M11: the optimizer stores Group 3 fax images as Group 4 when smaller

A CCITT fax image that wasn't resampled was left as it was, so Group 3
images (the 1-D and 2-D codings fax software writes) stayed Group 3.
Group 4 codes each row against the one above and is usually much
smaller. Now only Group 4 alone skips decoding; Group 3 is stored again
as Group 4 when that is smaller as stored, and Retain still keeps it.

It reads an image's CCITT parameters (its /DecodeParms entry with Table
11's defaults) through pdfcraft_cos::Document::fax_params, from #4384.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01BfMGHQNgdq5yf5tKZHGR3z
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Grzegorz Martens
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@@ -7384,8 +7384,8 @@ milestone = "M11"
status = "partial"
commands = ["optimize.advanced", "optimize.reduce"]
tools = ["doc_optimize", "doc_reduce"]
evidence = ["crates/optimize/tests/optimize.rs::eight_bit_black_and_white_images_become_one_bit", "crates/filters/src/ccitt.rs::bitmaps_round_trip", "crates/filters/src/ccitt.rs::a_page_of_text_like_marks_round_trips_and_shrinks", "crates/filters/src/ccitt.rs::what_it_cannot_encode_is_an_error", "crates/optimize/tests/optimize.rs::black_and_white_images_become_ccitt_group_4", "crates/automation/tests/it/automation.rs::doc_optimize_stores_black_and_white_images_as_ccitt_group_4", "crates/ui-egui/tests/it/create.rs::the_pdf_optimizer_dialog_saves_an_optimized_copy"]
notes = "CCITT Group 4, lossless: PDF Optimizer ▸ Images ▸ Monochrome Images (on by default, so Reduce File Size does it too; doc_optimize mono) stores a 1-bit image of one colour component (grey, indexed, a separation) or an image mask, kept with no filter or general-purpose ones, as Group 4 when that is smaller as stored; the samples decode to the same bits, so colour space, decode array and masks stay. An eight-bit grey image of only black and white is packed to one bit first, then stored the same way (indexed images and colour-key masks aside), unless the grey settings make it smaller still, as they can a dithered scan downsampled to JPEG, its soft mask counted. Group 4 wins on scans; on clean computer-drawn 1-bit art Flate can be smaller, and the image then stays. CCITT fax images are decoded to be downsampled (optimize.downsample-images), and a resampled image is stored as Group 4 or 1-bit Flate, whichever is smaller. Not yet: JBIG2 (lossless or lossy, which Adobe's help says beats CCITT for monochrome), a lone Group 3 image to Group 4 without resampling (one behind another filter is stored again as Group 4; byte-aligned Group 3 with end-of-line codes but none before the first row, not as T.4 sends them, as PdfCraft draws it, which at /K 0 may be other rows than were coded), inline images, soft masks and /Mask images, Group 4 for rows wider than 32,767 samples."
evidence = ["crates/optimize/tests/optimize.rs::eight_bit_black_and_white_images_become_one_bit", "crates/filters/src/ccitt.rs::bitmaps_round_trip", "crates/filters/src/ccitt.rs::a_page_of_text_like_marks_round_trips_and_shrinks", "crates/filters/src/ccitt.rs::what_it_cannot_encode_is_an_error", "crates/optimize/tests/optimize.rs::black_and_white_images_become_ccitt_group_4", "crates/optimize/tests/optimize.rs::group_3_fax_images_become_group_4", "crates/automation/tests/it/automation.rs::doc_optimize_stores_black_and_white_images_as_ccitt_group_4", "crates/ui-egui/tests/it/create.rs::the_pdf_optimizer_dialog_saves_an_optimized_copy"]
notes = "CCITT Group 4, lossless: PDF Optimizer ▸ Images ▸ Monochrome Images (on by default, so Reduce File Size does it too; doc_optimize mono) stores a 1-bit image of one colour component (grey, indexed, a separation) or an image mask, kept with no filter or general-purpose ones, as Group 4 when that is smaller as stored; the samples decode to the same bits, so colour space, decode array and masks stay. An eight-bit grey image of only black and white is packed to one bit first, then stored the same way (indexed images and colour-key masks aside), unless the grey settings make it smaller still, as they can a dithered scan downsampled to JPEG, its soft mask counted. Group 4 wins on scans; on clean computer-drawn 1-bit art Flate can be smaller, and the image then stays. Group 3 fax images are stored again as Group 4 when that is smaller. CCITT fax images are decoded to be downsampled (optimize.downsample-images), and a resampled image is stored as Group 4 or 1-bit Flate, whichever is smaller. Not yet: JBIG2 (lossless or lossy, which Adobe's help says beats CCITT for monochrome), inline images, soft masks and /Mask images, Group 4 for rows wider than 32,767 samples."
[[feature]]
id = "optimize.only-if-smaller"