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11 <h1 align=center>FAX2PS</h1> |
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12 <a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br> |
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13 <a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br> |
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14 <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br> |
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15 <a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a><br> |
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16 <a href="#DIAGNOSTICS">DIAGNOSTICS</a><br> |
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17 <a href="#NOTES">NOTES</a><br> |
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18 <a href="#BUGS">BUGS</a><br> |
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19 <a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br> |
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23 <h2>NAME</h2> |
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30 <p>fax2ps − convert a <small>TIFF</small> facsimile to |
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34 <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a> |
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35 <h2>SYNOPSIS</h2> |
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42 <p><b>fax2ps</b> [ <i>options</i> ] [ <i>file</i>... ]</p> |
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45 <a name="DESCRIPTION"></a> |
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46 <h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> |
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53 <p><i>fax2ps</i> reads one or more <small>TIFF</small> |
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54 facsimile image files and prints a compressed form of on the |
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55 standard output that is suitable for printing.</p> |
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57 <p>By default, each page is scaled to reflect the image |
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58 dimensions and resolutions stored in the file. The |
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59 <b>−x</b> and <b>−y</b> options can be used to |
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60 specify the horizontal and vertical image resolutions |
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61 (lines/inch), respectively. If the <b>−S</b> option is |
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62 specified, each page is scaled to fill an output page. The |
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63 default output page is 8.5 by 11 inches. Alternate page |
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64 dimensions can be specified in inches with the |
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65 <b>−W</b> and <b>−H</b> options.</p> |
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67 <p>By default <i>fax2ps</i> generates for all pages in the |
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68 file. The <b>−p</b> option can be used to select one |
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69 or more pages from a multi-page document.</p> |
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71 <p><i>fax2ps</i> generates a compressed form of that is |
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72 optimized for sending pages of text to a printer attached to |
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73 a host through a low-speed link (such as a serial line). |
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74 Each output page is filled with white and then only the |
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75 black areas are drawn. The specification of the black |
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76 drawing operations is optimized by using a special font that |
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77 encodes the move-draw operations required to fill the black |
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78 regions on the page. This compression scheme typically |
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79 results in a substantially reduced description, relative to |
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80 the straightforward imaging of the page with a <i>image</i> |
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81 operator. This algorithm can, however, be ineffective for |
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82 continuous-tone and white-on-black images. For these images, |
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83 it sometimes is more efficient to send the raster bitmap |
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84 image directly; see <i>tiff2ps</i>(1).</p> |
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87 <a name="OPTIONS"></a> |
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88 <h2>OPTIONS</h2> |
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96 <p><b>−p</b> <i>number</i></p> |
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101 <p>Print only the indicated page. Multiple pages may be |
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102 printed by specifying this option more than once.</p> |
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113 <p><b>−x</b> <i>resolution</i></p></td> |
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121 <p>Use <i>resolution</i> as the horizontal resolution, in |
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122 dots/inch, of the image data. By default this value is taken |
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123 from the file.</p> |
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132 <p><b>−y</b> <i>resolution</i></p></td> |
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140 <p>Use <i>resolution</i> as the vertical resolution, in |
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152 <p><b>−S</b></p> |
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157 <p>Scale each page of image data to fill the output page |
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158 dimensions. By default images are presented according to the |
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159 dimension information recorded in the <small>TIFF</small> |
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168 <p><b>−W</b> <i>width</i></p> |
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173 <p>Use <i>width</i> as the width, in inches, of the output |
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187 <p>Use <i>height</i> as the height, in inches, of the |
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193 <a name="DIAGNOSTICS"></a> |
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194 <h2>DIAGNOSTICS</h2> |
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201 <p>Some messages about malformed <small>TIFF</small> images |
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202 come from the <small>TIFF</small> library.</p> |
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204 <p>Various messages about badly formatted facsimile images |
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205 may be generated due to transmission errors in received |
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206 facsimile. <i>fax2ps</i> attempts to recover from such data |
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207 errors by resynchronizing decoding at the end of the current |
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208 scanline. This can result in long horizontal black lines in |
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209 the resultant image.</p> |
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212 <a name="NOTES"></a> |
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213 <h2>NOTES</h2> |
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220 <p>If the destination printer supports Level II then it is |
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221 always faster to just send the encoded bitmap generated by |
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222 the <b>tiff2ps</b>(1) program.</p> |
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225 <a name="BUGS"></a> |
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226 <h2>BUGS</h2> |
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233 <p><i>fax2ps</i> should probably figure out when it is doing |
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234 a poor job of compressing the output and just generate to |
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235 image the bitmap raster instead.</p> |
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246 <p><b>tiff2ps</b>(1), <b>libtiff</b>(3)</p> |
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248 <p>Libtiff library home page: |
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249 <b>http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/</b></p> |
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