Index: trunk/ippScripts/scripts/chip_imfile.pl
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--- trunk/ippScripts/scripts/chip_imfile.pl	(revision 35564)
+++ trunk/ippScripts/scripts/chip_imfile.pl	(revision 35668)
@@ -224,4 +224,5 @@
     }
 
+    my $no_compress = metadataLookupBool($recipeData, 'NO.COMPRESS');
 
     ## XXX make the feature more general?
@@ -478,4 +479,7 @@
     if (!$do_binned_images) {
         $command .= " -Db PPIMAGE:BIN1.FITS FALSE -Db PPIMAGE:BIN2.FITS FALSE";
+    }
+    if ($no_compress) {
+        $command .= " -R PPIMAGE.CHIP FITS.TYPE NONE";
     }
     $command .= " -threads $threads" if defined $threads;