Particulate Model For Halftone Noise In Electrophotography I. Theory
Rohit Kumar Shaw, Paul D. Burns, John Christopher Dainty · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1981
A model is constructed for the noise-density characteristics of electrophotographic half-tone images. The model has components relating to the fluctuations: within the dot; within the background area; and in dot-size. These components are themselves related to the (toner) particulate nature of the image, enabling comparison to be made with the equivalent continuous tone case.