EXPOSURE AVERAGING

A method for capturing an image in a multi-color printing system, the method includes the steps of providing a test pattern on a print media having a plurality of test patterns aligned in a first direction in a repeating pattern; providing an image capture device having a shutter that controls a time interval during which a single image is captured; and flashing a strobe light multiple times within the time interval in which a single image is captured; wherein each strobe light flash is synchronized with motion of the test pattern past the image capture device so that each test pattern is illuminated by a single strobe-light flash at substantially the same location within the captured image.