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JBIG-KIT implements a highly effective data compression algorithm for
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bi-level high-resolution images such as fax pages or scanned documents.
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This is a portable library of compression and decompression functions
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with a documented interface that can be included into your image or
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document processing software. Also provided are ready-to-use compression
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and decompression programs with a simple command line interface (similar
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to the converters found in Jef Poskanzer's PBM conversion package).
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JBIG-KIT implements the specification
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International Standard ISO/IEC 11544:1993 and ITU-T Recommendation
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T.82(1993), "Information technology - Coded representation of picture
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and audio information - progressive bi-level image compression",
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<http://www.itu.ch/itudoc/itu-t/rec/t/t82_23822.html>,
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which is commonly referred to as the "JBIG standard". JBIG (Joint
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Bi-level Image experts Group) is the committee which developed this
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international standard for the lossless compression of images using
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arithmetic coding. Like the well-known compression algorithms JPEG and
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MPEG, also JBIG has been developed and published by the International
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Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International
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Telecommunication Union (ITU) (see also <http://www.iso.ch/> and
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<http://www.itu.ch/>).
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