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Re: LZW compression
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Britt Griswold <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 17 Feb 1998 16:30:39 -0500
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>Hi All-- my TIFF files have been getting bigger and bigger, and I was
>recently introduced to LZW as a solution-- has anyone had problems with
>this in final output (for instance with Allen Press or Nature magazine)?
>Thanks in advance, Marlene

I use it all the time,  works great in Quark and Pagemaker.  Only
consideration is thatthe file is taking up less room, so a random sector
error is more likely to trash your file than if it is not compressed.  But
I think this has not happened to me yet.

britt

Britt Griswold
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