trouble with halftone images in illustrator 1

[jdmac2003]

HELP! I've ventured into some uncharted territory, and I'm running into some problems. Here is my dillemma.
I've recently completed a six pack design for a local brewer, done completely in photoshop. I'm now in the process of designing the case box in illustrator. The problem is the background photo I used in the sixpack.
How can I bring this in to illustrator and convert it into a halftone screen so that the image is only one color??
Is this possible? I've never experimented with halftones.
Any response would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

 

[munkedam]

Use only black (cmyk) Make your image a grayscale .tif from photoshop and use only different variations of gray (k) in illustrator. Just keep in mind 100%k = 100% the color you want - 50% of a light color is much lighter than 50%k). Even the most reluctant printer should be able to rasterize the file....

If you need to show your client a color comp. simulate the (Pantone) color in cmyk.