1. The method of processing automatically image pixels which may comprise high or low frequency half-tones, continuous tones, and/or lines to provide binary level output pixels, the steps which comprise: (a) separating any high frequency half-tone image pixels from said image pixels; (b) descreening any high frequency half-tone image pixels found to permit rescreening at a lower frequency; (c) separating any continuous tone image pixels from said image pixels; (d) screening any image pixels from steps b and c to produce binary level output pixels thereof; and (e) thresholding the remaining low frequency half-tone and line image pixels to produce binary level output pixels.