Image Test Labs (ITL), a division of Technology Watch, has named Dr Eric K. Zeise as a research scientist at the organisation.
Henry B. Freedman, ITL founding partner, explained, ‘ITL discovers and invents new, practical image measurement products that measure all forms of printed images. To that end, there are few people in the world who have the skills and capabilities to complement our core ITL team. Dr Eric Zeise is one of them.
‘Eric has a unique expertise in developing new measurement methodologies to control printing processes. His experience in measurement systems automation, and advanced knowledge in the application of standards, will greatly enhance our core R& D efforts.’
Dr Zeise was instrumental in developing the 8-bit non-linear LED exposure control printhead architecture used in Kodak and NexPress printing systems from 1986 to the present; led the image quality analysis and evaluation group at NexPress for a decade; contributed colour calibration and registration control systems for the roll-fed Prosper production inkjet press; helped devise micron-scale image stabilisation techniques for flexographic micro-printing; and developed near-real-time online image analysis capability for defect and line quality analysis. He served as convenor of the ISO working group on image quality evaluation for nine years and has led the development of four perceptually correlated, objective ISO image quality measurement standards. He retired from Eastman Kodak Co. in 2018 and has received 28 patents.
In May, 2019 Dr Zeise was also involved in ITL’s efforts to achieve an historic first in the printing industry by configuring an inkjet web press to deliver the image reproduction quality of a commercial sheet-fed offset press over a production run of three miles of paper.
In his new role as research scientist at ITL, he will contribute to new product development.
At ITL, Dr Zeise joins a distinguished roster of print technology scientists including Dr Peter Crean, Dr Peter Dundas and Henry Freedman.
