IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS

摘要

An image processing method (300) for converting an original image (601) into a final, pixellated image (610) suitable for printing on a printer arranged to print two-tone images and capable of printing partial area exposed pixels, comprises antialiasing (301) the original image (601) into an intermediate pixellated image (605) comprising greyscale pixels having assigned greyscale values. The method comprises the further- step, of translating (302) the intermediate image (605) into the final, pixellated image (610) by translating the assigned greyscale values into partial exposure values indicative of the amount of desired pixel area for a corresponding pixel or pixels in the final image.