Processor diagnostics using switch settings
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorApril M. Seim
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Abstract
A processor for developing latent images on a photosensitive material includes at least one processing station wherein a processing solution engages the photosensitive material, and a drying station at which the photosensitive material is dried, means for initiating a plurality of diagnostic tests for activating components of the processor, a controller coupled to the components of the processor for selectively activating one or more of the components according to a selected one of a plurality of predetermined diagnostic tests, a plurality of switches connected to the controller for selecting from among the plurality of diagnostic tests, and an initiator for starting the selected test a predetermined time after the switches are set.
Claims12
In a processor for developing latent images on a photosensitive material, the processor having at least one processing station wherein a processing solution engages the material and a drying station wherein the material is dried, means for initiating a plurality of diagnostic tests for activating components of the processor, the improvement comprising:
- control means coupled to the components of the processor for selectively activating one or more of the components according to a selected one of a plurality of predetermined diagnostic tests;
- switch means connected to the control means for selecting from among the plurality of diagnostic tests;
- initiation means for starting the selected test a predetermined time after the switch means are set;
- and
- in which the control means includes means responsive to the switch means for terminating a diagnostic test and resetting the initiation means when the switch means is changed to select another diagnostic test.
The processor of claim 8 also comprising a switch for selecting between a diagnostic mode and a normal mode.
In a method for processing latent images on a photosensitive material including the steps of developing the image with the developer solution, fixing the developed image with a fixed solution, washing the material to remove processing solution therefrom, drying the material, the improvement for individually trouble shooting a plurality of components comprising the steps of:
- pre-programming a plurality of diagnostic tests;
- providing plurality of switches for selecting one test from the plurality of pre-programmed tests;
- monitoring the state of the switches to determine whether the state has changed during a predetermined period;
- and
- initiating a test according to the setting of the switches after the predetermined period has passed since a last change in state of any of the switches.
In a method for processing latent images on a photosensitive material including the steps of developing the image with the developer solution, fixing the developed image with a fixed solution, washing the material to remove processing solution therefrom, drying the material, the improvement for individually trouble shooting a plurality of components comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of switches;
- monitoring the state of the switches to determine whether the state has changed during a predetermined period;
- and
- initiating a test according to the setting of the switches after the predetermined period has passed since a last change in state of any of the switches;
- and
- terminating a test if the state of the switches changes during the test.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.