2002.07.25 07:51 "Re: How to detect a tiff file is a fax that has horizontal ratio of 2:1?", by Frank D. Cringle

The problem is that the tiff2png program has to input a -faxpact in order to decode the tiff file in the right ratio. In what way I know if a 1 bit tiff has a horizontal ratio of 2:1? Also, how to I handle the decompression? For example, if I detected the image width is 1000 and height 1000. Should I set the width to 500 or increase the height to 2000?

Use the XResolution and YResolution tags, assuming the writer set them correctly. A robuster but less efficient solution is for the application that receives the fax to store fine-mode faxes as-is and to duplicate each scanline of normal-mode faxes. That stretches the normal-mode faxes into approximately the correct aspect ratio.

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