Photographic processor having an exposure section with an inclined media path

A photographic processor comprising:

• an exposure section comprising a slanted conveying path, said slanted conveying path having a first upper end located in a vicinity of a paper cassette exit and in a vicinity of an entrance to a chemical development section of the photographic processor, an upper side of said first upper end of said conveying path being positioned to receive photographic paper emulsion side up from the paper cassette and transport the photographic paper emulsion side up to an exposing position in said exposure section, said slanted conveying path having a second lower end which defines a turn-around section which turns said exposed photographic paper around to permit a transport of the photographic paper emulsion side down to a lower side of said first upper end of the conveying path, said photographic paper being transported emulsion side down from said lower side of said first upper end of the slanted conveying path to the entrance of said chemical development section.

A photographic processor comprising:

• an exposure section adapted to expose photographic media to record a latent image on the photographic media, said exposure section comprising a slanted conveying path which receives photographic media with an emulsion side in a first orientation, transports the photographic media with the emulsion side in said first orientation to an exposing position where the emulsion side of the photographic media is exposed to light, turns the exposed photographic media around so that the emulsion side is in a second orientation opposite to the first orientation, and conveys the photographic media in said second orientation to an exit of the exposure station;
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• a chemical development section for developing images on the exposed photographic media, said chemical development section receiving the exposed photographic media in said second orientation from the exit of said exposure section.