Device for offline inspection and color measurement of printed sheets for the production of banknotes and like printed securities, comprising: - a console having a supporting surface for supporting a sample printed sheet; - a multipurpose measuring apparatus, which multipurpose measuring apparatus comprises multiple sensors (22, 23) including a color measurement sensor for performing spectrophotometric, colorimetric, and/or densitometric measurements at selected locations on the sample printed sheet; - at least one camera for taking images of selected portions of the sample printed sheet, - a display for displaying the images taken by the camera and the measurements performed by the color measurement sensor; and - a control and processing unit coupled to the multipurpose measuring apparatus and the display, wherein the device comprises a moveable sensor beam housing the multipurpose measuring apparatus, which moveable sensor beam is displaceable along an x-axis over the supporting surface of the console and over the entire surface of the sample printed sheet located on the supporting surface, the multiple sensors (22, 23) being mounted on a common sensor head which is displaceable within the moveable sensor beam along a y-axis so that the multipurpose measuring apparatus can perform measurements at selected locations on the sample printed sheet by means of the color measurement sensor, wherein the camera is mounted at the moveable beam so that the camera can selectively take images of selected portions of the sample printed sheet and wherein the control and processing unit is configured to control displacement of the moveable sensor beam along the x-axis and of the sensor head along the y-axis, characterized in that the camera is included in the sensor head and is located hence within the moveable beam and in that the display is a touch-screen display with a touch-sensitive area configured to act as input of the control and processing unit for positioning of the moveable sensor beam and of the sensor head over the sample printed sheet, wherein the device is designed to inspect a sample printed sheet exhibiting an effective printed region consisting of a matrix of individual multicolor security prints arranged in multiple rows and columns, and wherein the control and processing unit and the touch-sensitive area of the display are configured to allow positioning of the moveable sensor beam and of the sensor head on any desired one of the individual multicolor security prints or any portion thereof upon selection on the touch-screen display. - a console having a supporting surface for supporting a sample printed sheet; - a multipurpose measuring apparatus, which multipurpose measuring apparatus comprises multiple sensors (22, 23) including a color measurement sensor for performing spectrophotometric, colorimetric, and/or densitometric measurements at selected locations on the sample printed sheet; - at least one camera for taking images of selected portions of the sample printed sheet, - a display for displaying the images taken by the camera and the measurements performed by the color measurement sensor; and - a control and processing unit coupled to the multipurpose measuring apparatus and the display,