1. A method of making a photoprinting image element, said method comprising: (a) providing a negative screen having two sets of parallel equispaced lines located thereon, each said set being perpendicular to each other, (b) providing a photographic film to be exposed, (c) exposing the negative screen onto the photographic film in two separate exposures, (d) said negative screen being disposed at a predetermined angle in each said separate exposure, (e) each said predetermined angle being at a different angle with respect to each other, and (f) developing the exposed photographic film to produce a photoprinting image element having a regular screen pattern as shown in FIG. 2.