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Measuring magnetic properties to discriminate between different laser printers Cover

Measuring magnetic properties to discriminate between different laser printers

Open Access
|Dec 2015

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Example of a magnet with a south and north pole. The lines represent the direction of the magnetic induction (B).

Figure 2.

Regula Magmouse Model 4197.

Figure 3.

Two images created with the Magmouse of the word ‘Bob’ printed with a non-magnetic toner (left) and a magnetic toner (right)

Figure 4.

Histogram of magnetic induction of a non-magnetic toner (above) and a magnetic toner (below). The x-axis describes the strength of the magnetic induction in mT and the y-axis describe the number of pixels N (logarithmic scale, 10log(N)).

Figure 5.

Ten different locations in the laboratory.

Figure 6.

Ten different measuring areas on the sensor of the Magmouse.

Figure 7.

Boxplot of the variation in flux.

Figure 8.

The measurement of a sample printed with a HP LaserJet 2200 (red curve) and HP LaserJet 4100 (blue curve). The x-axis describes the strength of the magnetic induction in mT and the y-axis describe the number of pixels N (logarithmic scale, 10log(N)). The squared area is a visualization of the calculated 1-norm distance score (Manhattan distance score).

Figure 9.

Top left shows the within-variation histogram; top right shows the between-variation histogram; Bottom left shows the probability density curves (red within-variation / blue between-variation); Bottom right shows the LR as function of the score.

Figure 10.

LR values plotted on a logarithmic scale.

Figure 11.

Boxplots of the variation in flux of the word “Bob” in three different fonts.

Table A-1

Used printers during this study with corresponding sample numbers.

Sample IDPrinterIDBrandType
11CanonImageClass MF4770n
21CanonImageClass MF4770n
31CanonImageClass MF4770n
41CanonImageClass MF4770n
52DellLaserprinter 1700
62DellLaserprinter 1700
72DellLaserprinter 1700
82DellLaserprinter 1700
93HPLaserJet 1018
103HPLaserJet 1018
113HPLaserJet 1018
123HPLaserJet 1018
134HPLaserJet 2200 (series PCL 5)
144HPLaserJet 2200 (series PCL 5)
154HPLaserJet 2200 (series PCL 5)
164HPLaserJet 2200 (series PCL 5)
175HPLaserJet 4100 (series PCL)
185HPLaserJet 4100 (series PCL)
195HPLaserJet 4100 (series PCL)
205HPLaserJet 4100 (series PCL)
216HPLaserJet 4L
226HPLaserJet 4L
236HPLaserJet 4L
246HPLaserJet 4L
257HPLaserJet 6L
267HPLaserJet 6L
277HPLaserJet 6L
287HPLaserJet 6L
298HPLaserJet 5P
308HPLaserJet 5P
318HPLaserJet 5P
328HPLaserJet 5P
339HPLaserJet 4L
349HPLaserJet 4L
359HPLaserJet 4L
369HPLaserJet 4L
3710HPLaserJet Pro 400 M401dw
3810HPLaserJet Pro 400 M401dw
3910HPLaserJet Pro 400 M401dw
4010HPLaserJet Pro 400 M401dw
4111HPLaserJet 600 M602
4211HPLaserJet 600 M602
4311HPLaserJet 600 M602
4411HPLaserJet 600 M602
4512HPLaserJet P1006
4612HPLaserJet P1006
4712HPLaserJet P1006
4812HPLaserJet P1006
4913HPLaserJet 1022nw
5013HPLaserJet 1022nw
5113HPLaserJet 1022nw
5213HPLaserJet 1022nw
5314HPLaserJet P2015dn
5414HPLaserJet P2015dn
5514HPLaserJet P2015dn
5614HPLaserJet P2015dn
5715HPLaserJet P2035
5815HPLaserJet P2035
5915HPLaserJet P2035
6015HPLaserJet P2035
6116HPLaserJet P2055dn
6216HPLaserJet P2055dn
6316HPLaserJet P2055dn
6417HPLaserJet 4015
6518HPLaserJet 4250 TN
6618HPLaserJet 4250 TN
6718HPLaserJet 4250 TN
6818HPLaserJet 4250 TN
6919HPLaserJet 4250dtn
7019HPLaserJet 4250dtn
7119HPLaserJet 4250dtn
7219HPLaserJet 4250dtn
Figure B-1.

Image of sample page. Original sample page was A4 size.

Figure C-1.

Six measurements of magnetic induction on two samples. On each sample the word “Bob” is measured on three different fonts.

Table C-1.

Measurement data (magnetic induction) and calculated distance scores for two samples (LaserJet 2200 and LaserJet 4100) and three fonts (Times New Roman, Arial and Calibri)

InductionLJ 2200
(TNR)
LJ 2200
(Arial)
LJ 2200
(Calibri)
LJ 4100
(TNR)
LJ 4100
(Arial)
LJ 4100
(Calibri)
| xi - yi |
(TNR)
| xi - yi |
(Arial)
| xi - yi |
(Calibri)
-2.8001.3000001,3
-2.7001000001
-2.61.601.70001,601,7
-2.51.91.32.10001,91,32,1
-2.42.51.72.50002,51,72,5
-2.22.62.32.90002,62,32,9
-232.73.31.3001,72,73,3
-1.73.53.43.51.81.301,72,13,5
-1.43.63.53.82.42.52.41,211,4
-1.13.83.83.93.43.330,40,50,9
-0.94.244.23.73.83.50,50,20,7
-0.74.14.24.24.14.1400,10,2
-0.54.34.44.44.34.44.3000,1
-0.34.54.64.54.54.64.5000
-0.154.64.74.64.64.74.7000,1
-0.14.54.54.54.44.54.50,100
05.85.85.85.85.85.8000
0.15.45.45.45.45.45.4000
0.154.94.94.95550,10,10,1
0.34.64.64.64.74.74.70,10,10,1
0.54.54.54.54.54.44.500,10
0.74.44.34.44.24.34.20,200,2
0.94.24.14.23.94.13.90,300,3
1.1444.13.53.83.30,50,20,8
1.43.83.93.93.13.62.90,70,31
1.73.63.73.72.332.41,30,71,3
23.23.43.21.62.211,61,22,2
2.22.93.23.10012,93,22,1
2.42.52.82.50002,52,82,5
2.52.12.22.50002,12,22,5
2.61.61.52.30001,61,52,3
2.7101000101
2.81.3010001,301
P1 = ∑ =30,424,339,1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69525/jasqde.222 | Journal eISSN: 1524-7287
Language: English
Page range: 51 - 66
Published on: Dec 1, 2015
Published by: American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2015 Koen Herlaar, Miriam Mieremet, Mignonne Fakkel, published by American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
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