A remote printing system including a communication port, a printing
device, and a measuring device. The printing device prints images
received from the communication port, and the measuring device generates
image measurement information from the printed image and transmits the
image measurement information to the network port. The remote printing
system preferably includes an image server located remotely from the
printing device and the measuring device. The image server preferably
transmits image data to the printing device, whereupon it is printed, and
the measuring device then generates and transmits image measurement
information back to the image server. The image server may then generate
print quality information. Alternatively, the remote printing system
includes a computer collocated with the printing device and measuring
device. The computer obtains the image source information from the image
server and relays it to the printing device. The measuring device
generates and transmits image measurement information to the computer.
The computer may then determine the print quality locally, without the
need to relay the image measurement information back to the image server.
Preferably, the computer relays a message regarding the print quality
back to the image server.