Method for compensating for transfer characteristics of a printing system in a halftone screening process
First Claim
1. A method of compensating for a predetermined transfer characteristic of a printing device in a halftoning process for screening an area of an image having a particular gray level value selected from a plurality of gray level values, comprising:
- applying a compensation function corresponding to the predetermined transfer characteristic to the particular gray level value to enable the selection of a bit pattern from a plurality of bit patterns represented in a first threshold array, the selected bit pattern being represented in a second threshold array, the number of bit patterns in the plurality of bit patterns being greater than the number of gray level values in the plurality of gray level values, wherein the elements of the first threshold array have a depth of between 9 and 16 bits and the elements of the second threshold array have a depth of between 8 and 12 bits, the depth of the first threshold array being greater than the depth of the second threshold array; and
screening the area of the image using the selected bit pattern.
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Abstract
A method of compensating for a predetermined transfer characteristic of a printing device in a halftoning process for screening an image containing a particular gray level value selected from a predetermined finite number of gray level values, including the steps of (1) selecting for the particular gray level value a bit pattern from a large plurality of bit patterns which is larger than the predetermined finite number of gray levels, the selection being based upon the application of a predetermined transfer characteristic of the printing system; and (2) printing the area of the image having the particular selected gray level value using the selected bit pattern, or storing the selected bit pattern as part of a threshold array.
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1. A method of compensating for a predetermined transfer characteristic of a printing device in a halftoning process for screening an area of an image having a particular gray level value selected from a plurality of gray level values, comprising:
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applying a compensation function corresponding to the predetermined transfer characteristic to the particular gray level value to enable the selection of a bit pattern from a plurality of bit patterns represented in a first threshold array, the selected bit pattern being represented in a second threshold array, the number of bit patterns in the plurality of bit patterns being greater than the number of gray level values in the plurality of gray level values, wherein the elements of the first threshold array have a depth of between 9 and 16 bits and the elements of the second threshold array have a depth of between 8 and 12 bits, the depth of the first threshold array being greater than the depth of the second threshold array; and screening the area of the image using the selected bit pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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