RE: [iText-questions] Re-Post: Line-Screen

[Leonard Rosenthol]

At 12:52 PM 3/1/2004, Bill Ensley wrote:

Please refer to Adobe PDF Reference Guide
Line-Screens and Halftones are a HUGE part of PDF.

        I assume you are referring to the spot function which can be used to produce a line-screen LIKE result for certain object types, yes??  If so, then yes, I guess you could call it that - but it's not a full & complete "line screen" as needed in some printing processes.   That's why folks who are that anal about printing control will rasterize FIRST, then adjust the raster to match the screen, and then print the raster image.

If this library is going to be the best, and I think it can be
(I'll gladly help), it should include this feature.
 

        Sure, supporting spot functions as part of the creation for spot colors seems like a nice addition - you will need to it for all uses of spot (both raster & vector).  However, honestly, most folks don't need/care about it.  You'll find very few PDFs (for print) that actually have them.


Leonard

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