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This chapter considers a method for the conversion of a screenshot to a metafile for improving the print quality. The proposed method is based on detection and vectorization of text areas on raster screenshot images. The main study is dedicated to anti-aliased text segmentation, text colour estimation, recovering the contour of text symbols and approximating them with lines and Bezier curves. The result of processing is stored in metafile documents for subsequent printing. The proposed method is resistant to different colours, text sizes, and languages and makes it possible to obtain a sharp and correct text display for printing.
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Safonov, I.V., Kurilin, I.V., Rychagov, M.N., Tolstaya, E.V. (2019). Screenshot to Metafile Conversion for Printing. In: Document Image Processing for Scanning and Printing . Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05342-0_10
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