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2004.06.24 19:03 "unknown compression tag value", by Dwight Kelly
2004.06.24 22:42 "Re: unknown compression tag value", by Chris Cox

2004.06.24 22:42 "Re: unknown compression tag value", by Chris Cox

At 3:03 PM -0400 6/24/04, Dwight Kelly wrote:
> Hello, 
>
> I received some TIFF files generated by Agfa's PrintDrive software 
> which use the undocumented value of 514 for the compression tag. The 
> files also include private tags 44884, 44885 and 44900.
>
> Does anyone on the list know more about these files?

They'll illegal - that doesn't appear to be a registered compression 
code or in the user defined range.
It could be corrupt, or it could be yet another case of someone 
writing TIFF without bothering to read the spec.

Chris