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/usr/bin/fax2tiff

Provides support for the Tag Image File Format or TIFF

From tiff 4.7.2-r5 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running fax2tiff --help (exit 1). permalink

/usr/bin/fax2tiff: invalid option -- '-'
LIBTIFF, Version 4.7.2
Copyright (c) 1988-1996 Sam Leffler
Copyright (c) 1991-1996 Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Create a TIFF Class F fax file from raw fax data

usage: fax2tiff [options] input.raw...
where options are:
 -3		input data is G3-encoded		[default]
 -4		input data is G4-encoded
 -U		input data is uncompressed (G3 or G4)
 -1		input data is 1D-encoded (G3 only)	[default]
 -2		input data is 2D-encoded (G3 only)
 -P		input is not EOL-aligned (G3 only)	[default]
 -A		input is EOL-aligned (G3 only)
 -M		input data has MSB2LSB bit order
 -L		input data has LSB2MSB bit order	[default]
 -B		input data has min 0 means black
 -b		input data has min 0 means black (same as -B)
 -W		input data has min 0 means white	[default]
 -w		input data has min 0 means white (same as -W)
 -R #		input data has # resolution (lines/inch) [default is 196]
 -X #		input data has # width			[default is 1728]

 -o out.tif	write output to out.tif
 -7		generate G3-encoded output		[default]
 -8		generate G4-encoded output
 -u		generate uncompressed output (G3 or G4)
 -5		generate 1D-encoded output (G3 only)
 -6		generate 2D-encoded output (G3 only)	[default]
 -p		generate not EOL-aligned output (G3 only)
 -a		generate EOL-aligned output (G3 only)	[default]
 -c		generate "classic" TIFF format
 -f		generate TIFF Class F (TIFF/F) format	[default]
 -m		output fill order is MSB2LSB
 -l		output fill order is LSB2MSB		[default]
 -r #		make each strip have no more than # rows
 -s		stretch image by duplicating scanlines
 -v		print information about conversion work
 -z		generate LZW compressed output
Options (31)
OptionDescriptionSource
-3input data is G3-encoded [default]help
-4input data is G4-encodedhelp
-Uinput data is uncompressed (G3 or G4)help
-1input data is 1D-encoded (G3 only) [default]help
-2input data is 2D-encoded (G3 only)help
-Pinput is not EOL-aligned (G3 only) [default]help
-Ainput is EOL-aligned (G3 only)help
-Minput data has MSB2LSB bit orderhelp
-Linput data has LSB2MSB bit order [default]help
-Binput data has min 0 means blackhelp
-binput data has min 0 means black (same as -B)help
-Winput data has min 0 means white [default]help
-winput data has min 0 means white (same as -W)help
-R #input data has # resolution (lines/inch) [default is 196]help
-X #input data has # width [default is 1728]help
-o out.tifwrite output to out.tifhelp
-7generate G3-encoded output [default]help
-8generate G4-encoded outputhelp
-ugenerate uncompressed output (G3 or G4)help
-5generate 1D-encoded output (G3 only)help
-6generate 2D-encoded output (G3 only) [default]help
-pgenerate not EOL-aligned output (G3 only)help
-agenerate EOL-aligned output (G3 only) [default]help
-cgenerate "classic" TIFF formathelp
-fgenerate TIFF Class F (TIFF/F) format [default]help
-moutput fill order is MSB2LSBhelp
-loutput fill order is LSB2MSB [default]help
-r #make each strip have no more than # rowshelp
-sstretch image by duplicating scanlineshelp
-vprint information about conversion workhelp
-zgenerate LZW compressed outputhelp

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