Systems and methods for reducing edge effects
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1. A method for reducing edge effects, the method comprising:
- inputting a binary image mask, the binary image mask defining the location of a boundary to receive a coating;
modifying an edge of the binary image mask to reduce a thickness of the coating at the modified edge;
creating a printing plate based on the modified image mask; and
utilizing the printing plate to print the coating on a substrate,wherein modifying the edge of the image mask includes applying a gradient sweep at a region of the boundary to receive the coating, andapplying the gradient sweep to the coating further includes converting the binary image mask to continuous tone, blurring, and then halftoning.
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Systems, methods, and programs for reducing edge effects, the systems, methods, and programs include inputting an image mask, the image mask defining the location of a boundary to receive a coating , modifying an edge of the image mask to reduced the thickness of the coating at the modified edge; creating a printing plate base on the modified image mask; and using the printing plate to print the coating on a substrate.
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1. A method for reducing edge effects, the method comprising:
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inputting a binary image mask, the binary image mask defining the location of a boundary to receive a coating; modifying an edge of the binary image mask to reduce a thickness of the coating at the modified edge; creating a printing plate based on the modified image mask; and utilizing the printing plate to print the coating on a substrate, wherein modifying the edge of the image mask includes applying a gradient sweep at a region of the boundary to receive the coating, and applying the gradient sweep to the coating further includes converting the binary image mask to continuous tone, blurring, and then halftoning. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for reducing edge effects, comprising:
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a controller that; inputs an image mask, the image mask defining the location of a boundary to receive a coating; modifies an edge of the image mask to reduce the thickness of the coating at the modified edge; creates a printing plate base on the modified image mask; and uses the printing plate to print the coating on a substrate, wherein the controller applies a gradient sweep at a region of the boundary to receive the coating, and the controller creates a binary image mask from inputted image mask data, and converts a binary image mask to continuous tone, blurs and then halftones to create the gradient sweep at the coated and uncoated boundaries. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-readable storage medium storing a set of program instructions executable on a data processing device and usable for reducing edge effects, the instructions comprising:
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instructions for inputting a binary image mask, the binary image mask defining the location of a boundary to receive a coating; instructions for modifying an edge of the binary image mask to reduce the thickness of the coating at the modified edge; instructions for creating a printing plate base on the modified image mask; and instructions for using the printing plate to print the coating on a substrate, wherein the instructions for modifying the edge include instructions for converting the binary image mask to continuous tone, bluffing, and then halftoning to create a gradient sweep at a coated and uncoated boundaries. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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