I've just snaffled one of these too! While I've been long used to getting my C41 processed into digital ink jet prints, my Polaroid negatives scanned and K3 printed on my Epson, that hybrid process is a film-to-digital process.
In looking for 600SE parts (mainly backs), I came across one. Its hybrid process goes the other way; it takes a digital image and presents its onto Polaroid pack-film, digital-to-film. my version is the made in Scotland SPd360 Studio Express:
A 1.4 megapixel camera, zoom lens, aperture control, and a print button (tech info here
BHPHOTO SPd 360).
It works the same, after taking a screen cap, or freeze-framed video image on the integrated TFT, you hit the print button. With the wonders of microprocessors it senses the presence (or not) of a film pack, tells you when to pull the white tab, then the print, and automagically times up to three prints for you. One wonders what a
real 2010 Polaroid pack film camera would look like and function if designed these days accordingly.
A Studio Express (passport photograph) machine for the digital age (late 1990-something).
The color lasers etch an image onto the pack-film (automatically adjusting to monochrome yellow and white for the B&W setting), much like an ink jet printer, it even makes the same noise. No pixelation, or any evidence of digital process is apparent in the prints.
While I am tempted to rip the back off it, and use for my 600SE (the whole set was only 3000 yen), it is too tempting to experiment. I wonder if I can feed a regular composite video feed into the print box. So I'll check out those drivers above thanks, and the TV capture thing, as I've tried that a few times already with regular cameras - studio goop work seems an attractive proposition perhaps!
On mine the parallel port appears to be configured for output only - for archiving the digital images to a PC - so its use as a slave printer might be more problematic, but certainly the hardware has that capability. Now, where's my USB drivers toolkit? But, yours appears to have an input of some sort? A manual was available on line for mine, so I assume yours too Phil?
Phil's also appears to have some printer button controls that are handled by my camera menu, like flash or daylight settings, so it appears different software in use too.
I'd hook it up to a telescope! Looks way fun!
It takes a C-mount lens, so perhaps that's an option too. See ya! Skj.