Re: TIFF G4 Output

[L. Peter Deutsch]

> Tiff G4 output works quite well in Ghostscript, except that the TIFF file
> has TAG 266 (FillOrder) set to 2 (i.e.: reverse order or LSB to MSB).
> This is not really a problem for image editing software but prevent the use
> of such image with some Postscript rip (Postscript rip made by ADOBE for
> instance).
> Does anybody know if option exists in Ghostscript to force use of TAG 266 =
> 1 and if this can be done without the need to recompile.

Ghostscript uses this order because there are PC graphics programs that
require the LSB to MSB (little-endian) order and will not accept the
standard MSB to LSB order.

Currently Ghostscript does not offer big-endian order at all.  If you would
like to suggest this as an enhancement, please go to the "AFPL Ghostscript"
project on SourceForge (sourceforge.net) and enter a "bug report".  If this
facility were added, it would be selected at run time with a command line
switch, not at compile time.

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