Robert P. J. Day wrote: > despite what "man tiff2bw" and "tiff2bw --help" suggest, that > command doesn't seem to recognize the compression option related to > CCITT 4 anymore. or am i missing something? tiff2bw generates a grayscale image (8 bits/pixel), this can't be converted into CCITT. Use "tiffcp -c g4" to compress a 1 bit/pixel black and white tiff file into CCITT. Mogens -- Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg A/S, Computer Department Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Fax: +45 33 27 47 08 Email: mk@xxxxxx Homepage: http://www.crc.dk