What Is a CINE Printer?

Print this articleUhler Cine Machine Company in Detroit, Michigan was a company that manufactured film projectors and printers aimed at both professionals and amateur enthusiasts. These machines are now collector’s items and museum collection pieces for fans and historians of the history of cinema. Interestingly, movie makers weren’t the only professionals to whom these machines were marketed.

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The Uhler 16 mm and 8 mm Film Printer was a contact-type printer that could copy either 16 mm or 8 mm films. It did this by spooling both the positive and negative portions of the film continuously over an exposure aperture to transfer the images. It also had the ability to simultaneously record the sound track while the pictures were being transferred. Uhler’s literature for this machine states that it could hold up to 1,200 feet of positive and negative film on its flanges. Uhler also states that, since six perforations on the film were continuously engaged with the sprocket, it was possible to copy film reels with broken perforations with this machine.

Uhler Reduction Printer

The Uhler Reduction Printer was designed to take a 35 mm film reel and copy it to a 16 mm film reel, which was easier to use and more widely distributed in areas outside movie theaters. According to Uhler advertisements, it allegedly had the ability to retain all the detail that was present in the original 35 mm print when the transfer was complete. It could also take an existing 8 mm film and increase its size to fill the frames of a 16 mm reel. To use it successfully, all you had to do was have your own darkroom and appropriate film stock for copying.

Uses

Besides cinema enthusiasts, Uhler Cine products were also marketed to those in the medical field of radiography. Cineradiography, or the art of taking moving x-ray pictures, is useful for making some kinds of medical diagnoses. While modern times have seen the advent of digital technology in the radiography field, reels of film were once commonplace. It is uncertain how widely used Uhler Cine Printers were in the medical profession.

Considerations

The Uhler Cine Company no longer seems to exist as of November 2011, and it is uncertain when the company closed its doors. However, the company's Cine Printers can still be found via sales from collectors, estates, and auction sites like eBay. In some cases, you may still be able to find one in good working order that you can use, so long as you can find good film stock for it.

ReferencesAgassiz Trading Company: Uhler 16mm and 8mm Film PrinterBrian Pritchard: Uhler Motion Pictures LeafletRadiological Society of North America: Radiology, Vol.74 No.3, March 1960Greek Film Archive Museum of Cinematography: Museum Exhibits: 16mm Uhler PrinterRead Next:

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