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Digitally Modulated Screening

DMS (Digitally Modulated Screening) belongs to a new class of screening, called Digital Modulation (DM) Screening. Utilising the immense compute power available with modern computers, DM screening is so named because it digitally modulates each and every pixel that it produces, rather than repeating a fixed pattern of dots (as in AM screening) or randomly marking a pixel (as in FM screening). The result is an unprecedented quality of screening, which is easy to plate and print using any CtP device (including violet, UV and thermal).

Highlights:

• High quality prints equivalent to 350/450 lpi
• Moire free - both screening and content
• Highlight dots down to 0.001%
• Shadow dots up to 99.999%
• Smooth vignettes and flat tints
• Works on violet, UV and thermal systems
• Potential ink savings of 10-15%
• Large minimum dot size of 20-40 microns
• Easy to plate and print on press
• Retains input image detail of 600-800 dpi.

Spekta DOT

The digital revolution has brought a sea change to the prepress world, but the nature of the final printed product has hardly changed at all. Most color print matter with strong visual elements, such as brochures, pamphlets and magazines, is still printed using the same conventional 175 lpi Amplitude Modulation (AM) screening methods that were used before the digital revolution.

Highlights:

• With the standard 2,400 dpi resolution that is typically used to output 175 lpi AM screens, Spekta 2 achieves a level of detail comparable to high-frequency line screens of 300 lpi or higher. Moreover, it produces no jagged or broken lines.
• Spekta 2 screening does not generate moiré because it creates no screen angles.
• It can be printed under standard printing conditions and there is no need to retrain operators.

Harlequin Dispersed Screening

HDS is Harlequin's Patent-Pending stochastic, or 'FM' screening technology. HDS creates reproductions with increased image detail over conventional screening methods and offers complete freedom from both cross screen and object moirés.
HDS is ideal for reproducing subjects for which object moiré is a problem (such as scenes with fabric, venetian blinds, or picket fences) and for printing with more than four process colors. It also offers increased image detail and fewer press registration problems over conventional screens.

Highlights:

• Purely random screening methods cluster into odd sized and shaped structures. This can cause the 'noisy' or 'grainy' results that are most apparent in smooth areas of contone pictures, flat tints, and vignettes.
• Also, since at any given percent dot value, purely stochastic screens contain structures of many different sizes, control of printing conditions becomes difficult, and printing using these screens can be unstable.

Eagle - FAM hybrid Screening

EagleFAM FM/AM hybrid screening technology Version 2.0 Founder's AM and FM hybrid screening technology developed specifically for CTP production and represents a breakthrough in quality. EagleFAM is FM/AM hybrid screening. It overcomes the weaknesses and combines the advantages of both traditional AM and FM screening. EagleFAM uses AM screening in midtones and adopts FM screening in highlights and shadows.

Highlights:

• You can achieve high quality above 340lpi with low resolution without any extra work on press.
• With EagleFAM, you can reproduce dots ranged from 1% to 99% and present highlights and shadows with more enhanced details.
• Smooth transition from AM to FM: EagleFAM uses FM screening in difficult highlights and shadows, but FM screening has the same AM angles in the midtones, and this prevents FM dots from being noisy in some area and makes the dots look smooth and clean.

Eagle - AGS screening

EagleAGS (Accurate Gravure Screening) is an option for Founder's EagleRIP software, with screening designed especially to improve the quality of gravure printing. EagleAGS includes leading-edge technologies for the advanced control of dot shape and screen angle, as well as image enhancement capabilities, providing significantly increased print quality. EagleAGS will reduce moiré and provide accurate, vibrant reproduction of images when printed in process color.

Key Features:

• EagleAGS provides a smoothly brimmed concave dot shape in any density level to fit the need of ink-transfer in gravure printing.
• EagleAGS ensures the symmetry of the dot shape in order to avoid "Watermark" phenomenon in plate etching. The image level enhancement feature ensures maximum reproduction level up to 65535 with no negative artifacts.
• EagleAGS reduces moiré caused by four-color overprinting and provide accurate reproduction of image colors.