Re: Halftoning Algorithm

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From: Bruce.Hoult
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 1990 05:04

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Pixel-by-pixel dithering will be OK on something like a Linotronic, but will
be completely useless on a xerographic printer because of toner spread.  It's
a big enough problem at the character level, or screen halftoning level, but
would be totally unacceptable at the pixel level.

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