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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2009
Yee S. NG, Rochester, NY (US);
Mamie Kam Ng, Legal Representative, Fairport, NY (US);
Hwai-tzuu Tai, Rochester, NY (US);
Peter S. Alexandrovich, Rochester, NY (US);
Chung-hui Kuo, Fairport, NY (US);
Yee S. Ng, Rochester, NY (US);
Mamie Kam Ng, legal representative, Fairport, NY (US);
Hwai-Tzuu Tai, Rochester, NY (US);
Peter S. Alexandrovich, Rochester, NY (US);
Chung-Hui Kuo, Fairport, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods of improving image quality by reducing grain and texture in a printed image are provided. According to one embodiment, a method of reducing grain and texture in an image includes the steps of providing a light color toner and a dark color toner, providing an aperiodic micrononuniformity map, using the aperiodic micrononuniformity map to determine an acceptable domain that includes a plurality of combinations of the light color toner and the dark color toner, and forming an image by selecting one combination of the light color toner and the dark color toner from the plurality of combinations of the light color toner and the dark color toner.