US 12,393,105 B2
Printer and digital camera with printer
Akimasa Kaya, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/308,540.
Application 18/308,540 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/039299, filed on Oct. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-180732 (JP), filed on Oct. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0259008 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. G03B 17/53 (2021.01); G03B 27/00 (2006.01); G03C 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03B 17/53 (2013.01) [G03B 27/00 (2013.01); G03C 3/00 (2013.01); H04N 1/00188 (2013.01); H04N 1/00251 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0063 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0084 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printer comprising:
a loading room into which any one of a first instant film pack or a second instant film pack is loaded, the first instant film pack including at least a plurality of first instant films and a first case which accommodates the first instant films in a stacking manner and in which a discharge port for discharging the first instant film is formed, the second instant film pack including at least a plurality of second instant films and a second case which accommodates the second instant films in a stacking manner and in which a discharge port for discharging the second instant film is formed;
an exposure head that exposes an image on the first instant film or the second instant film;
a transport mechanism that transports the first instant film or the second instant film to an exposure position at which the exposure head exposes the image;
a discharge mechanism that has a claw member that is positioned on one side in a width direction of the loading room and that enters inside the first case or the second case, and in which the claw member presses and discharges the first or second instant film through the discharge port; and
a position alignment unit that aligns the first and second instant film packs in the loading room;
wherein the first and second cases have insertion ports into which the claw member is inserted,
the second instant film pack has a dimension smaller than a dimension of the first instant film pack in the width direction,
the position alignment unit aligns the second instant film pack so as to be shifted to the one side in the width direction on which the claw member is positioned, and
the first and second instant film packs aligned by the position alignment unit have the insertion ports arranged at the same position in the loading room.