[PLUG] Multi-page TIFF

[John Bartley K7AAY]

> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:15:32 -0700
> From: Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Multi-page TIFF
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> Sorry,
> Here is the link to some tiff samples:
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cl0drntnnj5w6vs/TfUaN2mHqd
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Whatever generates the files provided as examples is not file-typing them
as TIFF files.

The file signature http://www.garykessler.net/library/file_sigs.html AKA
'magic file number' is decimal 8508, hex 0x213c which is not correct for
TIFF. Therefore, Evince doesn't know what to do with them. You may wish to
contact the folks whose program generates the TIFF files to ask them for
help with this specific issue.

Until then, Stack Overflow has a post regarding Python errors (yeah, not
generated with Python)
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/514371/whats-the-bad-magic-number-errorwhich
explains how to alter the Magic File Number. There are multiple Linux
hex file editors available through Synaptic Package Manager, such as ghex
and lfhex  for GNOME, hexcurse and dhex for ncurses, among many others.

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