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Coming up with the proper table for the thresh_map is best done by printing
(on the target printer) a linear ramp using a theshold array that has been
mapped to 256 levels using thresh_map without a trasfer function data file.
The invocation for that would be:
thresh_map -p -o thresh_lin.ps threshold.dat
Then print a gray ramp to your device, XXXX with ghostscript using this
thresh_lin.ps file:
gs -sDEVICE=XXXX -o out.prn thresh_lin.ps grayramp.ps
Next measure several patches from the print with a densitometer to get
the "L" value (0.0 is black, 1.0 is white).
Create a text file with the measurement results with each value, in order
on a separate line. with the patch number (integer 1-256) followed by a
space, followed by the L value (real number). Even though the lightest
patch is 255, the file should end with a line:
256 1.0000
thresh_map [-c] [-p] [-q] [-o thresh_new.ps] threshold.dat [linear.dat][> threshold.bin]
threshold.dat is the file produced by genpat: A list of pixels in
order of painting, one line per pixel format %d %d
linear.dat is optional. If missing, the thresold array will have
1/256 of the total at each level. The format of the linear.dat
file is: %d %f where the first integer is the level and the
second float is the brightness (0 == dark, similar to L* value).
The 'level' is in the range 0 to 256. The final entry should be
256 WHITEVALUE. If the final measurement is not level 256, then
the assumed WHITEVALUE will be 1.0000
-c outputs the count of pixels at each of 256 levels
-p generates output in PostScript HalftoneType 3 format
-q suppresses output (except -c)
-o specifies the file for the binary or PostScript mapped threshold array
To use your newly created PS threshold array file to print a file (such as the
gray ramp to allow verification of the quality) use:
gs -sDEVICE=XXXX -o out.prn thresh_new.ps grayramp.ps
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