A prepress workflow process suitable for generating a reproduction
composite image from a source image that may be tolerant to or exhibit
improved tolerance to misregistration when printed is provided.
Embodiments of the prepress workflow process include obtaining a source
image. Next, N.gtoreq.2 color separations are generated from the source
image. The color separations may be process or non-process color
separations. The N color separations are first processed globally for
improving the misregistration tolerance of a reproduction composite image
to be formed therefrom. If the misregistration tolerance of the
reproduction composite image is not acceptable to be user, at least a
portion of each N color separation may be further processed at a local
level for producing an improved misregistration tolerant reproduction
composite image.