shows a lamp 1 that illuminates a lcd 3 through the filter of a filter wheel 2 the lcd 3 is controlled by the control device 4 according to the specified digital image data such that the light that passes through the lcd is modulated pixel by pixel through an objective 5 this modulated light is reproduced on photographic paper 6 a beam splitter 7 which de couples a small portion of the modulated light through an additional objective 8 onto a photo diode array 9 is located in the exposure beam path the information received at the photo diode array 9 is transferred to a computer unit 10 where this data is compared to the image data the result of the comparison is transferred to the control device 4 which takes the result into account to control the light modulator 3 based on the digital image data a color image is created on the photographic paper by transferring color components namely red green and blue in sequence onto the photographic paper by inserting the respective filter for each of the color components the corresponding image data is available at the control device based on this image data the amount of light to pass through.