A mains electricity (AC-powered) automated darkroom film processing device in which x-ray/radiographic film must be manually removed from a cassette and loaded into the processor in a darkroom setting. It is designed to transport x-ray or radiographic film from one solution to the next in the developing process without any manual labour except the insertion of the film. It has typically six main sub-systems: transport, temperature, circulation, replenishment, drying and electrical control.