Photofinishing apparatus and method

US5281993A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Gretag Imaging AG · US

Inventors

• Raymond H. Crochetierre · Southampton, US
• Michael T. O'Leary · Springfield, US
• John R. Reuss · Westfield, US
• Walter R. Hadank · Springfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 3, 1992
• Grant date: Jan 25, 1994
• Expiry date: Mar 3, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03D15/005
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An improved photofinishing packaging apparatus and related method is described in which a film bar code is read, and identification indicia which may be different from the film bar code is encoded onto the corresponding prints generated from the film. The film bar code is then paired with the identification indicia, which pairing is stored in a computer. Later, the packager uses the pairing to match up the film with the corresponding prints.