Back to articles
Articles
Volume: 16 | Article ID: art00096_1
Image
The MTF of Printing Systems
J. Arney
P. Anderson
P. Mehta
K. Ayer
  DOI :  10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2000.16.1.art00096_1  Published Online :  January 2000
Abstract

Many imaging systems are described by an MTF function. However, MTF is defined rigorously only for linear imaging systems, and the printing process is intrinsically non-linear. However, a spatial attenuation function we call the Printer Transfer Function, PTF, can be defined experimentally, and it behaves much like an MTF. The measurement of the PTF is illustrated for a 300 dpi electrophotographic printer. The PTF is shown to be experimentally independent of the halftone pattern printed, but a scaling factor, r, which is highly dependent on the halftone pattern, is required in order to calculate the noise power spectrum, NPS, of the printed halftone from the NPS of the ideal halftone in the computer.

Journal Title : NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference
Publisher Name : Society of Imaging Science and Technology
Publisher Location : 7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA
Subject Areas :
Views 6
Downloads 1
 DOI 10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2000.16.1.art00096_1
 articleview.views 6
 articleview.downloads 1
  Cite this article 

J. Arney, P. Anderson, P. Mehta, K. Ayer, "The MTF of Printing Systems"  in Proc. IS&T Int'l Conf. on Digital Printing Technologies (NIP16),  2000,  pp 367 - 369,  https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2000.16.1.art00096_1

 Copy citation
  Copyright statement 
Copyright © Society for Imaging Science and Technology 2000
72010410
NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference
nip digi fabric conf
2169-4451
Society of Imaging Science and Technology
7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA
2169-4451(20000101)2000:1L.367;1-
nip_v2000n1/splitsection96.xml
/ist/nipdf/2000/00002000/00000001/art00096
Articles
The MTF of Printing Systems
ArneyJ.
AndersonP.
MehtaP.
AyerK.
01012000
2000
1
367
369
2000
Many imaging systems are described by an MTF function. However, MTF is defined rigorously only for linear imaging systems, and the printing process is intrinsically non-linear. However, a spatial attenuation function we call the Printer Transfer Function, PTF, can be defined experimentally, and it behaves much like an MTF. The measurement of the PTF is illustrated for a 300 dpi electrophotographic printer. The PTF is shown to be experimentally independent of the halftone pattern printed, but a scaling factor, r, which is highly dependent on the halftone pattern, is required in order to calculate the noise power spectrum, NPS, of the printed halftone from the NPS of the ideal halftone in the computer.