Cutting apparatus for photosensitive material processor and cutting method

A cutting apparatus for a photosensitive material processor, comprising:

• a magazine having an elongated photosensitive material disposed therein, said magazine being detachably loaded in a main body of the processor for processing the photosensitive material;
• a transporting device disposed in said magazine to feed out the photosensitive material from within said magazine to the main body of the processor, while nipping the photosensitive material;
• a driving member connected to said transporting device to drive said transporting device;
• a cutting member for cutting the photosensitive material fed out from said magazine to the main body of the processor;
• a detecting device for detecting a leading end portion of the photosensitive material fed out from said magazine by said transporting device, the detection being carried out at a position upstream of said cutting member in a traveling direction of the photosensitive material;
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• a controlling means for controlling the operation of said cutting member based on an amount of the photosensitive material fed out from said magazine by said driving member until the photosensitive material is detected by said detecting device, wherein if said controlling means determines, based on the amount of the photosensitive material fed out, that the leading end portion of the photosensitive material is initially projected from said magazine before loading said magazine into the main body of the processor, said controlling means controls operation of said cutting member so that the projecting leading end portion of the photosensitive material is cut into pieces through a number of cutting operations, while if said controlling means determines that the leading end portion of the photosensitive material does not initially project from said magazine, said controlling means controls operation of said cutting member so that the leading end portion of the photosensitive material is cut once.