Apparatus for producing corrected color chromatic components

Apparatus for producing corrected color chromatic component separations for multicolor printing, including linewise scanning of an original picture and linewise recording of a picture in the form of color chromatic component separations with interposed color correction, including a color correction means consisting of an electronic color camera for initially scanning an original picture which produces first three color signals, a color viewing monitor which receives second three color signals for monitoring the signal images, an adjustable analog color correction computer connected to the output of said camera to receive said first three color signals therefrom and said color correction computer correcting the trichromatic first three color signals supplied by said camera and producing four corrected color signals, a color converter connected between said color correction computer and said monitor and receiving said four color signals and producing said second three color signals for adjusting fixed parameters for the respective printing process and for adaptation to the colors of the screen luminescent materials of the monitor, a scanner for scanning of the original picture a second time and producing third three color signals, a recording unit adapted to receive said four color signals for recording the color chromatic component separations, and switching means for switching said color correction computer after the correction adjustment has been completed from the color correction means to connect the computer between said scanner and said recording unit such that said color correction computer is connected in the signal path both during monitoring and recording, and wherein said monitor is provided with a circuit for generating a single color border surrounding the color picture and in which the color of said border can be adjusted to the color of the paper to be printed.