(under subclass 178) Subject matter wherein a means or method is provided that reproduces an original image in lines, segments, or dots by enabling an original to appear as if it were projected through a screen having a lattice of parallel lines at a specified angle.
(1) Note. Line or halftone images may be formed electrostatically (e.g., via a photoconductive member with a line or periodic dot pattern thereon).
(2) Note. Color images are frequently exposed onto a photoconductive member as line images formed at different specified angles for different colors.
OTHER CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS:
ipc{2}G03G15/01, for producing multicolored copies.
epcG03G15/01D4H, for exposing and forming a halftone image.
