Patent Document ID: 9378440
Application ID: 14672643
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of printing a half tone image on an image forming apparatus using toner that is fused to a substrate, the method comprising: generating a dot design that represents the half tone image, the dot design being made up of a plurality of dots; analyzing the dot design using an algorithm; matching the dot design to an equivalent alternate design that represents the half tone image, the matching being based on results of the analyzing, the equivalent alternate design being made up substantially entirely of a plurality of non-dot shapes; forming the half tone image on the substrate using the equivalent alternate design; and fusing the half tone image on the substrate with a fuser device, wherein a total image area of the dot design is the sum of an image area of every one of the dots in the dot design, a total image perimeter of the dot design is the sum of an image perimeter of every one of the dots in the dot design, a total image area of the alternate design is the sum of an image area of every one of the non-dot shapes in the alternate design, a total image perimeter of the alternate design is the sum of an image perimeter of every one of the non-dot shapes in the alternate design, and a ratio of the total image area of the alternate design to the total image perimeter of the alternate design is greater than a ratio of the total image area of the dot design to the total image perimeter of the dot design.