A computer output device used to generate color-separated film directly from a computer image file. Technically the same type of device as an imagesetter, although the term film recorder is used to refer to high-quality imagesetters. Also known as a color film recorder.
A film recorder is also a device which generates a computerized image as a 35-mm or 4 x 5-inch color transparency, also, in this case, known as an image recorder.