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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2006
Applicants:
Devon James Mccrea, Burnaby, CA;
Stephen Hughes Miller, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Inventors:
Devon James McCrea, Burnaby, CA;
Stephen Hughes Miller, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
Kodak Graphic Communications Canada Company, Burnaby, British Columbia, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/405 (2006.01); B41C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of screening a continuous tone image into a halftone representation for a flexographic printing operation can compensate for characteristic printing problems in highlight areas by selectively placing non-printing dots or pixels proximate highlight dots. The non-printing dots or pixels raise the printing relief floor in the highlight areas providing additional support for marginally printable image features.