The present invention relates to a set of image processing method and
systems to be used in printers with asymmetrical-resolution printing
mode. The asymmetrical-resolution is defined as having an aspect ratio of
n=X:Y. The system first picks up a symmetrical-resolution halftone table
and then, by making use of an algorithm such as an interpolation such as
a B-spline method, expand the symmetrical-resolution halftone table by n
times along the width direction to obtain an asymmetrical-resolution
halftone table, in accordance with which the system will subsequently do
the necessary pre-print processing of halftoning in order to print out
the corresponding image(s).