Digital film recorder

A digital film recorder for recording a digital image on a strip of photographic film, comprising:

• a) a light tight housing;
• b) a cartridge chamber in the housing for receiving a cartridge of unexposed photographic film;
• c) a film receiver in the housing for receiving the film strip from the cartridge;
• d) a write head located in the housing between the cartridge chamber and the film receiver, the write head including a linear array of pixels for exposing the film strip a line at a time across the width of the film strip;
• e) a film transport for moving the film from the cartridge to the film receiver a line at a time;
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• f) control electronics for receiving the digital image and controlling the film transport and the write head to write the digital image on the film strip as a plurality of color separations including at least one positive human readable image and a timing track for assisting in the readout of the recorded image.