Re: flexfax: Posting to web

[Alex <backgroundinfo@mindspring.com>]

How would I go from .ps -> to pbm and then to gif?


David Woolley wrote:

> >     Is there anyway to take a fax file that has been printed to another
> > file in Postscript and copy and past onto a web site? I can do that with
> > no problem with .aw files. Is there a way to convert .ps to .aw?
>
> As I've never heard of .aw, I would think that putting the .ps file directly
> on the web would be better, especially as most, if not all, web servers
> already have an entry for application/postscript.
>
> On the other hand, few people have ghostscript on their PCs, so using the
> original TIFF files might be better, as, providing they are forced to
> G3 1D format (use tiffcp, or copy quality checking) NT 4 and Win 95 should
> be able to handle them directly.
>
> For support on any GUI browser at all, you could convert them to GIF, although
> the patents on LZW mean that you may have to use a roundabout route to get
> there (TIFF -> PS -> PBM -> GIF should work, but there may be a more direct
> route).  Make sure that you use 1 bit GIFs.



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