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diff --git a/src/3rdparty/libtiff/html/man/fax2ps.1.html b/src/3rdparty/libtiff/html/man/fax2ps.1.html index 3e8c0d7..c539614 100644 --- a/src/3rdparty/libtiff/html/man/fax2ps.1.html +++ b/src/3rdparty/libtiff/html/man/fax2ps.1.html @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- Creator : groff version 1.18.1 --> -<!-- CreationDate: Mon Mar 13 18:03:11 2006 --> +<!-- CreationDate: Fri Jul 13 17:43:18 2007 --> <html> <head> <meta name="generator" content="groff -Thtml, see www.gnu.org"> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ <td width="8%"></td> <td width="91%"> <p>fax2ps − convert a <small>TIFF</small> facsimile to -compressed ™</p> +compressed PostScript™</p> </td> </table> <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a> @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ compressed ™</p> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="8%"></td> <td width="91%"> -<p><b>fax2ps</b> [ <i>options</i> ] [ <i>file</i>... ]</p> +<p><b>fax2ps</b> [ <i>options</i> ] [ <i>file ...</i> ]</p> </td> </table> <a name="DESCRIPTION"></a> @@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ compressed ™</p> <td width="8%"></td> <td width="91%"> <p><i>fax2ps</i> reads one or more <small>TIFF</small> -facsimile image files and prints a compressed form of on the -standard output that is suitable for printing.</p> +facsimile image files and prints a compressed form of +PostScript on the standard output that is suitable for +printing.</p> <!-- INDENTATION --> <p>By default, each page is scaled to reflect the image dimensions and resolutions stored in the file. The @@ -64,38 +65,38 @@ default output page is 8.5 by 11 inches. Alternate page dimensions can be specified in inches with the <b>−W</b> and <b>−H</b> options.</p> <!-- INDENTATION --> -<p>By default <i>fax2ps</i> generates for all pages in the -file. The <b>−p</b> option can be used to select one -or more pages from a multi-page document.</p> -<!-- INDENTATION --> -<p><i>fax2ps</i> generates a compressed form of that is -optimized for sending pages of text to a printer attached to -a host through a low-speed link (such as a serial line). -Each output page is filled with white and then only the -black areas are drawn. The specification of the black -drawing operations is optimized by using a special font that -encodes the move-draw operations required to fill the black -regions on the page. This compression scheme typically -results in a substantially reduced description, relative to -the straightforward imaging of the page with a <i>image</i> -operator. This algorithm can, however, be ineffective for -continuous-tone and white-on-black images. For these images, -it sometimes is more efficient to send the raster bitmap -image directly; see <i>tiff2ps</i>(1).</p> +<p>By default <i>fax2ps</i> generates PostScript for all +pages in the file. The <b>−p</b> option can be used to +select one or more pages from a multi-page document.</p> +<!-- INDENTATION --> +<p><i>fax2ps</i> generates a compressed form of PostScript +that is optimized for sending pages of text to a PostScript +printer attached to a host through a low-speed link (such as +a serial line). Each output page is filled with white and +then only the black areas are drawn. The PostScript +specification of the black drawing operations is optimized +by using a special font that encodes the move-draw +operations required to fill the black regions on the page. +This compression scheme typically results in a substantially +reduced PostScript description, relative to the +straightforward imaging of the page with a PostScript +<i>image</i> operator. This algorithm can, however, be +ineffective for continuous-tone and white-on-black images. +For these images, it sometimes is more efficient to send the +raster bitmap image directly; see <b>tiff2ps</b>(1).</p> </td> </table> <a name="OPTIONS"></a> <h2>OPTIONS</h2> <!-- TABS --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" - cols="5" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> + cols="4" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> -<td width="10%"></td> +<td width="11%"></td> <td width="11%"> <p><b>−p</b> <i>number</i></p> </td> -<td width="1%"></td> <td width="76%"> <p>Print only the indicated page. Multiple pages may be @@ -144,14 +145,13 @@ taken from the file.</p> </table> <!-- TABS --> <table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" - cols="5" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> + cols="4" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> -<td width="11%"> +<td width="12%"> <p><b>−S</b></p> </td> -<td width="1%"></td> <td width="76%"> <p>Scale each page of image data to fill the output page @@ -163,11 +163,10 @@ file.</p> </td> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> -<td width="11%"> +<td width="12%"> <p><b>−W</b> <i>width</i></p> </td> -<td width="1%"></td> <td width="76%"> <p>Use <i>width</i> as the width, in inches, of the output @@ -177,11 +176,10 @@ page.</p> </td> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="10%"></td> -<td width="11%"> +<td width="12%"> <p><b>−H</b> <i>height</i></p> </td> -<td width="1%"></td> <td width="76%"> <p>Use <i>height</i> as the height, in inches, of the @@ -206,7 +204,7 @@ may be generated due to transmission errors in received facsimile. <i>fax2ps</i> attempts to recover from such data errors by resynchronizing decoding at the end of the current scanline. This can result in long horizontal black lines in -the resultant image.</p> +the resultant PostScript image.</p> </td> </table> <a name="NOTES"></a> @@ -217,9 +215,9 @@ the resultant image.</p> <tr valign="top" align="left"> <td width="8%"></td> <td width="91%"> -<p>If the destination printer supports Level II then it is -always faster to just send the encoded bitmap generated by -the <b>tiff2ps</b>(1) program.</p> +<p>If the destination printer supports PostScript Level II +then it is always faster to just send the encoded bitmap +generated by the <b>tiff2ps</b>(1) program.</p> </td> </table> <a name="BUGS"></a> @@ -231,8 +229,8 @@ the <b>tiff2ps</b>(1) program.</p> <td width="8%"></td> <td width="91%"> <p><i>fax2ps</i> should probably figure out when it is doing -a poor job of compressing the output and just generate to -image the bitmap raster instead.</p> +a poor job of compressing the output and just generate +PostScript to image the bitmap raster instead.</p> </td> </table> <a name="SEE ALSO"></a> |