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2000.12.19 05:40 "Re: Stripes in thumbnail", by Peter Skarpetis
Steve Underwood wrote: > > The only problem I have seen with libtiff's G4 handling is when processing TIFF > files produced by some of the computer FAX packages and hardware. Almost all of > them are buggy, and produce screwy TIFF files. The problem is that libtiff > doesn't deal with some of them very gracefully. As an example, take the > puzzlingly popular, overpriced and very buggy GammaFAX cards. They set the > image length to zero, and this makes libtiff seg fault. I know they are doing > the wrong thing, but perhaps libtiff could do sanity checks on the data, and > behave more gracefully. I agree with you there. We have been using it in our products for a few years know, and our customers have processed millions of pages of CCIT G4 compressed files from various sources without a problem. The only problem we ever encountered was with files larger that 65535 pixels, which I am happy to see the whole TIFF community got together and quickly resolved that problem -- Peter Skarpetis Serendipity Software Pty Ltd 67 Fitzroy Street Surry Hills NSW 2010 Sydney Australia Phone: +612 93321788 Fax: +612 93321766 email: peters@serendipity-software.com.au WWW: http://www.riponce.com