摘要 |
Halftone screens are generated for each separation in accordance with the goal of avoiding overlapping whenever possible. Initially, the black separation is halftoned, generating a dot pattern with a number of ON pixels and OFF pixels in accordance with the area density of the black separation. Next, a first color separation is halftoned, setting a number of the previous OFF pixels to ON. Then, if any white pixels remain, the second color separation is halftoned, setting a number of the previously OFF pixels to ON. If during the processing of the second and third separations, it is determined that no OFF pixels exist to be turned ON, a second layer of color is started, respectively superimposed over the first layer. The third color separation is halftoned in reverse fill-in order, setting a number of the previous OFF pixels to ON. Each layer is started and arranged so that the additional colors forming the dot pattern are not placed on any black areas.
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