John Poelstra wrote: > Bill Davidsen said the following on 02/15/2010 12:47 PM Pacific Time: >> John Poelstra wrote: >>> Has anyone figured out a way to convert the files created by the free >>> faxing services from efax.com (efx format) to another format like PDF or >>> tiff? >>> >>> I'm also trying to run the Windows program provided by efax under wine >>> on Fedora 12 (i686), but the windows installer doesn't finish. >>> >> Since I don't run that I can only ask, what is the file format (output of the >> file command)? If they are jbig (standard fax format) you can use the jbig >> toolkit or the jbig parts of the netpbm package. >> > > $ file 770036344.efx > 770036344.efx: data > Seems "file" lacks the sig for jbig, if you are still interested you could try jbigtopnm from netpbm, or jbgtopbm from jbigkit. jbig is a standard bilevel (two color) compression, usually much smaller that anything else. It's used for fax, among other things. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
