Re: flexfax: multi-image tiff -> PDF?

[Darrell Berry <darrellb@hhcl.com>]

Phil Watkinson wrote:
> 
> At 17:54 26/12/98 +0000, Darrell Berry <darrell@ku24.com> wrote:
> >i've found a package called tifflib, which generates higher quality,
> >and much faster-rendering (tho larger) PostScript from TIFFs...its
> >located at
> >
> >http://kubax9.kub.nl:2080/Decomate-1.0/tiff-v3.4-tar.gz
> >
> 
> This is the tiff library that HylaFAX uses.

hmm ok, so there's a bit of reinventing the wheel going on,
then...strangely tiff2ps from the above source DOES generate different
(more detailed?) PostScript than fax2ps (or is fax2ps actually different
from tiff2ps?)

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> I would be very interested in what you have achieved. Could you
> send details of the script/command lines you used?

i've posted my faxrcvd to the list...have a look at an earlier mesage of
mine from today...

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> There is a patch to solve exactly this *feature*. Please see
> 
>            http://www.hylafax.org/patches/tiff2ps.patch

thanks...i'll have a look!

thanks again to all who have emailed me privately or on the list with
suggestions!

- darrell