An image information recording apparatus, in which a light beam is modulated by an information signal to effect recording on a recording medium, includes a light beam forming device, a modulator for modulating the light beam from the light beam forming device in accordance with an image-information signal, an image-forming lens system for focussing the light beam from the modulator upon the recording medium, devices for sensitizing the recording medium, a scanning system for causing the modulated light beam to scan over the recording medium, and a system for overlaying the image information and other image information with respect to the recording medium.