Table of Contents
Introduction
The Business Case for JBIG2 Compression
Return on Investment
JBIG2 Compression Success Stories
From the Legal Industry
From Homeland Security
From the Media Monitoring Industry
JBIG2: A Short History
Paperless document transmission
Digital file formats: an in-brief review
The short definition of JBIG2
JBIG2 and TIFF compared
JBIG2 and JBIG compared
Smart Compression Codecs: JBIG2, JPEG2000, and MPEG4
JBIG2: The Compression Connection
Essential compression issues
Storage, speed and keeping up with Moore and Parkinson
How compression happens: a very simple explanation
JBIG2 and high-level compression
The JBIG2 standard
JBIG2 segments
JBIG2 features
Lossless, lossy, and perceptually lossless compression
Lossless Compression
Lossy Compression
Perceptually Lossless Compression
JBIG2 Technical Advantages for Business Solutions
First Do No Harm
File Size
JBIG2-Compressed PDF Documents
Efficient Encoding
OCR Support within PDF Format
PDF Web Optimization
Scanner Distortions Resolved
Pattern Matching & Substitution
The Dangers of PM&S: Proceed with Caution
Verification
Halftoning in JBIG2
Utilizing a JBIG2 Encoder with No Information Loss
Review & Summary
Annotated Bibliography