Apparatus for producing photographic prints

An apparatus for producing two dimensional photographic prints from an original onto a photographic printing material comprising:

• an original positioning device for transporting the original to and positioning it in a printing position;
• a printing material positioning device for transporting the photographic printing material to and positioning it in an exposure position;
• a lighting device for exposing the original, located in the printing position, to a print light;
• an adjustable lens for projecting the original, located in the printing position, onto the printing material located in the exposure position with a variable enlargement;
• a lens focusing device for setting the enlargement of the lens;
• a lens positioning device for positioning the lens such that at least a section of the original is projected onto the printing material;
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• a first control device for controlling the original positioning device, the printing material positioning device, the lens focusing device and the lens positioning device, wherein a non-central section of the original is projected centrally onto the printing material by a displacement of the lens by the lens positioning device, said displacement of the lens being crosswise to a transport direction of the original from a position where an optical axis of the lens passes through the center of the printing position combined with a displacement of a center of the original by the original positioning device from the center of the printing position in the transport direction of the original.