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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2007
Terry Wozniak, Springfield, OH (US);
Michael J. Piatt, Dayton, OH (US);
Joseph P. Mangan, Dayton, OH (US);
Terry Wozniak, Springfield, OH (US);
Michael J. Piatt, Dayton, OH (US);
Joseph P. Mangan, Dayton, OH (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention addresses the reformatting of a digital 'ready to print' data file into a continuous tone (32 or 24 bit) file whereby discrete values in the tone range are uniquely assigned to specific binary combinations. The purpose for this transform is to facilitate further manipulation of preprocessed data. One application of the present invention is to exist as a critical piece of proofing workflow for a technology that reduces continuous tone data into a binary form representing droplet selection prior to output.