bionic (8) tiff2fax.8.gz

Provided by: hylafax-server_6.0.6-8.1~ubuntu0.18.04.1_amd64 bug

NAME

       tiff2fax - convert TIFF for facsimile transmission by HylaFAX

SYNOPSIS

       /var/spool/hylafax/bin/tiff2fax [ options ] file

DESCRIPTION

       bin/tiff2fax  takes  TIFF  input  and  generates  a  TIFF  Class  F  image  file  suitable  for facsimile
       transmission.   It  is  usually  invoked  by  the  HylaFAX  scheduler  process,  faxq(8).   The   default
       implementation  uses  the  tiffcheck(8)  program  and  tools  from  the  freely  available  TIFF software
       distribution to implement the conversion operations.

       This script can modify outgoing facsimile, such as  watermarking,  To  do  this  create  a  shell  script
       etc/FaxModify in the spooling area that alters the document.

OPTIONS

       The following operations are recognized:

       -1        Write Group 3 1D-encoded data to the output file.

       -2        Write Group 3 2D-encoded data to the output file.

       -3        Write Group 4 MMR-encoded data to the output file.

       -m pages  Set  the  maximum  number  of  pages  that are permitted in the output file.  If more pages are
                 present in the input document then abort processing.

       -o file   Write output to the specified file instead of the default foo.tif filename.

       -w width  Set the output page width, in pixels.  By default, pages are 1728 pixels wide.

       -l length Set the output page length in millimeters.  By default, pages are 297 millimeters long.

       -r vres   Set the vertical resolution, in lines/inch, at which to image the POSTSCRIPT.

FILES

       /usr/sbin/tiffcheck              TIFF file conversion examiner
       /var/spool/hylafax/bin/ps2fax    POSTSCRIPT RIP for doing complicated conversions
       /usr/bin/tiffcp                  for converting compression schemes
       /usr/bin/tiff2ps                 for colorspace and/or image size conversions

BUGS

       Conversions that require re-imaging and resizing may result in images that are poorly placed on the page.

       There is no way to control how images are treated when they are resized; e.g. the original  aspect  ratio
       is not always maintained.

SEE ALSO

       sendfax(1), faxq(8), hylafax-server(5)

                                                  May 12, 1996                                       TIFF2FAX(8)