title: Offset printing plate quality sensor on a low-cost processor.
abstract: The aim of this work is to develop a microprocessor-based sensor that measures the quality of the offset printing plate through the introduction of different image analysis applications. The main features of the presented system are the low cost, the low amount of power consumption, its modularity and easy integration with other industrial modules for printing plates, and its robustness against noise environments. For the sake of clarity, a viability analysis of previous software is presented through different strategies, based on dynamic histogram and Hough transform. This paper provides performance and scalability data compared with existing costly commercial devices. Furthermore, a general overview of quality control possibilities for printing plates is presented and could be useful to a system where such controls are regularly conducted.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Graphic Arts, University of Zagreb Getaldiceva 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. gbotella@ucm.es.
authors.forename: Jelena
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Poljak
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Botella
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Sanja Mahović
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Poljaček
authors.forename: Manuel P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Matías
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tirado