tiffcompress - TIFF Image Compresser
SYNOPSIS
tiffcompress [-c compression] -o output file1 file2 ...
DESCRIPTION
Tiffcompress concatenates and reformats the TIFF images in the
input files (file1, file2, etc.) creating a new output TIFF file.
- -c compression
- Arguments to -c can be a hex number (prefixed by 0x),
an octal number (prefixed by 0), or a decimal number (no prefix).
Compression may be one of the following values:
- 1 - no compression;
- 2 - CCITT Group 3 1-D Modified Huffman with no EOL codes;
- 3 - CCITT Group 3 1-D Modified Huffman with EOL codes and no padding;
- 0x43 - CCITT Group 3 1-D Modified Huffman with byte-aligned EOL codes; or
- 32773 - PackBits compression.
- -o output
- Specifies the output file.
The default compression used by Faximum for TIFF files it creates is 0x43
(this is compliant with the requirements of
TIFF Class F files).
Some graphics or word processing programs cannot handle all forms of
compression. WordPerfect for example, cannot handle type 0x43 but can
handle compression types 1 and 2. When in doubt, try compression type 1.