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Abstract

A photographic developing/printing apparatus has analog and digital exposure units arranged midway along the convey path for printing paper to obtain a silver halide photographs upon analog exposure and digital exposure. The apparatus includes a first paper magazine containing first printing paper, a first cutter for cutting the first printing paper in a predetermined size, the analog exposure unit for conveying the cut first printing paper to the exposure position and performing analog exposure, the digital exposure unit for sequentially conveying the first printing paper into a plurality of process baths containing different process solutions after analog exposure, and performing digital exposure onto second printing paper fed from a second paper magazine containing a continuous roll of second printing paper, a switching unit for selectively conveying an end portion of the uncut second printing paper to the analog and digital exposure units by switching between a first conveyance state in which the end portion of the second printing paper is conveyed to the analog exposure unit and a second conveyance state in which the end portion is conveyed to the digital exposure unit, and a second cutter for cutting the paper in a predetermined size after digital exposure. After the second printing paper is cut by the second cutter, the cut paper is conveyed to the main body portion to perform exposure/developing processing.

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