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From: thomsen@spf.trw.com (Mark R. Thomsen)
Newsgroups: comp.compression
Subject: Re: Arithmetic Compression & B&W Fax pages
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Date: 10 May 91 18:51:28 GMT
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Paul Gauthier writes
  I'm interested in pointers to details about arithmetic compression concerning
  how I might impliment such a package. I am attempting to compress B&W fax
  images for long term storage.

Have you looked at the standard fax compression (CCITT Group 3) to see how
big the files are before they are expanded into a bitmap image? Perhaps they
are already compact enough.

Mark R. Thomsen