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From: dave@chelgraph.CO.UK (dave harris)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Bitmap decompression wanted
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Date: 10 Jul 90 08:10:16 GMT
References: <8561@cognos.UUCP> <1990Jul5.205445.8084@kth.se> <1990Jul8.215653.22633@sq.sq.com>
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In article <1990Jul8.215653.22633@sq.sq.com> lee@sq.sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin) writes:
>Also, if you don't give _image_ a single lump of data, you might get visible
>horizontal streaks or lines at the border between the bands.  On the other
>hand....

I have always assumed that _image_ just assembles the data in memory
before output. This "electronic paste-up" should leave no streaks
or lines between the sections. There is no warning about this in the
Red or Green Books, but perhaps there are PS implementations out there
that have this drawback ?

David Harris