1996.12.05 22:35 "RE: (more than 8 bits) TIFF images", by Ed Grissom

Note that the 4 and 8 bit restriction is only for "baseline" TIFF.

As far as I know, there are no restrictions on BPS for non-baseline files.

In the discussion of the Compression tag (p.30), the TIFF 6.0 document specifically mentions 16, 32, and 6-bit data.

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ed grissom
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