SYSTEMATIC LENTICULAR LENS SELECTION IN A DIGITAL PRINTING ENVIRONMENT

Disclosed herein is a method and an apparatus for determining a lenticular lens resolution for use in digital press printing. The method and an apparatus consists of determining a digital press machine resolution d, setting a master interlaced image resolution m for a master interlaced image such that the master interlaced image resolution is equal to the machine resolution, setting a number of frames f to be included in the master interlaced image, and determining a lenticular lens resolution L according to the relationship L=d/f. The result is a digitally output lenticular image that can be have many applications, including use in products such as containers, packages, labels, and the like. The selection process accounts for variations in digital press machine resolutions, lenticular lens resolution variations, various screening algorithms, to yield a high quality, commercial-grade digitally output lenticular image.