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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1999
Hiroyasu Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A photographic processing method and a printer processor in which the length of a developing path can be shortened and the size of the apparatus can also be reduced without reducing the processing capacity is provided. Since the direction in which printing paper is transported is changed during processing, that is exposure is performed while the printing paper is transported in the longitudinal direction thereof; thereafter the transport direction in which the printing paper is transported is changed and developing processing is performed; and thereafter the direction in which the printing paper is transported is restored to the longitudinal direction thereof, the degree of freedom in designing is increased and the space for installing the apparatus can be saved. Moreover, since the printing paper is cut into groups of a plurality of image frames and developing processing is performed while the printing paper is being transported in the direction of the shorter side thereof, the processing time required for a predetermined processing amount can be shortened and the size of the processing tanks for developing, fixing, washing, and the like can be reduced. As a result, the entire apparatus can be constructed in a smaller size.