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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2009
David A. Neese, Escondido, CA (US);
David A. Neese, Escondido, CA (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for printing an image with a printing system including the steps of multitoning image data to produce a multitoned image having a multitone resolution; providing a look-up table, wherein each look-up table entry specifies a number of dots of a first size and a number of dots of a second size; using the look-up table to expand the multitoned image data from the multitone resolution to a print-ready image having a printing resolution; and printing the print-ready image using a first array of dot forming elements for forming dots of a first size and a second array of dot forming elements for forming dots having a second size that is greater than the first size.