Image processing apparatus and method thereof

An image processing method comprising:

• an optical-read step of optically reading image data from a film;
• a magnetic read step of magnetically reading additional information concerning a size corresponding to an aspect ratio of the image data from the film;
• a selection step of selecting and feeding a predetermined paper from among a plurality of paper storage units that store different size papers respectively on the basis of the additional information which is read by said magnetic read step;
• and
• a setting step of manually setting a paper size corresponding to the additional information,
• wherein the additional information includes information concerning a normal size, a panorama size and a hi-vision size,
• said selection step selects, in case of setting the paper size other than the normal size, the paper which has a size larger than paper selected in case of setting the normal size, and
• a control step for causing said selection step to start the feeding of the predetermined paper before the image data to be printed to the predetermined paper selected in said selection step based on the information of the film is read from the film in said optical read step, and for causing to perform, simultaneously, the reading of the image data from the film in said optical read step and the feeding of the predetermined paper in said selection step.

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• first read means for reading an image from a film and producing image data by performing a photoelectric converting;
• second read means for reading additional information concerning a size corresponding to an aspect ratio of the image data from the film without use of the photoelectric converting;
• selection means for selecting and feeding a predetermined paper from among a plurality of paper storage units that store different size papers respectively on the basis of the additional information read by said second read means;
• and
• setting means for manually setting each paper size corresponding to the additional information,
• wherein the additional information includes information concerning a normal size, a panorama size and a hi-vision size,
• said selection means selects, in case of setting the paper size other than the normal size, the paper which has a size larger than paper selected in case of setting the normal size, and
• control means for causing said selection means to start the feeding of the predetermined paper before the image data to be printed to the predetermined paper selected by said selection means based on the information of the film is read from the film by said first read means, and for causing to perform, simultaneously, the reading of the image data from the film by said first read means and the feeding of the predetermined paper by said selection means.

An image processing method comprising:

• a first read step of reading an image from a film and producing image data by performing a photoelectric converting;
• a second read step of reading additional information concerning a size corresponding to an aspect ratio of the image data from the film without use of the photoelectric converting;
• a selection step of selecting and feeding a predetermined paper from among a plurality of paper storage units that store different size papers respectively on the basis of the additional information by said second read step, and
• a setting step of manually setting a paper size corresponding to the additional information,
• wherein the additional information includes information concerning a normal size, a panorama size and a hi-vision size,
• said selection step selects, in case of setting the paper size other the normal size, the paper which has a size larger than paper selected in case of setting the normal size, and
• a control step for causing said selection step to start the feeding of the predetermined paper before the image data to be printed to the predetermined paper selected in said selection step based on the information of the film is read from the film in said first read step, and for causing to perform, simultaneously, the reading of the image data from the film in said first read step and the feeding of the predetermined paper in said selection step.

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• an optical read unit adapted to optically read image data from a film;
• a magnetic read unit adapted to magnetically read information from the film;
• a selector adapted to select and feed a paper on the basis of the information read from the film;
• and
• a controller adapted to cause said selector to start the feeding of the paper before the image data to be printed is read from the film by said optical read unit, and to perform, simultaneously, the reading of the image data from the film by said optical read unit and the feeding of the paper by said selector.

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• a first reader adapted to generate image data by reading an image from a film and photoelectrically converting the read image;
• a second reader adapted to read information from the film without using the photoelectric conversion;
• a selector adapted to select and feed a paper on the basis of the information read from the film;
• and
• a controller adapted to cause said selector to start the feeding of the paper before the image data to be printed is read from the film by said first reader, and to perform, simultaneously, the reading of the image data from the film by said first reader and the feeding of the paper by said selector.

An image processing method comprising the steps of:

• optically reading image data from a film;
• magnetically reading information from the film;
• selecting and feeding a paper on the basis of the information read from the film;
• and
• controlling said selecting step to start the feeding of the paper before the image data to be printed is optically read from the film, and to perform, simultaneously, the optical reading of the image data from the film and the feeding of the paper.

An image processing method comprising the steps of:

• generating image data by reading an image from a film and photoelectrically converting the read image;
• reading information from the film without using the photoelectric conversion;
• selecting and feeding a paper on the basis of the information read from the film;
• and
• controlling said selecting step to start the feeding of the paper before the image data to be printed is read from the film, and to perform, simultaneously, the reading of the image data from the film and the feeding of the paper.