CCITT Group 4

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[[CCITT Group 4]] is a widely used lossless compression algorithm used for bitonal images. It is also known as '''T6''', '''T.6''', '''Fax4''', '''G4''', or '''ITU-T Fax Group 4'''. It is frequently used in [[TIFF]] images created by scanning bitonal images.
 
[[CCITT Group 4]] is a widely used lossless compression algorithm used for bitonal images. It is also known as '''T6''', '''T.6''', '''Fax4''', '''G4''', or '''ITU-T Fax Group 4'''. It is frequently used in [[TIFF]] images created by scanning bitonal images.
  
It is based on [[Modified Modified READ]] (MMR) compression.
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It uses [[Modified Modified READ]] (MMR) compression. '''MMR''' is probably another synonym for CCITT Group 4.
  
 
== Related formats ==
 
== Related formats ==

Revision as of 20:21, 3 March 2013

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Name CCITT Group 4
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PRONOM x-cmp/15
CCITT Group 4 is a widely used lossless compression algorithm used for bitonal images. It is also known as T6, T.6, Fax4, G4, or ITU-T Fax Group 4. It is frequently used in TIFF images created by scanning bitonal images.

It uses Modified Modified READ (MMR) compression. MMR is probably another synonym for CCITT Group 4.

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In a TIFF file, compression type 4 is CCITT Group 4.

Other formats that can use CCITT Group 4 compression include PDF and SPIFF.

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