Abstract: A system is provided for transferring a series of images which are displayed successively on a screen of a video monitor using optical means, onto a photosensitive surface by juxtaposing successive elemental images to form a unique composite image. The composite image is directly created on the screen of the video monitor without the necessity of translationally displacing the various elements relative to one another to achieve the framing or to vary the magnification ratio. The composite image is created by successively sweeping various portions of the screen of a high-definition tube. The amplitude and the centering of the sweep signals are determined, as a function of the selected format, by converters run by programmable memories.