Method for evaluation of quality of laser printed samples

A method for quantitative and qualitative evaluation of laser printed samples, the method comprising the following steps:

• a) providing (S1) a laser printed sample, the laser printed sample having a multiplicity of distinct laser printed parts thereon, each laser printed part being generated with a different setting of the laser used to generate the laser printed part;
• b) capturing (S2) a digital raster image of each of the multiplicity of the laser printed parts of the laser printed sample using an optical microscope, and thereon providing digital image information that constitutes the digital raster image of each laser printed part;
• c) identifying (S3) at least one distinct part within the digital image information of each laser printed part;
• d) obtaining at least one image histogram for the identified at least one distinct part of the digital image information of each laser printed part;
• e) fitting (S4) a probability density function on the obtained at least one image histogram;
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• f) determining (S5) at least one parameter of the probability density function.