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<h1 align=center>FAX2PS</h1>
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<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
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<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
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<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
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<a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a><br>
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<a href="#DIAGNOSTICS">DIAGNOSTICS</a><br>
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<a href="#NOTES">NOTES</a><br>
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<a href="#BUGS">BUGS</a><br>
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<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>
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<h2>NAME</h2>
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<p>fax2ps − convert a <small>TIFF</small> facsimile to
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compressed ™</p>
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<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
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<p><b>fax2ps</b> [ <i>options</i> ] [ <i>file</i>... ]</p>
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<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
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<p><i>fax2ps</i> reads one or more <small>TIFF</small>
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facsimile image files and prints a compressed form of on the
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standard output that is suitable for printing.</p>
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<p>By default, each page is scaled to reflect the image
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dimensions and resolutions stored in the file. The
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<b>−x</b> and <b>−y</b> options can be used to
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specify the horizontal and vertical image resolutions
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(lines/inch), respectively. If the <b>−S</b> option is
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specified, each page is scaled to fill an output page. The
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default output page is 8.5 by 11 inches. Alternate page
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dimensions can be specified in inches with the
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<b>−W</b> and <b>−H</b> options.</p>
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<p>By default <i>fax2ps</i> generates for all pages in the
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file. The <b>−p</b> option can be used to select one
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or more pages from a multi-page document.</p>
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<p><i>fax2ps</i> generates a compressed form of that is
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optimized for sending pages of text to a printer attached to
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a host through a low-speed link (such as a serial line).
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Each output page is filled with white and then only the
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black areas are drawn. The specification of the black
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drawing operations is optimized by using a special font that
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encodes the move-draw operations required to fill the black
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regions on the page. This compression scheme typically
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results in a substantially reduced description, relative to
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the straightforward imaging of the page with a <i>image</i>
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operator. This algorithm can, however, be ineffective for
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continuous-tone and white-on-black images. For these images,
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it sometimes is more efficient to send the raster bitmap
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image directly; see <i>tiff2ps</i>(1).</p>
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<h2>OPTIONS</h2>
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<p><b>−p</b> <i>number</i></p>
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<p>Print only the indicated page. Multiple pages may be
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printed by specifying this option more than once.</p>
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<p><b>−x</b> <i>resolution</i></p></td>
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<p>Use <i>resolution</i> as the horizontal resolution, in
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dots/inch, of the image data. By default this value is taken
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from the file.</p>
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<p><b>−y</b> <i>resolution</i></p></td>
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<p>Use <i>resolution</i> as the vertical resolution, in
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lines/inch, of the image data. By default this value is
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taken from the file.</p>
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<p><b>−S</b></p>
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<p>Scale each page of image data to fill the output page
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dimensions. By default images are presented according to the
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dimension information recorded in the <small>TIFF</small>
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<p>Use <i>width</i> as the width, in inches, of the output
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<p>Use <i>height</i> as the height, in inches, of the
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<p>Some messages about malformed <small>TIFF</small> images
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come from the <small>TIFF</small> library.</p>
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<p>Various messages about badly formatted facsimile images
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may be generated due to transmission errors in received
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facsimile. <i>fax2ps</i> attempts to recover from such data
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errors by resynchronizing decoding at the end of the current
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scanline. This can result in long horizontal black lines in
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the resultant image.</p>
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<h2>NOTES</h2>
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<p>If the destination printer supports Level II then it is
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always faster to just send the encoded bitmap generated by
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the <b>tiff2ps</b>(1) program.</p>
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<h2>BUGS</h2>
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<p><i>fax2ps</i> should probably figure out when it is doing
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a poor job of compressing the output and just generate to
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image the bitmap raster instead.</p>
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<b>http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/</b></p>
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