TIFF2FAX(8C)TIFF2FAX(8C)NAMEtiff2fax - convert TIFF for facsimile transmission by
HylaFAX
SYNOPSIS
/var/spool/fax/bin/tiff2fax [ options ] file
DESCRIPTION
bin/tiff2fax takes TIFF input and generates a TIFF Class F
image file suitable for facsimile transmission. It is
usually invoked by the HylaFAX scheduler process,
faxq(8C). The default implementation uses the
tiffcheck(8C) program and tools from the freely available
TIFF 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.
-m pages Set the maximum number of pages that are permit-
ted in the output file. If more pages are pre-
sent in the input document then abort process-
ing.
-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 POSTSCRIPT.
FILES
/usr/contrib/bin/tiffcheck TIFF file conversion examiner
/var/spool/fax/bin/ps2fax POSTSCRIPT RIP for doing complicated conversions
/usr/local/bin/tiffcp for converting compression schemes
/usr/local/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
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always maintained.
SEE ALSOsendfax(1), faxq(8C), hylafax-server(5F)
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