1. Direct digital printing apparatus for producing a color half-tone image from a digital data file comprising: a macropixel filler for constructing a pattern of dots for each of a plurality of colors, wherein the configuration of the dots varies as a function of the input density of each of the plurality of colors, said macropixel filler being operative for producing a plurality of multiple drop dots in less than the total available pixel locations in a macropixel over at least part of a range of input densities and for maintaining, for a given input density, an amount of unprinted area within a macropixel generally uniform notwithstanding misregistration between different colors during printing.