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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1996
Kaoru Uchiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiichi Kito, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Hiroishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for exposing index prints, in which a plurality of images recorded on a photographic film are displayed on an image display device and a photographic printing paper is exposed by light transmitted through the image display device so that an index print is prepared on the photographic printing paper such that the plurality of images are arranged in a matrix. The apparatus includes a system for setting the number of frames displayed on the image display device and exposure magnification of the images displayed on the image display device; dividing a plurality of image frames of the photographic film every predetermined number of frames to be displayed on the image display device; displaying, on the image display device, the plurality of image frames of the photographic film every predetermined number of the divided image frames; and exposing the divided plurality of image frames on the photographic printing paper at predetermined intervals in accordance with display of the image display device. Further, a photographic printer includes a film exposure section, an index exposure section, a conveying device, and a light-source controlling device for controlling an amount of light from the light source based on an operating condition of the index exposure section.