--- a/ImageReader.st	Thu Jul 24 16:20:49 1997 +0200
+++ b/ImageReader.st	Thu Jul 24 18:05:20 1997 +0200
@@ -1766,7 +1766,20 @@
         __nOut = 8;
         __nextOutRow = __outP + __bpr;
 
-        for (__x=__w; __x>0; __x--) {
+        for (__x=__w; __x>=8; __x-=8) {
+            if (__inP[0] != __maskPixel) { __outBits |= 0x80; };
+            if (__inP[1] != __maskPixel) { __outBits |= 0x40; };
+            if (__inP[2] != __maskPixel) { __outBits |= 0x20; };
+            if (__inP[3] != __maskPixel) { __outBits |= 0x10; };
+            if (__inP[4] != __maskPixel) { __outBits |= 0x08; };
+            if (__inP[5] != __maskPixel) { __outBits |= 0x04; };
+            if (__inP[6] != __maskPixel) { __outBits |= 0x02; };
+            if (__inP[7] != __maskPixel) { __outBits |= 0x01; };
+            __inP += 8;
+            *__outP++ = __outBits;
+            __outBits = 0;
+        }
+        for (; __x>0; __x--) {
             __outBits <<= 1;
             if (*__inP != __maskPixel) {
                 __outBits |= 1;
@@ -1845,5 +1858,5 @@
 !ImageReader class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libview/ImageReader.st,v 1.52 1997-07-22 15:48:23 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libview/ImageReader.st,v 1.53 1997-07-24 16:05:20 cg Exp $'
 ! !