A Framework for Applying Image Quality Metrics on Printed Images

In order to evaluate the performance of printers, plotters and other printing hardware we need to evaluate the printed output. One way to evaluate prints is by using image quality metrics. The first step to do so is to find a way to apply them. All image quality metrics need a digital image as their input. This makes transforming printed images to a digital format an important step for evaluating the quality of printed images. In this paper a new framework for applying image quality metrics on printed images is introduced. The framework takes a printed image in physical form as its input and gives a digital image ready to be used with different image quality metrics as its output. The frameworks gives out better and faster results compared to other frameworks.