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Evolution and transform of the tone value meaning and metrics in standardizing the printing process control

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  • Yuri Kuznetsov
Yuri Kuznetsov Saint Petersburg State Institute of Cinema and Television

Published 2026-10-29

Keywords

  • stimulus, perception, lightness, luminance, halftone

Abstract

Concept of the basic parameter of halftone printing - tone value is concerned in the historical context of improving the models of image printing. The multi-stage nature of a process is also taken into account in the light of solving the color communication problems of modern open and disconnected pre-press environment. The special attention is put for more accurate and different in their meaning and metrics interpretations and definitions of this term versions. The mathematically approved and experimentally confirmed examples of tone value presenting the stimulus like luminance Y of CIE XYZ or the perception thereof as CIE Lab lightness L are presented.

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