Digital BW, The Print

It could be that the term "halftone" was used to define the "ordered dither"
you spoke of up until other dithering techniques became developed.  This
could be the cause of a lot of confusion. Stochastic and other dithering
techniques are relatively new in the scheme of things, basically with the
advent of the computer. Prior to that, offset presses used only one method
of halftoning(?)... which is perhaps why we use this term incorrectly now.

As I understand you "halftone" is like saying "bird"... "stochastic" is like
saying "Robin"... does that make sense?

Carolyn


> In every digital imaging book I have, as well as my experience developing
> and designing digital imaging systems for 20+ years, halftone does not
> necessarily denote an ordered dither method.  Halftone is a term used just
> to describe the use of solid ink(s) and white space in a varying pattern to
> simulate the illusion of continuous tone.  Halftone does NOT specify the
> algorithm.