摘要 |
A method and apparatus for converting an input image including a plurality of input pixels each having a number of possible input levels of optical density to an output image including a plurality of output pixels each having a number of possible output levels of optical density using phantom output levels in an error diffusion technique, an automatic image enhancement technique, or other printing methods and apparatus where errors are fed back to alter an input image. The method includes generating a modified optical density value by adding an error value, if any, to the input level of one of the input pixels, generating a phantom output level as a function of the modified optical density level, determining the error value as a function of the selected phantom output level; and generating an output pixel having one of the output levels determined as a function of the modified optical density value.
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