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AM Screening
Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for printing multi-level and multi-color digital image are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, first and second level AM half-tone screens are respectively applied to first and second multi-level color-components of the multi-level and multi-color input digital image to respectively generate first and second target binary images. The first and second target binary images are printed respectively using first and second inks (e.g. of different colors) onto a common surface. Specific properties of the AM half-tone screens as well as techniques for producing the AM half-tone screens are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the techniques overcome objectionable textures derived from rounding errors in divisional of conventional AM supercells.
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