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Cool!! This brings to mind the type of processor that was used in pro labs - exposing the paper and running it through. But more often than not, it was for color prints.I had a darkroom too. Durst enlarger with nikkor len. And at one point I got this "device" I can't even remember the name of it - but you expose the paper under an enlarger as usual, but then instead of putting the paper into trays of developer, stop bath, hypo etc. you feed it thru this "device" about the size of a small printer, - and outcomes a black and white print! This was revolutionary for me - I no longer had to deal with trays, sped things up, plus it standardized my paper processing etc. It was a smaller version of one that at the time were used by newsrooms, etc to quickly get prints. Funny I don't remember the name, but I remember how much I paid for it --$130. - a major outlay for me at the time.
My husband was an aerial photographer, and ran tons of stuff through their photo lab at work. I just read this aloud to him to see if he could shed some light on what kind of processor it might be, and he's stumped. (And digging around some old stuff for a clue.) They used it for color prints, and he knows sometimes it was a peel-apart film.
How cool that you had it for home use!
Thank you for the kind words about the Polaroids up there. ❤