What is the difference between .g4 and .fax?
- Name
- Group 4 FAX
- Group 3 FAX
- Extension
- .g4
- .fax
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Fax
- Fax
- Developer
- Computer Fax Systems (CFS)
- ITU-T
- Description
- Group 4 (G4) used for black and white lossless compression to maintain high-quality images, commonly used in TIFF format compression by fax machines. A picture is seen as black dots and lines on a blank page; the fewer the dots and lines are, the lesser the file size.
- This format is used to compress TIFF images when sending them via fax machines. This format helps reduce the data transmission time. Group 3 eliminates redundant data during compression in order to reduce file size. The standard 10:1 compression ratio may be increased to the user's preferences, but it can lead to a significant loss of image quality.
- MIME Type
- image/g4fax
- application/vnd.fax