Patent ID: 8735043

Claim:
A method of printing halftone images, comprising: providing an imaging member; producing an electrostatic latent image for a first color on the imaging member, the electrostatic latent image for the first color defining a first group of pixels; developing the electrostatic latent image for the first color on the imaging member by depositing colored toner particles of the first color into a first set of pixels on the electrostatic latent image for the first color to form a dot in each pixel, each dot having a core and an edge, to form a first developed image; stabilizing the first developed image on the imaging member by locating stabilizing toner particles of a stabilizing color around the edge of each dot in the first set of pixels on the electrostatic latent image for the first color to form a stabilized image, wherein the stabilizing toner particles are not present in the core or edge of each dot; producing an electrostatic latent image for a second color on the imaging member, the electrostatic latent image for the second color defining a second group of pixels; developing the electrostatic latent image for the second color on the imaging member by depositing colored toner particles of the second color into a second set of pixels on the electrostatic latent image for the second color to form a dot in each pixel, each dot having a core and an edge, to form a second developed image; stabilizing the second developed image on the imaging member by locating stabilizing toner particles of the stabilizing color around the edge of each dot in the second set of pixels on the electrostatic latent image for the second color to form a stabilized image, wherein the stabilizing toner particles are not present in the core or edge of each dot; and transferring the stabilized image to a receiving substrate.