A Reversible Data Hiding Scheme for Printing with Special Color Inks Using Digital Halftoning

We propose a reversible data hiding scheme for printing with special color inks. The special color layer is first converted to the binary image by the digital halftoning process and losslessly compressed with JBIG2. After the preprocessing, the special color layer is embedded into the general color layer. Consequently, both normal color printing and printing with special color inks can be implemented by the single embedded image. Our experimental results show that the information amount of the special color layer is highly decreased by the digital halftoning process and the image compression process using JBIG2, and the embedded image quality is not visually degraded.

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