FM Screening Dot Gain Calibration by Shaving each Individual Dot

The goal of this paper is to show an alternative way to standardize Frequency Modulate and the resulting effects of linearization. The usual compensation for dot gain in standard FM calibration is achieved by dot removal, therefore, diminishing the dot population. In the proposed method no dots are removed. By decreasing each individual dot size the negative effect is alleviated and, therefore, smooth tone transitions are sustained. As dot replication modifies FM dot sizes by expanding individual dots several times some of the sub dots can be removed to compensate for color casting and dot gain without changing dot position or removing full dots. This process is especially suited for dual resolution RIP models.