A method of printing a dithered image is provided which includes retrieving a planarized linear image from a memory, interpolating, with a processor, the resolution of said retrieved planarized linear image to an intermediate resolution in dependence of the color planes of said retrieved planarized linear image, interpolating, with the processor, the intermediate resolution to a print resolution, producing, with the processor, a dithered image in real-time from said interpolated image at the print resolution, and printing the dithered image using a printhead.