Eastman-kodak Company

Alexander Krol

Lior Perry

A system for forming an image on a flexographic media includes a digital front end that provides a screened image; locating transition points from data regions to non-data regions in said screened image; determining a distance between pixels in adjacent data and non-data regions; if the distance is greater than a predetermined distance modify said screened image to remove a shoulder of pixels at the transition point; and an imaging device the screen modified image on the flexographic media.

System for forming an image on flexographic media

A method for forming an image on a flexographic media includes providing a screened image; locating transition points from data regions to non-data regions in said screened image; determining a distance between pixels in adjacent data regions for each transition point; if the distance is greater than a predetermined distance, modify said screened image to remove a shoulder of pixels in contact with the transition point; and forming the modified screened image on the flexographic media.

Forming an image on a flexographic media

An apparatus for enhancing halftone image () appearance for imaging on a flexographic plate () includes a computer () adapted to receive a halftone image; an analysis element adapted to scan the previously produced halftone image and to detect areas () in the previously produced halftone image which are populated with dots which are smaller than a previously set minimal dot size value; an enhancement element adapted to replace the small dots with a reduced number of dots wherein each of the reduced number of dots are larger in size () than the small dots and wherein each of the reduced number of dots maintain original geometric characteristics of the small dots to create an enhanced halftone image; and an imaging head adapted to image the enhanced halftone image on an imaging system.

Rescreeining selected parts of a halftone image

A method for enhancing appearance of a halftone image () for imaging on a flexographic plate () includes retrieving the halftone image from a data storage device (); setting a minimal dot size value for printing; analyzing the halftone image with a computer (); detecting areas () in the halftone image populated with a plurality of dots smaller than the minimal dot size value; replacing the plurality of dots with a reduced set of dots wherein each of the reduced set of dots are larger in size () than the plurality of dots and wherein each of the reduced set of dots maintains an original geometric characteristics of the plurality of dots; and saving the reduced set of dots.

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Alexander Krol