What is the format?  How do I decode it..?  Surely it isn't just
random bytes -- it has to adhere to some standard/structure.  Is there
an API in iText to decode it?

I'll go take a look at the spec.

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Leonard Rosenthol <lrose...@adobe.com> wrote:
> AH...
>
> That's because it is _NOT_ a TIFF image!  It is a raw bunch of bits of image
> data.  Consult the PDF Reference/ISO 32000-1 for details.
>
> Leonard
>
>
> On 9/25/09 8:33 AM, "Davis Ford" <davisf...@zenoconsulting.biz> wrote:
>
>> BTW: I already have a 3rd party lib that can scan raster images for
>> barcodes, so this is not a problem either.  I also have code that can
>> properly scale/re-scale a TIFF image if it was a fax -> scan.
>>
>> I was actually pleased to see that the type of image was
>> "/CCITTFaxDecode" created by iText BarcodeDatamatrix, since I am
>> already dealing with these TIFF images.  I've been getting these as
>> Fax -> Scan as TIF already.
>>
>> However, when I do this:
>>
>>
>> byte[] rawBytes = PdfReader.getStreamBytesRaw((PRStream)obj);
>>
>>
>> ...something is wrong with these bytes.  They are missing the first
>> bytes that identify it as a TIFF image.

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