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TIFF2FAX
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May 12, 1996
  • NAME
      tiff2fax - convert (Tf for facsimile transmission by (Fx
  • SYNOPSIS
      /var/spool/hylafax/bin/tiff2fax [ options ] file
  • DESCRIPTION
      bin/tiff2fax takes (Tf input and generates a (Tf Class F image file suitable for facsimile transmission. It is usually invoked by the (Fx scheduler process, faxq(8) . The default implementation uses the tiffcheck(8) program and tools from the freely available (Tf software distribution to implement the conversion operations.
  • OPTIONS
      The following operations are recognized:
      -1
      Write Group 3 1D-encoded data to the output file.
      -2
      Write Group 3 2D-encoded data to the output file.
      -3
      Write Group 4 MMR-encoded data to the output file.
      -m pages
      Set the maximum number of pages that are permitted in the output file. If more pages are present in the input document then abort processing.
      -o file
      Write output to the specified file instead of the default foo.tif filename.
      -w width
      Set the output page width , in pixels. By default, pages are 1728 pixels wide.
      -l length
      Set the output page length in millimeters. By default, pages are 297 millimeters long.
      -r vres
      Set the vertical resolution, in lines/inch, at which to image the (Ps.
  • FILES 
      
/usr/sbin/tiffcheck	(Tf file conversion examiner
/var/spool/hylafax/bin/ps2fax	(Ps RIP for doing complicated conversions
/usr/bin/tiffcp	for converting compression schemes
/usr/bin/tiff2ps	for colorspace and/or image size conversions
  • BUGS
      Conversions that require re-imaging and resizing may result in images that are poorly placed on the page.

      There is no way to control how images are treated when they are resized; e.g. the original aspect ratio is not always maintained.
  • SEE ALSO
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