Transform GIF data to AFP

This section describes the GIF to AFP transform and includes its syntax, options, and values.

In this section:

  1. Syntax
  2. Description
    Use the GIF to AFP transform to transform a GIF (Graphical Interchange Format) data stream into an AFP (MO:DCA-P) data stream.
  3. Data transformations
    If the input image is gray scale or color, and the output image type is bi-level (IOCA FS10 or IM1), the transform internally scales the image to the desired size. Next, the transform uses a halftoning algorithm (ordered dither, the default, or Floyd-Steinberg) to convert it to bi-level. In converting the image to bi-level, the characteristics of the output device such as dot shape and dot gain must be taken into consideration. The -gcorr option can be used to specify a different mapping of gray levels.
  4. Limitations
    Here are the gif2afp limitations:
  5. Acknowledgments
    This software is partially based on the Independent JPEG Group's JPEG compression and decompression code.
  6. Flags and values
Parent topic: Using the transforms