Re: flexfax: PostScript to <nice> gif

[Hong Kong Observatory <d1swdev@mail.asiaonline.net>]

Hi,

I use gs to convert the PostScript files to ppm first and then use the
'ppm' package to convert the file to gif and the result is good.

On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Michael Kremliovsky wrote:

>     I'm sorry for a bit non-HylaFAX-related question, just wondering
> about others experience. 
>     I have nice b/w PostScript files generated from TeX and I need to
> send
> them as gifs. I cannot get any reasonable quality conversion from gs
> whatever format I try (gif directly is not available as -sDEVICE,
> isn't?).
> Tiffs come of excellent quality. For gifs either size is enormous 
> (what possibly on Earth can make them so huge in b/w text???) or quality
> is not suitable for printing good copies from Netscape. 
> Does anybody know a hint? 
> 
>     Thank you, Michael Kremliovsky
> 

K.S.Wat
SSA(D)12
Computer Division
Hong Kong Observatory