Abstract: In a halftone printing system, halftone positive prints are made directly from gray scale photographic negatives by an enlarger apparatus which shines a beam of light through the negative and focuses an image of the negative on a sheet of high contrast photographic printing paper through a halftone screen. A secondary light source is provided to irradiate the printing paper to provide satisfactory halftone representation of the gray scale. The positive halftone prints are assembled with cold type from which a negative is made. From the negative, a printing plate is then made.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 1, 1979
Date of Patent:
October 20, 1981
Assignee:
Innovative Photograhic Enterprises, Inc.