Color image recording apparatus

摘要

The improved color image recording apparatus comprises a raster image processor to create scan image data; a color management system to correct the color/density of the scan image data; an exposing device with which a photosensitive material is scan exposed by multi-channel exposure to record a latent image in accordance with the corrected scan image data; a developing device with which the photosensitive material having the latent image formed thereon is subjected to a development process so as to create a hard copy having the image reproduced thereon; an instrument to measure the color/density of the image in the hard copy; and a system for revising the conditions of exposure in the exposing device and/or the conditions of correction in the color management system in accordance with the result of measurement with the instrument. This color image recording apparatus ensures that hard copies having print-quality images and a high degree of similarity to the actual print can be output consistently with satisfactory color stabilization and reproduction. Further, the apparatus is capable of outputting hard copies of large sizes up to A1 at high speed with high efficiency.