1. A method for simulating an inkjet-printed image, the method comprising: accessing a dot-pattern bitmap image; determining simulated ink droplet locations within an initialized image in accordance with the dot-pattern bitmap image; defining a simulated ink droplet within said initialized image corresponding to each dot of said dot-pattern bitmap image, each simulated ink droplet having a circular pattern and a common intensity, wherein the circular patterns of simulated ink droplets corresponding to adjacent dots of said dot-pattern bitmap overlap each other and have center points offset from each other; mapping each dot of the dot-pattern bitmap to the center point of its corresponding simulated droplet location; applying an intensity smoothing filter to said circular patterns to produce a smooth initialized image; and binarizing the intensity of said smooth initialized image.