Automated unattended film processing kiosk permits a customer to drop off
a film unit, e.g., OTUC, and come back later to pick up the finished prints. The
customer swipes a credit or debit card through a card reader, and inserts the exposed
film unit. Inside the enclosure a mini-lab processor automatically processes the
film and extracts images from the film, as negatives or as digital images. A digital
printer makes prints of the customer's images. The photographic prints are packaged
and labeled, and provided with an optional optical disk. A carousel stores the
packaged prints for the customers. At pick-up, the customer swipes a card through
for identification. An unload mechanism transfers the customer's finished prints
from the carousel to a delivery bin. Print correction for color, density, and contrast
can be carried out remotely.