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From: jhm@cs.cmu.edu (Jim Morris)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Compression of bitmaps
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Date: 30 Jun 88 20:58:52 GMT
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Has anyone out there done software to compress bitmaps and decompress them
inside the PS engine? I've heard a rumor that someone has. Ideally, we'd like
to use G4 FAX format, suitably tweaked to make it 7-bit, 80 column ASCII.
What's needed is a PS routine to unpack it. Can such a routine run fast enough
to make it worth the trouble?