Dry process production and annotation of archival microform records from hard copy

In a dry-process apparatus for producing archival microform records from light reflecting hard copy having an imaging and developing station wherein a light imaged reflected from the hard copy is reduced to microimage size and applied to a dry-process mask film strip which is photosensitive to and imaged by the light reflecting hard copy and which is developed by heat to provide microimaged transparencies therein, and an image transferring station wherein the microimaged transparencies in the mask film strip are transferred by radiant energy above a certain critical value passing therethrough to a dry-process microform film which has archival properties and which is sensitive to and imaged and developed by the radiant energy above the critical value applied thereto through the dry-process mask film strip to provide imaged microform records therein which conform to the transparent microimages in the dry-process mask film strip and which have archival properties, means for moving the dry-process mask film strip to the imaging and developing station and to the image transferring station, and means for positioning the dry-process microform film and superimposing the dry-process mask film strip and the dry-process microform film in the image transferring station, the improvement wherein the imaging and developing station comprises a platform for receiving the hard copy and a projection means for reducing the light image reflected from the hard copy on the platform to microimage size and applying the same to the dry-process mask film strip for producing microimaged transparencies therein for subsequently providing imaged microform records in the dry-process microform film in the image transferring station, means for moving a desired imaged microform record in the dry-process microform film to the imaging and developing station, and means including said projection means for expanding and projecting an image of the desired imaged microform record in the dry-process microform film in expanded normal size onto the platform for viewing the same.

In a dry-process apparatus for producing archival microform records from light reflecting hard copy having an imaging and developing station wherein a light image reflected from the hard copy is reduced to microimaged size and applied to a dry-process mask film strip which is photosensitive to and imaged by the light reflecting hard copy and which is developed by heat to provide microimaged transparencies therein, and an image transferring station wherein the microimaged transparencies in the mask film strip are transferred by radiant energy above a certain critical value passing therethrough to a dry-process microform film which has archival properties and which is sensitive to and imaged and developed by the radiant energy above the critical value applied thereto through the dry-process mask film strip to provide imaged microform records therein which conform to the transparent microimages in the dry-process mask film strip and which have archival properties, said dry-process microform film being in microfiche form where the imaged microform records therein are arranged in frames, means for moving the dry-process mask film strip to the imaging and developing station and to the image transferring station, and means for positioning desired frames of the dry-process microform film and superimposing the dry-process mask film strip and the dry-process microform film in the image transferring station, the improvement wherein the imaging and developing station comprises a platform for receiving the hard copy and a projection means for reducing the light image reflected from the hard copy on the platform to microimage size and applying the same to the dry-process mask film strip for producing microimaged transparencies therein for subsequently providing imaged microform records in the frames of the dry-process microform film in the image transferring station, means for moving a desired imaged frame of the microform film to the imaging and developing station, means including said projection means for expanding and projecting an image of the imaged microform record in the desired frame of the microform film in expanded normal size onto the platform for viewing the same, said means for positioning desired frames of the microform film in the image transferring station and said means for moving a desired image frame of the microform film to the imaging and developing station including X-axis and Y-axis carriages for positioning a microform film holder carrying the microform film and means for moving the X-axis carriage and the Y-axis carriage and, hence, the microform film holder in the X and Y directions.

In a dry-process apparatus for producing archival microform records from light reflecting hard copy having an imaging and developing station wherein a light image reflected from the hard copy is reduced to microimage size and applied to a dry-process mask film strip which is photosensitive to and imaged by the light reflecting hard copy and which is developed by heat to provide microimaged transparencies therein, and an image transferring station wherein the microimaged transparencies in the mask film strip are transferred by radiant energy above a certain critical value passing therethrough to a dry-process microform film which has archival properties and which is sensitive to and imaged and developed by the radiant energy above the critical value applied thereto through the dry-process mask film strip to provide imaged microform records therein which conform to the transparent microimages in the dry-process mask film strip and which have archival properties, means for moving the dry-process mask film strip to the imaging and developing station and to the image transferring station, and means for positioning and dry-process microform film and superimposing the dry-process mask film strip and the dry-process microform film in the image transferring station, the improvement comprising a cassette containing the dry-process mask film strip and having means for indexing the mask film strip therein for providing successive microimaged transparencies therein, and wherein the means for moving the dry-process mask film strip to the imaging and developing station and to the image transferring station comprises means for moving the cassette for doing so.

In a dry-process method for producing archival microform records from light reflecting hard copy wherein a light image reflected from the hard copy is reduced to microimage size and applied at an imaging station to a dry-process mask film strip which is photosensitive to and imaged by the light reflecting hard copy and which is developed by heat to provide microimaged transparencies therein, and wherein the microimaged transparencies in the mask film strip are transferred by radiant energy above a certain critical value passing therethrough to a dry-process microform film which has archival properties and which is sensitive to and imaged and developed by the radiant energy above the critical value applied thereto through the dry-process mask film strip to provide imaged microform records therein which conform to the transparent microimages in the dry-process mask film strip and which have archival properties, the improvement wherein the imaging station includes a platform for receiving the hard copy and a projection means for reducing the light image reflected from the hard copy on the platform to microimage size and applying the same to the dry-process mask film strip for producing microimaged transparencies therein for providing imaged microform records in the dry-process microform film, moving a desired image microform record in the dry-process microform film to the imaging station, and through said projection means expanding and projecting an image of the desired imaged microform record in the dry-process microform film in expanded normal size onto the platform for viewing the same.

In a dry-process method for producing archival microform records from light reflecting hard copy having an imaging and developing station wherein a light image reflected from the hard copy is reduced to microimage size and applied to a dry-process mask film strip which is photosensitive to and imaged by the light reflecting hard copy and which is developed by heat to provide microimaged transparencies therein, and an image transferring station wherein the microimaged transparencies in the mask film strip are transferred by radiant energy above a certain critical value passing therethrough to a dry-process microform film which has archival properties and which is sensitive to and imaged and developed by the radiant energy above the critical value applied thereto through the dry-process mask film strip to provide imaged microform records therein which conform to the transparent microimages in the dry-process mask film strip and which have archival properties, moving the dry-process mask film strip to the imaging and developing station and to the image transferring station, and positioning the dry-process microform film and superimposing the dry-process mask film strip and the dry-process microform film in the image transferring station, the improvement wherein the imaging and developing station comprises a platform for receiving the hard copy and a projection means for reducing the light image reflected from the hard copy on the platform to microimage size and applying the same to the dry-process mask film strip for producing microimaged transparencies therein for subsequently providing imaged microform records in the dry-process microform film in the image transferring station, moving a desired imaged microform record in the dry-process microform film to the imaging and developing station, and through said projection means expanding and projecting an image of the desired imaged microform record in the dry-process microform film in expanded normal size onto the platform for viewing the same.

In a dry-process method for producing archival microform records from light reflecting hard copy having an imaging and developing station wherein a light image reflected from the hard copy is reduced to microimage size and applied to a dry-process mask film strip which is photosensitive to and imaged by the light reflecting hard copy and which is developed by heat to provide microimaged transparencies therein, and an image transferring station wherein the microimaged transparencies in the mask film strip are transferred by radiant energy above a certain critical value passing therethrough to a dry-process microform film which has archival properties and which is sensitive to and imaged and developed by the radiant energy above the critical value applied thereto through the dry-process mask film strip to provide imaged microform records therein which conform to the transparent microimages in the dry-process mask film strip and which have archival properties, said microform film being in microfiche form where the imaged microform records therein are arranged in frames, moving the dry-process mask film strip to the imaging and developing station and to the image transferring station, and positioning desired frames of the dry-process microform film and superimposing the dry-process mask film strip and the dry-process microform film in the image transferring station, the improvements wherein the imaging and developing station comprises a platform for receiving the hard copy and a projection means for reducing the light image reflected from the hard copy on the platform to microimage size and applying the same to the dry-process mask film strip for producing microimaged transparencies therein for subsequently providing imaged microform records in the frames of the dry-process microform film in the image transferring station, moving a desired imaged frame of the microform film to the imaging and developing station, through said projection means expanding and projecting an image of the imaged microform record in the desired frame of the microform film in expanded normal size onto the platform for viewing the same, said positioning of desired frames of the microform film in the image transferring station and said moving of a desired imaged frame of the microform film to the imaging and developing station being accomplished by moving the same in X and Y directions.