Printer profiling for forensics and ballistics

ABSTRACT

We describe a technique for authenticating printed and scanned text documents. This technique works by modeling the degradation in a document caused by printing. The resulting printer profile is then used to detect inconsistencies across a document, and for ballistic purposes - that of linking a document to a printer.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.4 IMAGE PROCESSING AND COMPUTER VISION
      I.4.m Miscellaneous

General Terms:
Security

Keywords:
digital forensics, digital tampering, document authentication, printer ballistics