fax2ps − convert a TIFF facsimile to -compressed ™
+compressed PostScript™fax2ps [ options ] [ file... ]
+fax2ps [ options ] [ file ... ]
fax2ps reads one or more TIFF -facsimile image files and prints a compressed form of on the -standard output that is suitable for printing.
+facsimile image files and prints a compressed form of +PostScript on the standard output that is suitable for +printing.By default, each page is scaled to reflect the image dimensions and resolutions stored in the file. The @@ -64,38 +65,38 @@ default output page is 8.5 by 11 inches. Alternate page dimensions can be specified in inches with the −W and −H options.
-By default fax2ps generates for all pages in the -file. The −p option can be used to select one -or more pages from a multi-page document.
- -fax2ps generates a compressed form of that is -optimized for sending pages of text to a printer attached to -a host through a low-speed link (such as a serial line). -Each output page is filled with white and then only the -black areas are drawn. The specification of the black -drawing operations is optimized by using a special font that -encodes the move-draw operations required to fill the black -regions on the page. This compression scheme typically -results in a substantially reduced description, relative to -the straightforward imaging of the page with a image -operator. This algorithm can, however, be ineffective for -continuous-tone and white-on-black images. For these images, -it sometimes is more efficient to send the raster bitmap -image directly; see tiff2ps(1).
+By default fax2ps generates PostScript for all +pages in the file. The −p option can be used to +select one or more pages from a multi-page document.
+ +fax2ps generates a compressed form of PostScript +that is optimized for sending pages of text to a PostScript +printer attached to a host through a low-speed link (such as +a serial line). Each output page is filled with white and +then only the black areas are drawn. The PostScript +specification of the black drawing operations is optimized +by using a special font that encodes the move-draw +operations required to fill the black regions on the page. +This compression scheme typically results in a substantially +reduced PostScript description, relative to the +straightforward imaging of the page with a PostScript +image operator. This algorithm can, however, be +ineffective for continuous-tone and white-on-black images. +For these images, it sometimes is more efficient to send the +raster bitmap image directly; see tiff2ps(1).
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−p number |
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Print only the indicated page. Multiple pages may be @@ -144,14 +145,13 @@ taken from the file. |
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−S |
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Scale each page of image data to fill the output page @@ -163,11 +163,10 @@ file. |
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−W width |
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Use width as the width, in inches, of the output @@ -177,11 +176,10 @@ page. |
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−H height |
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Use height as the height, in inches, of the @@ -206,7 +204,7 @@ may be generated due to transmission errors in received facsimile. fax2ps attempts to recover from such data errors by resynchronizing decoding at the end of the current scanline. This can result in long horizontal black lines in -the resultant image. +the resultant PostScript image. |
If the destination printer supports Level II then it is -always faster to just send the encoded bitmap generated by -the tiff2ps(1) program.
+If the destination printer supports PostScript Level II +then it is always faster to just send the encoded bitmap +generated by the tiff2ps(1) program.
fax2ps should probably figure out when it is doing -a poor job of compressing the output and just generate to -image the bitmap raster instead.
+a poor job of compressing the output and just generate +PostScript to image the bitmap raster instead.