Compressed TIFFs and Postscript

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From: Jeff Wasilko
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 02:52

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How are LZW-compressed TIFFs handled in Postscript (I'm thinking of
a compressed TIFF placed in a Quark XPress document)?

How is the image uncompressed? Is the decompression routine included
in the postscript, or can the PS interpreter deal with the compressed
image directly? How fast will the decompression run on a Linotype
RIP 4 (a 68020)?

I'm wondering if the savings in disk storage and transfer time (the
RIP 4 is on LocalTalk) will be lost in decompression time at the
RIP?

Thanks,

Jeff

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Subject: Compressed TIFFs and Postscript
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 21:52:04 EST
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