Photographic order matching method and apparatus
CA 1297582 C · Owner: Budworth, Janice Irene · Inventors: Maginness, Maxwell Glynn; Knull, Donald Frederick; Budworth, Janice Irene
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Abstract, A method and apparatus for maintaining correlation between the parts of a film processing order from its receipt in a lab to its assembly for return to the customer includes placing a machine-readable identifier on the film, envelope and prints. The identifiers are read at the point of final orderassembly and if any identifiers are not readable an error counter is incremented. If the error counter reaches a predetermined maximum number an alarm is, given and the operation is halted for operator intervention. If the maximum error number is not reached, the identifiers read at the finishing station are compared for equality. If there is a mismatch between identifiers an alarm is, …
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- Granted March 17, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 17, 2009.
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