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Dmax

An abbreviation for maximum density. The abbreviation is used in describing both the characteristics of an image and/or an imaging device such as a scanner.

Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASTM E3235-21 Standard Practice for Latent Print Evidence Imaging Resolution. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2021. Source link
Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. A copy of the complete standard may be purchased from ASTM International, https://www.astm.org