other than that in which they occur on the film strip or disc after the photographer has composed a picture on the video player and recorded the cropping coordinates on the film the film is sent to a photofinisher for printing fig2 shows a printer having means for varying the magnification of the print and for displacing the image with respect to the print medium e g photographic paper the printer includes a conventional light source 200 comprising a lightbulb 202 a reflector 204 a cold mirror 206 filter pack 208 and a condenser lens 210 the photographic film 211 is supported in a movable film gate 212 the film is advanced from a supply 214 to a takeup 216 by a film advance servo 218 comprising for example a stepper motor controlled by printer control electronics 220 an image of the film frame in film gate 212 is projected onto a paper plane 221 by a zoom lens 222 having a movable lens element 224 controlled by a zoom servo 226 for varying the magnification of the image of the film the position of the film image on the paper plane is controlled in the direction of film movement by the film advance servo 218 and is controlled in the direction perpendicular to the movement of the.