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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Hwai-tzuu Tai, Rochester, NY (US);
Chung-hui Kuo, Fairport, NY (US);
Dmitri A. Gusev, Fairport, NY (US);
Inventors:
Hwai-Tzuu Tai, Rochester, NY (US);
Chung-Hui Kuo, Fairport, NY (US);
Dmitri A. Gusev, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/405 (2006.01); H04N 1/46 (2006.01); G03F 3/08 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A three-dimensional halftone screen is provided that is suited for multilevel printing. The three-dimensional halftone screen includes a plurality of planes each corresponding to one or more input intensity levels of an input RIPped pixel. Within the planes are screen dots, each associated with one or more output exposure intensity values representing an intensity of an exposure dot corresponding to the input RIPped pixel.