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From: folta@tove.cs.umd.edu (Wayne Folta)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
Subject: FAX Compression Scheme?
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Date: 26 Apr 91 12:12:12 GMT
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What kind of data compression does a Group III FAX use, if any? I seem to
remember reading that they do RLE compression of white but not black.

Also, when an add claims that a FAX machine will do a page in 15 seconds,
what does this mean? Fine mode? A blank sheet of paper?

Wayne
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Wayne Folta          (folta@cs.umd.edu  128.8.128.8)