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- From: dww@bnr.co.uk (David Wright)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.fax
- Subject: Re: DOS-based FAX software for compact files?
- Date: 7 Jan 1993 14:51:19 GMT
- Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, London Road, Harlow, England.
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- In article <1992Oct24.122732.4209@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil> rdc45@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Code-45 CDR Peter Kent) writes:
- #
- #I'm using the MTEZ software that came with my zoom fax modem. All the
- #received, and save transmitted faaxes are stored in a format that must
- #represent bit-imaging. They are huge, 40-60 Kb/page. Can anyone
- #refer me to a software package that saves files in a much more space-
- #efficient manner?
-
- Actually they are already compressed, or they'd be even bigger! But in my
- experience most stored faxes will compress further with the standard DOS
- archiving packages - try PKZIP (shareware), ARJ (free?) or ZOO (free).
- You should be able to get these from most bulletin boards, or by FTP from
- SIMTEL etc.. ZOO is occasionally posted to comp.binaries.ibm.pc
-
- (I've just done a quick test, and zoo ah compresses a 40k Winfax page down
- to 13k, but it may not be a representative sample).
-
- Regards, "None shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity"
- David Wright BNR Europe Ltd, London Road, Harlow, Essex CM17 9NA, UK
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