Re: Halftoning Algorithm

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From: Bruce.Hoult
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 1990 00:49

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In article <1990Nov23.134554.24723@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> avi@dgp.toronto.edu (Avi Naiman) writes:
> Actually, contrary to popular assumptions, CRTs also suffer from this
> spatial non-linearity.  The average intensity of a checkerboard pattern
> of alternating black and white pixels will usually be darker than the
> mean of the black and white levels (see, for example, [Mulligan and
> Stone 89]).  In my work, I have found monitors on which the
> space-averaged (normalized) luminance of a checkerboard is as low as 0.2,
> rather than the expected 0.5 [Naiman 90].

Do you happen to know how bad/good the standard Macintosh b&w display is in
this regard?

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