Degradation Prediction of Printed Images  
Author Ziyi Wang

 
Co-Author(s) E. A. Elsayed

 
Abstract Inkjet printers are nowadays the most commonly used type of printers, and the permanence of inkjet printing has always been an issue ever since its invention. Previous research has focused on testing inkjet prints under different environmental conditions and recording the density loss and/or color change of the prints. In this paper, a degradation model based on halftone printing technique is developed to predict the ink loss of color inkjet prints over time. The initial ink amount is estimated from the spectral information of the print. The faded color of the print can be predicted based on the remaining ink amount. In addition, we provide a new approach for modeling the catalytic fading between inks.

 
Keywords image permanence, halftone printing, Neugebauer equation, multispectral imaging, catalytic fading
   
    Article #:  22099
 
Proceedings of the 22nd ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design
August 4-6, 2016 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.