screening type (Version 11)
2bit AM screening 150 LPI
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A printing method used to print most monochrome mangas. It consists of 150 lines of black/white dots per inch, and requires 600 DPI source data.
8bit AM screening 175 LPI
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A printing method used by most artbooks and posters. It consists of 175 lines per inch using 4 channels (CYMK) at 256 tones each and different angles. It requires 350dpi source data
8bit AM screening 200~300 LPI
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Similar to the previous method, but used by high quality photo artbooks and some doujinshi.
FM screening
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A printing method used by some doujinshi. It matches 300lpi AM quality, but due to the semi-random dotting that is part of the process, colors are a bit inconsistent.
Hybrid screening (XM)
A printing method used by some doujinshi. It is a new printing process combining AM and FM methods. It matches 300~500LPI AM quality, and there is no color inconsistency.AM screening 65~133 LPI
A printing method used for [news]papers, cheap magazines and fabric goods.Extra reading
- AM/FM/XM
- LPI vs. DPI.
- Quality in Print - Everything you ever wanted to know about the printing process.
Updated by midzki over 14 years ago