Uniformity compensation mechanism using missing neighbor thresholds

At least one non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to:

• generate a uniformity compensated halftone design for each of a plurality of pel forming elements;
• generate a missing neighbor corrected halftone design for each of the pel forming elements;
• generate a missing neighbor threshold lowering function for each of the pel forming elements based on the uniformity compensated halftone designs and the missing neighbor corrected halftone design;
• and
• compute an average of the missing neighbor threshold lowering functions to generate an average missing neighbor threshold lowering function.

A method comprising:

• generating a uniformity compensated halftone design for each of a plurality of pel forming elements;
• generating a missing neighbor corrected halftone design for each of the pel forming elements;
• generating a missing neighbor threshold lowering function for each of the pel forming elements based on the uniformity compensated halftone designs and the missing neighbor corrected halftone design;
• and
• computing an average of the missing neighbor threshold lowering functions to generate an average missing neighbor threshold lowering function.