Photographic film printer

摘要

A method of printing an image on a photographic film 1 having no tongue portion at the leading edge of the film 1 onto a photographic print paper 46. The method comprises: splicing together a plurality of photographic film strips 1 which have no tongue portion to be removed before splicing thereof; feeding the spliced photographic film 1 in a predetermined direction; detecting picture aspect ratio information 12A recorded in a marginal area along an edge of the spliced photographic film 1; detecting frame information 40a located in the marginal area of the spliced photographic film 1, the frame information 40a indicating a position of an exposure area on the spliced photographic film 1; positioning the exposure area of the spliced photographic film 1 in accordance with the detected frame information 40a; determining whether an aspect ratio of a picture is one of a plurality of predetermined frame formats based on the detected picture aspect ratio information 12A, and varying an opening width of a mask 48 used to print an image of a subject in the exposure area of the spliced photographic film 1 onto photographic print paper 46 depending on the determined frame format.