Selective screening method
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1. A method of automatically selecting screen characteristics values to be used for printing a color image, comprising the steps of:
- forming a digital representation of said color image, said digital representation comprising a plurality of separations;
dividing at least one said plurality of separations into a plurality of regions;
computing said at least one screen characteristic value for each pixel in said region;
finding the most frequent screen characteristic value computed for said pixels in said region; and
assigning said most frequent screen characteristic value to each one of said pixels in said region.
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Abstract
A method of automatically selecting screen characteristics value to be used for printing a color image, comprising the steps of: forming a digital representation of the color image, the digital representation comprising a plurality of separations; dividing at least one of the plurality of separations into a plurality of regions; and assigning at least one screen characteristic value to each of the plurality of regions.
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1. A method of automatically selecting screen characteristics values to be used for printing a color image, comprising the steps of:
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forming a digital representation of said color image, said digital representation comprising a plurality of separations; dividing at least one said plurality of separations into a plurality of regions; computing said at least one screen characteristic value for each pixel in said region; finding the most frequent screen characteristic value computed for said pixels in said region; and assigning said most frequent screen characteristic value to each one of said pixels in said region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of creating a halftone image of a color image, comprising the steps of:
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forming a digital representation of said color image, said digital representation comprising a plurality of separations; dividing at least one said plurality of separations into a plurality of regions; assigning at least one screen characteristic value to each said plurality of regions; providing a screen generator; providing image data streams to said screen generator, each said image data stream spanning at least one of said plurality of regions, said image data streams additionally comprising said at least one screen characteristic value assigned to each of said plurality of regions spanned by said data stream and a pixel count for each of said regions within said data stream; and using said provided data streams to create a halftone image of said color image. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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