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From: oeschi@netmbx.UUCP (Johann Deutinger)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax,comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: PostScript -> FAX
Message-ID: <2384@netmbx.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jun 91 22:34:13 GMT
References: <910506.115010.teromen@tussi>
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In article <910506.115010.teromen@tussi> teromen@ulrik.uio.no (Terje Romen) writes:
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>>Subject: PostScript -> FAX

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>Fax resolution standard is approx. 100*100dpi and fine is approx. 200*100dpi if
>I remember right. Lpi might be lines per inch.

Standard resolution (which is low resolution!) is 8 dots per millimeter 
horizontally and 3,85 lines per millimeter vertically (which is
203.2 dpi by 97.79 lpi), fine resolution is 7,7 l/mm (195.58 lpi).

BTW, on PCs PostScript can be converted to PCX or TIFF for example by
using Goscript or Ultrascript (both commercial products) and with some
adaptation by Ghostscript as well. Most fax cards are able to send PCX 
and/or TIFF files.



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