On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Rik Osborne wrote:
> > On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Richard Spencer wrote:
> >
> >> Apparently, we can have files sent in "TIFF" file format. Can these be read
> in
> >> a Linux graphics app?
> >
> > Most of them have no problems with it. Try xv or gimp
> >
> > Frank
> >
> > HI! I'm a .signature virus! cp me into your .signature file to help me spread!
>
> Caveat to viewing TIFF fax files in GIMP (or other graphics apps): that will
> only work for single-page faxes, as I understand it. I don't use faxes, so
> I'm not perfectly clear on this. As I understand it, if you try to view a
> multipage fax in a regular graphics app, you'll only see the first page. A
> special fax-viewing program is needed to view the additional pages. Hence,
> the need for that Windoze-only app. (I read that one of the online fax
> services also provides a Mac version.)
No need for that. I use a utility called tiffsplit. It comes with eitehr
libtiff or hylafax.
> I imagine _somebody_ will come up with a Linux version eventually.
too late.
Frank
>
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