A New Generation of Quality Measuring Stations

The application of CCD technology in the form of vector or matrix sensors opens new possibilities to the design of print quality measuring systems. The image sensor technology also allows the use of more advanced quantities for the definition of print quality than conventional densitometers do. Using the new quantities it is possible to draw more reliable conclusions about the reasons of quality failures. The new computer-controlled measuring system deploys conventional densitometry and the new CCD technologies. This paper discusses the main feature of the new quality measuring station and gives examples of the measuring results.