Dot Gain - Computing The Fractional Coverage (area) of A Halftone Pattern

Computing The Fractional Coverage (area) of A Halftone Pattern

The inked area fraction of the dot may be computed using the Yule-Nielsen model. This requires the optical densities of the substrate, the solid-covered area, and the halftone tint, as well as the value of the Yule-Nielsen parameter, . Pearson has suggested a value of 1.7 be used in absence of more specific information. However, it will tend to be larger when the halftone pattern in finer and when the substrate has a wider Point Spread Function.

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