Reader-printer

A microfilm projecting device for projecting an image of a microfilm, comprising:

• a screen for displaying the image;
• printing means, including a photosensitive body, for recording the image on a recording medium;
• a projection lens located below said screen;
• illuminating means for illuminating the film and emitting light through said projection lens;
• a first mirror disposed in an optical path exiting from said projection lens;
• a first optical system for directing the light reflected by said first mirror towards said screen;
• a second optical system for directing the light reflected by said first mirror towards said photosensitive body, said second optical system including at least a second mirror opposed to said photosensitive body;
• conveying means for discharging a recording medium on which an image formed on the photosensitive body has been transferred, said conveying means including a tray disposed below said projection lens and in a front portion of the device for receiving the conveyed recording medium;
• and
• a film carrier for holding the film in a plane, said film carrier being disposed between said projection lens and said discharge portion and being movable in a back and forth direction and right and left direction along a horizontal plane to dispose a desired image on the film into an optical path of said projection lens, wherein
• when viewed from the front portion of the device, a first optical path formed between said projection lens and said first mirror is located at one side of a vertically extending centerline of said screen, a second optical path formed between said second mirror and said photosensitive body is formed at the other side of the centerline of said screen, and the first and second optical paths are located between right and left sides of said screen.

A film projecting device having a viewing mode for observing an image on a film and a printing mode for printing the image on a recording medium, comprising:

• a screen for displaying the image in the viewing mode;
• printing means for printing the image on the recording medium in the printing mode;
• an apparatus body for housing said screen and said printing means;
• a film carrier provided below said screen and disposed in a front portion of said apparatus body, said film carrier being movable in a back and forth direction and in a right and left direction along a horizontal plane while holding the film;
• a projection lens disposed between said carrier and said screen, an optical axis of said projection lens located a distance from a centerline of said screen when viewed from said front portion of said apparatus body;
• illuminating means for illuminating the film and emitting light through said projection lens;
• and
• discharge means for discharging the printed recording medium, said discharge means including a discharge port opening in said front portion of said apparatus body and below said film carrier, with a center of the discharge port located a distance from the centerline of said screen, wherein
• the center of the discharge port is located between right and left sides of said screen.