Patent ID: 7835034
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for printing using a halftone line screen, comprising: providing data for printing to a printing device having a printing resolution of N dots per inch; establishing a halftone line screen having a line screen frequency of N/2 lines per inch, wherein the halftone line screen includes M pels and provides M+1 tone levels, wherein the halftone line screen includes a color component matrix, the color component matrix comprising a plurality of cells, each cell comprising an array of pels, wherein each cell comprises A columns and B rows of pels, and wherein the method further comprises alternating saturated lines of pels are formed in the color matrix by saturating only (A/2) 1×B pels or (B/2) 1×A pels in each cell to saturate 50% of the pels in each of the cells for 50% intensity for a cell; and applying the halftone line screen to the data to transform the data provided for printing into a visual representation of the data.