Index printing apparatus including exposure control means

Claim 1

A photographic printing apparatus capable of printing, as an index print, an inlaid composite image having images of a plurality of film frames, said apparatus comprising: exposure means for exposing a photosensitive material for producing a photographic print; exposure condition computing means for computing exposure conditions to be used for printing the photosensitive material based on image information read from a film; exposure control means for controlling said exposure means according to the exposure conditions; index printing means for printing said inlaid composite image; correction instruction input means for providing a correction instruction to said exposure condition computing means so that an operator can correct the exposure conditions; a monitor for displaying the read image information; and image information converter means for providing a monitor image signal to display the read image information on said monitor, said image information converter means having a first function, a second function and a third function, wherein said first function provides a simulated image from the read image information which simulated image is expected to be produced on the photosensitive material when the photosensitive material is exposed under the exposure conditions, said second function provides monitoring image information for displaying said simulated image on said monitor, and said third function provides index-printing image information for printing said simulated image by said index printing means.