postscript to g3

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Hi,

Erik Corry wrote:
> > because TIFF is really a container for a million different image (or
> > perhaps even more general data) formats.
> 
> No, TIFF is a single format that is very flexible and
> has various allowed compression methods, one of which is
> (a variation of) the compression also used in G3 fax
> transmissions.

Well, this depends on the way you look at it.

I'd agree with the statement that TIFF is "just a container" (a good one -
but basically, most of those image formats could live as "raw data" more
or less just fine - as in the case of G3, for example, or PBM).

gert

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