This section describes TIFF compression scheme 8, lossless Deflate compression using the zlib compressed
data format:
Field: Compression
Tag: 259 (103.H)
Type: SHORT
Count: 1
Value: 8 Deflate compression, using zlib data format
Deflate is a byte-oriented compression scheme which can be applied to a TIFF image regardless of its
Photometric Interpretation, Planar Configuration, or image data organization (strips or tiles). Each strip
or tile (we will use the term image segment to refer to either) is compressed independently, and stored as a
complete zlib data stream.
Note that the Predictor defined in (TIFF6.pdf Section 14) works well for both Deflate and LZW
compression methods.
At this time, the Deflate compression methods are believed to be free of patent restrictions.