Why are JBIG2 PDF’s better than TIFF G4 raster PDF’s?

Posted on | December 1, 2009 | No Comments

Highly-structured documents that are mostly text (invoices, statements, claim forms, et al.) can be converted into a JBIG2 raster format, rendering documents far smaller than those compressed using TIFF Group 4 format.

JBIG2 compression has a distinct advantage over all known competitors implementing JBIG2 compression who must start with a scanned image of a page (BMP, TIFF or other raster format). We directly transform the print stream that produces the documents. This eliminates the need for expensive scanning equipment, personnel to perform the scanning and the unnecessary time for an intermediate step. While interpreting the PCL, Pagetech’s PCL technology provides immediate access to all text characters, symbols and glyphs. This is a distinct advantage over our competitors who must make several pattern-matching passes through a document’s scanned raster image (which consists of text, raster, grayscale and linedraw objects). In that the objects in a typical business document are almost all text, PageTech’s tools require significantly less time to build a dictionary to achieve maximum efficiency. We can also add color, barcodes, logos or form overlays to the PCL prior to printing or during the conversion to JBIG2/PDF.

We can also add color, barcodes, logos or form overlays to the PCL prior to printing or during the
conversion to JBIG2/PDF.

JBIG2 Benefits:

• State-of-the-art, accurate, device-independent representation of rasterized documents.
• Efficient, high-quality communication of text and graphics.
• Formatted documents that are suitable for high-speed production printing environments.
• Conformance with JBIG2’s emerging new standard for Internet publishing tools, wireless
  applications, Internet fax, new-generation fax machines, multi-function peripherals and printer controllers.

See for yourself the advantages our PCL technology and JBIG2 compression methods could offer your company.

For a FREE analysis and a trial conversion to PDF with embedded JBIG2. Please send us your PCL and a full ‘wish list’ of how you would like to:

• Enhance the print stream
• Decollate it into individually-named PDF files or Generate external ASCII or XML index files.

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