Halftone image screening array of parallel lines with effective maximum and minimum optical density and method of generating a halftone image utilizing the screening array
US5283140A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 23, 1992 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/4058
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention provides a device for offset and similar printing from a continuous tone original to produce a halftone image on a photosensitive layer comprising means for screening the information via a first array of parallely extending lines of effective minimum optical density and a second array of parallely extending lines of effective maximum optical density, the arrays being interposed to form a composite array of substantially parallel, spaced-apart, alternating lines of effective maximum and minimum optical density, the lines delimiting therebetween zones of effective graduated optical density, the gradient inside each zone progressively varying from low optical density adjacent lines of the first array to high optical density adjacent lines of the second array, the spacing of lines of the first array being between about 100 and 400 lines per inch and wherein the resulting thickness of each reproduced line on a resulting developed photosensitive layer, generated by screening the information via the array, continuously varies as a function of the density of each information point of the original.
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