| 摘要 |
A photographic processing apparatus includes a processing bath train, which processes photographic paper. A drier is positioned downstream from the processing bath train, for heating air and for drying the photographic paper by blowing the photographic paper with the heated air. Feeding racks feed the photographic paper in a predetermined travel path which begins on an upstream side of the processing bath train, extends through the processing bath train, and ends at the drier. A memory is accessed to estimate expected travel time t1 for passing of the photographic paper through the predetermined travel path in feeding of the feeding racks. The memory is accessed to estimate expected warmup time t2 for warming up the air in the drier up to a target temperature T2. A controller compares the expected travel time t1 and the expected warmup time t2, initially starts heating in the drier if the expected warmup time t2 is longer than the expected travel time t1, and starts actuation of the feeding racks when time of a difference (t2-t1) elapses after start of the heating in the drier. So warmup of the drier to the target temperature T2 is synchronized with a reach of the photographic paper to the drier.
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