Methods and systems for rendering and printing reverse fine features

A method for modifying an image, comprising:

• processing an input image along a plurality of scan lines using a sliding window;
• categorizing each of a plurality of objects in each scan line as white objects and non-white objects based on a contone value, wherein any object with a contone value below a determined value is white, and any object with a contone value above the determined value non-white;
• adding edges associated with white objects into an event list, each edge being an event in the event list;
• determining, for each white object, an object size (S) based on a measurement between edges;
• and
• modifying at least some runs that are adjacent to the events in the event list using a process comprising:
• defining an upper size threshold (Tupper) above which the white object will not be modified;
• defining a lower size threshold (Tlower), below which the white object will be modified by a maximum dilation amount (Dmax);
• calculating a dilation amount (D) based on a size of the white object;
• and
• moving the edge of the white object by D number of pixels into non-white portion.