Claims
- 1. A photographic film printer comprising:
- a printer body;
- light source and mask means for exposing photosensitive paper;
- processed photographic film drive means disposed on the printer body for driving a processed photographic film;
- detecting means disposed on the printer body for detecting aspect ratio information, frame number information and a frame position signal recorded on the processed photographic film and for detecting an exposure control signal used to control the light source and mask means, wherein the aspect ratio information and the frame position signal indicate an area to be printed;
- logic circuit means connected to the detecting means, the light source and mask means, and the processed photographic film drive means; and
- controller means connected to the logic circuit means and having frame designating means for designating a quantity of prints for a specific frame of the processed photographic film.
- 2. The photographic film printer according to claim 1, wherein the exposure control signal includes an auxiliary signal for a printer control signal.
- 3. The photographic film printer according to claim 1, wherein the processed photographic film has recorded thereon an exposure date.
- 4. The photographic film printer according to claim 1, wherein
- the logic circuit means judges whether the detected aspect ratio information is correct or not, and
- the controller means controls the light source and mask means to expose an image in the specific frame of the processed photographic film onto the photosensitive paper in accordance with the judged aspect ratio information.
- 5. The photographic film printer according to claim 1, wherein the controller means further includes additional print input means for inputting a quantity of additional prints requested of the specific frame of the processed photographic film.
- 6. The photographic film printer according to claim 1, wherein the controller means further includes frame designating input means for inputting a designated frame of the processed photographic film.
Priority Claims (2)
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a division of U.S. Ser. No. 08/948,528 filed Oct. 9, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,006,042, which is a continuation in part of U.S. Ser. No. 08/756,599 filed Nov. 27, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,729,777, which is a division of U.S. Ser. No. 08/444,681 filed May 19, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,600,386, which is a continuation in part of U.S. Ser. No. 08/329,546 filed Oct. 26, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,583,591, which is a continuation in part of U.S. Ser. No. 08/026,415 filed Mar. 4, 1993, now abandoned.
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