An important print quality attribute of digital printing equipment deals with the absolute position of the printed image
relative to the page. Historically, the most precise method of measuring image to paper (IOP) registration is by scanning
a printed sheet on a flatbed scanner. These measurements have been limited to sheets smaller than the full capacity of
the printer. In addition, the precision of the measurement has been limited by the accuracy of the scanner itself and the
measurement of a few (~4) points on the page have limited the information that can be gathered. The new method
proposed in this paper measures IOP registration throughout the sheet in a more precise manner. In a similar fashion, the
relative position of the image on both the simplex and duplex side of the print can be determined. In addition, the new
method helps link the source of registration errors to individual sub-systems. By generating the individual error sources
from a printed sheet enables the understanding of the percentage contribution of each sub-system, prioritizes efforts to
obtain better IOP performance, finds initial IOP setup errors of a printing engine, compares different technologies
affecting IOP registration in sub-systems and potentially acts as a diagnostic tool for individual sub-systems.
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