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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1998
Gregory R Bryniarski, Rochester, NY (US);
Brian R Wilson, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of routing images in the form of image signals, in a photofinishing laboratory between a first device which provides the images, a workflow controller, and at least one image processor. Identifications of the images are communicated to the workflow controller. Image processing requests and associated image identifications are communicated from the workflow controller to the image processor. Images from the first device are retrieved at the image processor by: (i) communicating image identifications from the image processor to the first device; and (ii) in response to the identifiers received from the image processor, communicating the images corresponding to the received identifiers from the first device to the image processor without using the workflow controller as an intermediary. A photofinishing laboratory which can execute such methods is also provided.