Stochastic

Stochastic, from the Greek "stochos" or "goal", means of, relating to, or characterized by conjecture; conjectural; random.

Color reproduction

When color reproductions are made, the image is separated into its component colors through. One resultant film or plate represents each of the cyan, magenta, yellow, and black data. Color printing is a binary system, where ink is either present or not present, so all color separations to be printed must be translated into dots at some stage of the workflow. Traditional linescreens which are amplitude modulated had problems with moire but were used until stochastic screening became available. A stochastic (or frequency modulated) dot pattern creates a more photorealistic image.

Related Topics:
Color reproduction - Color printing - Linescreen - Amplitude modulated - Moire

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