the latter to select within the digital medium inserted into the reader, the image or images of which he wishes to obtain a paper print, then to bring about its (their) production on paper medium;
an exposure system (16) for the selected digital image or images, which is associated with a facility for storing and for moving a photosensitive paper;
a chemical treatment unit (17), consisting of a plurality of juxtaposed baths, and furnished with a facility for automatic transfer of the developed photosensitive paper (32) into the various baths;
a facility for drying the snap or snaps thus obtained after printing;
finally a receptacle (6) for storing and for removing the snaps produced. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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