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Implementation of Halftone Blending in Dual-Mode Halftoning to Improve Print Quality for Electrophotographic Printers
Seong Jun Park
Mark Shaw
George Kerby
Terry Nelson
Di-Yuan Tzeng
Victor Loewen
Kurt Bengtson
Jan P. Allebach
  DOI :  10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2012.28.1.art00076_1  Published Online :  January 2012
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In this paper, we consider a dual-mode halftoning system for electrophotographic printers; a low frequency halftoning for smooth regions and a high frequency halftoning for detail regions. This screen-switching approach has a stable halftone pattern in smooth areas and preserves fine rendering in detail areas, but undesirable jaggies may occur along the boundaries where the low and high frequency screens meet. To reduce the jaggies, we propose a new approach to blend two halftone patterns based on a transition region built around boundary pixels. In addition, we provide an implementation methodology which requires simple structure, minimal memory, and small processing time.

Journal Title : NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference
Publisher Name : Society of Imaging Science and Technology
Publisher Location : 7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA
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Seong Jun Park, Mark Shaw, George Kerby, Terry Nelson, Di-Yuan Tzeng, Victor Loewen, Kurt Bengtson, Jan P. Allebach, "Implementation of Halftone Blending in Dual-Mode Halftoning to Improve Print Quality for Electrophotographic Printers"  in Proc. IS&T Int'l Conf. on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication (NIP28),  2012,  pp 262 - 265,  https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2012.28.1.art00076_1

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Implementation of Halftone Blending in Dual-Mode Halftoning to Improve Print Quality for Electrophotographic Printers
ParkSeong Jun
ShawMark
KerbyGeorge
NelsonTerry
TzengDi-Yuan
LoewenVictor
BengtsonKurt
AllebachJan P.
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In this paper, we consider a dual-mode halftoning system for electrophotographic printers; a low frequency halftoning for smooth regions and a high frequency halftoning for detail regions. This screen-switching approach has a stable halftone pattern in smooth areas and preserves fine rendering in detail areas, but undesirable jaggies may occur along the boundaries where the low and high frequency screens meet. To reduce the jaggies, we propose a new approach to blend two halftone patterns based on a transition region built around boundary pixels. In addition, we provide an implementation methodology which requires simple structure, minimal memory, and small processing time.