Image storage system

Claim 1

Claim 1. An apparatus for use with a separations previewer (10) having a scanner (11) for scanning a separation, an analog-to-digital processor (12) for developing digital signals corresponding to images on the separations, a memory (13) for storing digital information corresponding to the digital signals, a digital-to-analog processor (14) including a color computer for developed adjusted analog information corresponding to the digital information and a display (15) for generating an image from the adjusted analog information, said apparatus characterized by: a retrieve/store circuit (7, 8) associated with the memory of the separations previewer for retrieving digital information stored in the memory and for storing digital information in the memory; a recorder (3) for storing information in a given format on a medium; an input circuit (2, 22, 4, 5) for converting digital information (21) retrieved by said retrieve/store circuit into a format compatable with the given format and for providing said converted digital information to said recorder for storage on the medium; an output circuit (1, 5, 24, 25, 26) for converting information stored on the medium of said recorder into corresponding digital information (27) and for providing said corresponding digital information to said retrieve/store circuit for storage in the memory; and controller (6) for controlling the operation of said retrieve/store circuit and said recorder.