Halftone Image
An image reproduced through a special screen made up of dots of various sizes to simulate shades of gray in a photograph. Typically used for newspaper or magazine reproduction of images.
Halftone image: Ink-printable image produced using a contact screen, or a digital scanner, to convert a continuous-tone image into a fixed-grid pattern of different-sized dots which creates the illusion of tones.
Halftone Image
This is a picture that has been reproduced, using a screen of various sized dots, to give the appearance of shades of gray. Publications typically use this process as well as inkjet printers. This reproduction method reduces moir ...
So for a halftone image we need to be able to print 256 different sizes of dots. An imagesetter varies the size of the halftone dot by printing clusters of much smaller dots.
Screen frequency
The number of rows of dots in a halftone image within an inch which is stated as lpi (lines per inch).
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The number of rows of dots in a halftone image within an inch which is stated as lpi (lines per inch).
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in scanning, the method of applying a controlled blur to erase discreet components of a halftone image and make it appear more like a continuous-tone image. This process will minimize effects of causing moiré patterns if the image is re-screened.
 See also: Halftone, Image, Photograph, Camera, Light
  
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