fax2tiff(1)							   User Commands						       fax2tiff(1)

NAME

       fax2tiff - create a TIFF Class F fax file from raw fax data

SYNOPSIS

       fax2tiff [options] [-o output.tif] input.g3

DESCRIPTION

       fax2tiff creates a TIFF file containing CCITT Group 3 or Group 4 encoded data from one or more files containing "raw" Group 3 encoded data,
       typically obtained directly from a fax modem.

       By default, each row of data in the resultant TIFF file is 2-dimensionally encoded and padded or truncated to 1728 pixels, as  needed.  The
       resultant  image  is a set of low resolution (98 lines per inch) or medium resolution (196 lines per inch) pages, each of which is a single
       strip of data.

OPTIONS

   Input Data Options
       The following input data options are supported:

       -2	       Assume input data is 2-d Huffman encoded.

       -B	       Assume input data was encoded with black as 0 and white as 1.

       -L	       Treat input data as having bits filled from least significant bit (LSB) to most significant bit (MSB). This is the default.

       -M	       Treat input data as having bits filled from most significant bit (MSB) to least significant bit (LSB).

       -R	       Specify the vertical resolution, in lines per inch, of the input images. By default, input images are  assumed  to  have  a
		       vertical resolution of 196 lines per inch. If images are low resolution facsimile, specify a value of 98 lines per inch.

       -W	       Assume input data was encoded with black as 1 and white as 0. This is the default.

   Output File Options
       The following output file options are supported:

       -1	       Force output to be compressed with the 1-dimensional version of the CCITT Group 3 Huffman encoding algorithm.

       -4	       Force output to be compressed with the CCITT Group 4 Huffman encoding.

       -o	       Specify the name of the output file.

       -p	       Force  the last bit of each End Of Line (EOL) code to land on a byte boundary. This "zero padding" is reflected in the con-
		       tents of the Group3Options tag of the resultant TIFF file.

       -s	       Stretch the input image vertically by writing each input row of data twice to the output file.

       -v	       Force fax2tiff to print the number of rows of data retrieved from the input file.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       input.g3        The name of the input file that contains raw fax data.

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION

       The generated file conforms to the TIFF Class F (FAX) specification for storing facsimile data. This means, in particular, that	each  page
       of  the	data does not include the trailing return to control (RTC) code, as required for transmission by the CCITT Group 3 specifications.
       The old, "classic" format is created if the -c option is used. The Class F format can also be requested with the -f option.

       The default name of the output image is fax.tif.  You can use the -o option to change the output filename.

       Each input file is assumed to be a separate page of facsimile data from the same document. The order in which input files are specified	on
       the command line is the order in which the resultant pages appear in the output file.

   Diagnostics
       The following warnings and errors come from the decoding routines in the library.

       Warning, %s: Premature ETheainputndata had(a row.that was shorter than the expected value of 1728. The row is padded with white.

       %s: Premature EOF at scaThendecoder ran.out of data in the middle of a scanline. The resultant row is padded with white.

       %s: Bad code word at rowAnd,invalid  Group 3 code was encountered while decoding the input file.  The row number and horizontal position is
			       given. The remainder of the input row is discarded, while the corresponding output row is padded with white.

       %s: Bad 2D code word at AnainvaliddGroup 4 or 2D Group 3 code was encountered while decoding the input file. The row number and	horizontal
			       position  is  given. The remainder of the input row is discarded, while the corresponding output row is padded with
			       white.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWTiff			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Uncommitted		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       CCITT Recommendation T.4 (Standardization of Group 3 Facsimile Apparatus for Document Transmission).

       The Spirit of TIFF Class F, an appendix to the TIFF 5.0 specification prepared by Cygnet Technologies.

       tiffinfo(1), tiffdither(1), tiffgt(1), libtiff(3)

NOTES

       Updated by Breda McColgan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.11							    26 Mar 2004 						       fax2tiff(1)