Re: flexfax: Fwd: Hylafax

[David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>]

> depending on your settings. Yes, this is TIFF. No, many graphic
> viewers cannot handle it properly, being written for more commonly
> used *versions* of TIFF.

The problem with TIFF is that people think it is a graphics format, when
it is really a format for describing graphics format.  TIFF viewers may
only understand a limited number of the possible formats.  The T stands
for tag; the tags label parameters about the image, including which basic
format it is.

Like Postscript Level 2, TIFF can contain data in essentially GIF and
JPEG formats, as well as raw bit maps and fax encodings.

Incidentally the Wang Imaging Tool, bundled with NT 4, can view Hylafax
generated TIFF(G3) documents.