Agfa CURIX DUPLI Copier Machine
The copier plate of an AGFA curix copier
At this location theres no CR or DR just old fashioned plain film imaging, as discussed through the blog there are numerous differences in using convential plain film, these are mainly not beneficial to time saving as everything appears to be labour intensive.
In todays compensation crazy society its not uncommon for departments of large City Hospitals to employ a person to pull out and copy old images to assist solicitors in legal proceedings, thsi too applies to the smaller hospitals! the only difference is here its the Radiographer who obtains the films and copies them and then posts them on.
Here we have to get the required film from the packet and copy it sounds simple? well in a large hospital Yes, just press print and they are reproduced, when using traditional methods its takes an age. I hope the following text will give some indication of how technology has simplified the administratiive side of our role;
Reproducing images the 20th Century Way.
Find the old films
Go into a darkroom, yes you read that bit right, at this site there are two darkrooms, the first is for loading films into the feeding cassettes the second is for reproducing copy images.
In this room there is a AGFA CURIX DUPLI copier to use this machine you will need some copy film once again by AGFA and it comes in two sizes the 35/43 and the .
Unlike normal film used in the processor which has a double emulsion this copier film has emulsion on only one side, this emulsion side is placed into contact with the original film and the copier lid is locked shut.
Once the lid is closed and locked there is a timer, thsi is set to forty seconds, whilst the timer counts down the copier is exposing the developed film to an ultraviolet light which is copying the image onto the copier film.
The image is then copied but undeveloped and has to be transported to the processor unit.
This is done by taking two cassettes from department and emptying the film from one into the other this means that one cassette has two unexposed and not copied images inside, then the copied but undeveloped film is placed into the empty tray.
This now means that all film is safe for transportation to the processor, the patient details and markers will be copied so the cassette will not be placed in the identification camera for labelling.
Care must be taken not to mix the cassettes up as there are two films in one cassette and one copy in the other, if you forget which is which then go into the darroom and feel across the top of the film at the top right hand corner are two notches these are indications of copier film.
Right processing the image. With normal images the cassette is placed in the feeder the film is released from the cassette and developed and a fresh film inserteded into the cassette, this is called "Load and Unload", as we already have the film from the cassette that contains the copy we dont want another film to drop into teh cassette"Load" we only want it to "Unload" so a selcation on the control panel must be made to "Unload" only.
After about four miuntes the image appears and is an exact reproduction of the original.
Its a hard life as a 20th Century Student Radiographer, time is of the essence and theres not enough of it.
In todays compensation crazy society its not uncommon for departments of large City Hospitals to employ a person to pull out and copy old images to assist solicitors in legal proceedings, thsi too applies to the smaller hospitals! the only difference is here its the Radiographer who obtains the films and copies them and then posts them on.
Here we have to get the required film from the packet and copy it sounds simple? well in a large hospital Yes, just press print and they are reproduced, when using traditional methods its takes an age. I hope the following text will give some indication of how technology has simplified the administratiive side of our role;
Reproducing images the 20th Century Way.
Find the old films
Go into a darkroom, yes you read that bit right, at this site there are two darkrooms, the first is for loading films into the feeding cassettes the second is for reproducing copy images.
In this room there is a AGFA CURIX DUPLI copier to use this machine you will need some copy film once again by AGFA and it comes in two sizes the 35/43 and the .
Unlike normal film used in the processor which has a double emulsion this copier film has emulsion on only one side, this emulsion side is placed into contact with the original film and the copier lid is locked shut.
Once the lid is closed and locked there is a timer, thsi is set to forty seconds, whilst the timer counts down the copier is exposing the developed film to an ultraviolet light which is copying the image onto the copier film.
The image is then copied but undeveloped and has to be transported to the processor unit.
This is done by taking two cassettes from department and emptying the film from one into the other this means that one cassette has two unexposed and not copied images inside, then the copied but undeveloped film is placed into the empty tray.
This now means that all film is safe for transportation to the processor, the patient details and markers will be copied so the cassette will not be placed in the identification camera for labelling.
Care must be taken not to mix the cassettes up as there are two films in one cassette and one copy in the other, if you forget which is which then go into the darroom and feel across the top of the film at the top right hand corner are two notches these are indications of copier film.
Right processing the image. With normal images the cassette is placed in the feeder the film is released from the cassette and developed and a fresh film inserteded into the cassette, this is called "Load and Unload", as we already have the film from the cassette that contains the copy we dont want another film to drop into teh cassette"Load" we only want it to "Unload" so a selcation on the control panel must be made to "Unload" only.
After about four miuntes the image appears and is an exact reproduction of the original.
Its a hard life as a 20th Century Student Radiographer, time is of the essence and theres not enough of it.
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