Back to articles
General Papers
Volume: 48 | Article ID: art00012
Image
Dependent Color Halftoning: Better Quality with Less Ink
  DOI :  10.2352/J.ImagingSci.Technol.2004.48.4.art00012  Published OnlineJuly 2004
Abstract

When a color image is halftoned its color channels are normally halftoned independently. The dots in different channels are placed independent of each other and consequently the final result may not be of high quality even if a well performing mono-chromatic halftoning method has been used. In this article we propose a method that halftones the channels of the color image in a context dependent manner. Since the yellow ink on a white paper is hardly visible, only cyan and magenta separations need to be halftoned dependently. We also show that dependent color halftoning not only increases the halftone image quality but also decreases the amount of ink needed to reproduce different colors.

Subject Areas :
Views 19
Downloads 0
 articleview.views 19
 articleview.downloads 0
  Cite this article 

Sasan Gooran, "Dependent Color Halftoning: Better Quality with Less Inkin Journal of Imaging Science and Technology,  2004,  pp 354 - 362,  https://doi.org/10.2352/J.ImagingSci.Technol.2004.48.4.art00012

 Copy citation
  Copyright statement 
Copyright © Society for Imaging Science and Technology 2004
  Login or subscribe to view the content