diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 681311e..887033c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-CLAUDE.md
\ No newline at end of file
+CLAUDE.md
+src/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 88997cd..e50fd8b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ An example workflow is provided in `workflows/mircify_example_workflow.json`.
 
 At the moment this example is using qwen image (gguf), lightning 4 step lora with RES4LYF samplers. However any model that is decent at making pixel ansi style art can suffice.
 
+It will save the irc and ansi data to the [png exif data](#irc-png-exporter) and also to [file](#irc-text-saver).
+
 ## IRC Output
 
 Pasting the results of the created `.txt` file into IRC, we should be able to see the IRC art rendered in the client.
@@ -44,6 +46,8 @@ or display it with `less -R` to preserve colors:
 less -R output/irc_art/your_ansi_file.txt
 ```
 
+![ANSI output](workflows/screenshot_ansi.jpg)
+
 ## Features
 
 - **Universal Image Support**: Works with any image dimensions, but remember the IRC 512 byte limit per line.
@@ -202,6 +206,7 @@ For more information about how IRC uses colors refer to these resources:
 - torch
 - numpy
 - scikit-learn
+- Pillow
 
 ## Credits
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c7b1ce7..5ea778b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 torch>=1.9.0
 numpy>=1.21.0
-scikit-learn>=1.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
+scikit-learn>=1.0.0
+Pillow>=8.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/nodes.py b/src/nodes.py
index 04477eb..dd7249f 100644
--- a/src/nodes.py
+++ b/src/nodes.py
@@ -192,12 +192,13 @@ class IRCFormatter(TextFormatter):
     
     @staticmethod
     def format_line(line_colors: List[Union[int, Tuple[int, int]]]) -> str:
-        """Format a line of IRC color codes with compression."""
+        """Format a line of IRC color codes with comprehensive duplicate prevention."""
         if not line_colors:
             return ""
         
         result = []
         i = 0
+        last_color_code = None  # Track the last color code to prevent duplicates
         
         while i < len(line_colors):
             color_entry = line_colors[i]
@@ -207,23 +208,47 @@ class IRCFormatter(TextFormatter):
                 top_color, bottom_color = color_entry
                 
                 if top_color == bottom_color:
-                    # Compress consecutive identical blocks
+                    # Same colors - treat as spaces with background color
                     count = 1
                     while (i + count < len(line_colors) and 
                            isinstance(line_colors[i + count], tuple) and 
                            line_colors[i + count] == color_entry):
                         count += 1
                     
-                    result.append(IRCFormatter.format_color_code(top_color) + (SPACE_CHAR * count))
+                    color_code = IRCFormatter.format_color_code(top_color)
+                    if color_code != last_color_code:
+                        result.append(color_code + (SPACE_CHAR * count))
+                        last_color_code = color_code
+                    else:
+                        # Same color code as previous, just add spaces without color code
+                        result.append(SPACE_CHAR * count)
                     i += count
                 else:
-                    # Different colors - use half block character
-                    result.append(IRCFormatter.format_color_code(top_color, bottom_color) + HALF_BLOCK_CHAR)
-                    i += 1
+                    # Different colors - check for consecutive identical half-block patterns
+                    count = 1
+                    while (i + count < len(line_colors) and 
+                           isinstance(line_colors[i + count], tuple) and 
+                           line_colors[i + count] == color_entry):
+                        count += 1
+                    
+                    color_code = IRCFormatter.format_color_code(top_color, bottom_color)
+                    if color_code != last_color_code:
+                        result.append(color_code + (HALF_BLOCK_CHAR * count))
+                        last_color_code = color_code
+                    else:
+                        # Same color code as previous, just add characters without color code
+                        result.append(HALF_BLOCK_CHAR * count)
+                    i += count
             else:
-                # Full-block mode
+                # Full-block mode - treat as spaces with background color
                 count = IRCFormatter.count_consecutive(line_colors, i)
-                result.append(IRCFormatter.format_color_code(color_entry) + (SPACE_CHAR * count))
+                color_code = IRCFormatter.format_color_code(color_entry)
+                if color_code != last_color_code:
+                    result.append(color_code + (SPACE_CHAR * count))
+                    last_color_code = color_code
+                else:
+                    # Same color code as previous, just add spaces without color code
+                    result.append(SPACE_CHAR * count)
                 i += count
         
         return ''.join(result)
@@ -250,12 +275,13 @@ class ANSIFormatter(TextFormatter):
         return f"\033[38;5;{top_ansi};48;5;{bottom_ansi}m{HALF_BLOCK_CHAR}"
     
     def format_line(self, line_colors: List[Union[int, Tuple[int, int]]]) -> str:
-        """Format a line of ANSI color codes with compression."""
+        """Format a line of ANSI color codes with comprehensive duplicate prevention."""
         if not line_colors:
             return ""
         
         result = []
         i = 0
+        last_ansi_code = None  # Track the last ANSI code to prevent duplicates
         
         while i < len(line_colors):
             color_entry = line_colors[i]
@@ -265,7 +291,7 @@ class ANSIFormatter(TextFormatter):
                 top_color, bottom_color = color_entry
                 
                 if top_color == bottom_color:
-                    # Same color - compress
+                    # Same colors - treat as background spaces
                     count = 1
                     while (i + count < len(line_colors) and 
                            isinstance(line_colors[i + count], tuple) and 
@@ -273,19 +299,43 @@ class ANSIFormatter(TextFormatter):
                         count += 1
                     
                     ansi_color = self.get_ansi_color(top_color)
-                    result.append(self.format_background(ansi_color, count))
+                    ansi_code = f"\033[48;5;{ansi_color}m"
+                    if ansi_code != last_ansi_code:
+                        result.append(ansi_code + (SPACE_CHAR * count))
+                        last_ansi_code = ansi_code
+                    else:
+                        # Same ANSI code as previous, just add spaces without code
+                        result.append(SPACE_CHAR * count)
                     i += count
                 else:
-                    # Different colors - half block
+                    # Different colors - check for consecutive identical patterns
+                    count = 1
+                    while (i + count < len(line_colors) and 
+                           isinstance(line_colors[i + count], tuple) and 
+                           line_colors[i + count] == color_entry):
+                        count += 1
+                    
                     top_ansi = self.get_ansi_color(top_color)
                     bottom_ansi = self.get_ansi_color(bottom_color)
-                    result.append(self.format_half_block(top_ansi, bottom_ansi))
-                    i += 1
+                    ansi_code = f"\033[38;5;{top_ansi};48;5;{bottom_ansi}m"
+                    if ansi_code != last_ansi_code:
+                        result.append(ansi_code + (HALF_BLOCK_CHAR * count))
+                        last_ansi_code = ansi_code
+                    else:
+                        # Same ANSI code as previous, just add characters without code
+                        result.append(HALF_BLOCK_CHAR * count)
+                    i += count
             else:
-                # Full-block mode
+                # Full-block mode - treat as background spaces
                 count = ANSIFormatter.count_consecutive(line_colors, i)
                 ansi_color = self.get_ansi_color(color_entry)
-                result.append(self.format_background(ansi_color, count))
+                ansi_code = f"\033[48;5;{ansi_color}m"
+                if ansi_code != last_ansi_code:
+                    result.append(ansi_code + (SPACE_CHAR * count))
+                    last_ansi_code = ansi_code
+                else:
+                    # Same ANSI code as previous, just add spaces without code
+                    result.append(SPACE_CHAR * count)
                 i += count
         
         result.append(ANSI_RESET)
diff --git a/workflows/mircify_example_workflow.json b/workflows/mircify_example_workflow.json
index 784325c..a89ce1c 100644
--- a/workflows/mircify_example_workflow.json
+++ b/workflows/mircify_example_workflow.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "6a85ef9e-440c-47f8-b6cc-6a647c18839d",
   "revision": 0,
-  "last_node_id": 93,
-  "last_link_id": 156,
+  "last_node_id": 94,
+  "last_link_id": 159,
   "nodes": [
     {
       "id": 7,
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
         "widget_ue_connectable": {}
       },
       "widgets_values": [
-        817468956820710,
+        462218769959024,
         "randomize",
         4,
         1,
@@ -408,6 +408,157 @@
         1
       ]
     },
+    {
+      "id": 91,
+      "type": "IRC Text Saver",
+      "pos": [
+        1386.3250732421875,
+        292.4225158691406
+      ],
+      "size": [
+        270,
+        58
+      ],
+      "flags": {},
+      "order": 11,
+      "mode": 0,
+      "inputs": [
+        {
+          "name": "irc_text",
+          "type": "STRING",
+          "link": 155
+        }
+      ],
+      "outputs": [
+        {
+          "name": "file_path",
+          "type": "STRING",
+          "links": null
+        }
+      ],
+      "properties": {
+        "aux_id": "ComfyUI-Mircify.git",
+        "ver": "7560f88586f8cf1c4e67e706e79f3dfc3390f308",
+        "Node name for S&R": "IRC Text Saver"
+      },
+      "widgets_values": [
+        "irc_art_{TIMESTAMP}.txt"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": 93,
+      "type": "IRC Text Saver",
+      "pos": [
+        1391.58154296875,
+        407.7270812988281
+      ],
+      "size": [
+        270,
+        58
+      ],
+      "flags": {},
+      "order": 12,
+      "mode": 0,
+      "inputs": [
+        {
+          "name": "irc_text",
+          "type": "STRING",
+          "link": 156
+        }
+      ],
+      "outputs": [
+        {
+          "name": "file_path",
+          "type": "STRING",
+          "links": null
+        }
+      ],
+      "properties": {
+        "aux_id": "ComfyUI-Mircify.git",
+        "ver": "7560f88586f8cf1c4e67e706e79f3dfc3390f308",
+        "Node name for S&R": "IRC Text Saver"
+      },
+      "widgets_values": [
+        "ansi_art_{TIMESTAMP}.txt"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": 76,
+      "type": "UnetLoaderGGUF",
+      "pos": [
+        -125.99971008300781,
+        -188.51158142089844
+      ],
+      "size": [
+        270,
+        58
+      ],
+      "flags": {},
+      "order": 3,
+      "mode": 0,
+      "inputs": [],
+      "outputs": [
+        {
+          "name": "MODEL",
+          "type": "MODEL",
+          "links": [
+            134
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      "properties": {
+        "cnr_id": "ComfyUI-GGUF",
+        "ver": "d247022e3fa66851c5084cc251b076aab816423d",
+        "Node name for S&R": "UnetLoaderGGUF"
+      },
+      "widgets_values": [
+        "qwen/qwen-image-Q8_0.gguf"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": 94,
+      "type": "IRC PNG Exporter",
+      "pos": [
+        1399.4827880859375,
+        -166.5812225341797
+      ],
+      "size": [
+        270,
+        334
+      ],
+      "flags": {},
+      "order": 13,
+      "mode": 0,
+      "inputs": [
+        {
+          "name": "image",
+          "type": "IMAGE",
+          "link": 159
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "irc_text",
+          "shape": 7,
+          "type": "STRING",
+          "link": 157
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "ansi_text",
+          "shape": 7,
+          "type": "STRING",
+          "link": 158
+        }
+      ],
+      "outputs": [],
+      "properties": {
+        "aux_id": "ComfyUI-Mircify.git",
+        "ver": "2d649703ece193bb00fecca47f77c9a9e76dd3fc",
+        "Node name for S&R": "IRC PNG Exporter"
+      },
+      "widgets_values": [
+        true,
+        "irc_art_{TIMESTAMP}.png"
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "id": 6,
       "type": "CLIPTextEncode",
@@ -459,43 +610,6 @@
       "color": "#232",
       "bgcolor": "#353"
     },
-    {
-      "id": 91,
-      "type": "IRC Text Saver",
-      "pos": [
-        1386.3250732421875,
-        292.4225158691406
-      ],
-      "size": [
-        270,
-        58
-      ],
-      "flags": {},
-      "order": 12,
-      "mode": 0,
-      "inputs": [
-        {
-          "name": "irc_text",
-          "type": "STRING",
-          "link": 155
-        }
-      ],
-      "outputs": [
-        {
-          "name": "file_path",
-          "type": "STRING",
-          "links": null
-        }
-      ],
-      "properties": {
-        "aux_id": "ComfyUI-Mircify.git",
-        "ver": "7560f88586f8cf1c4e67e706e79f3dfc3390f308",
-        "Node name for S&R": "IRC Text Saver"
-      },
-      "widgets_values": [
-        "irc_art_{TIMESTAMP}.txt"
-      ]
-    },
     {
       "id": 82,
       "type": "IRC Art Converter",
@@ -522,21 +636,23 @@
           "name": "processed_image",
           "type": "IMAGE",
           "links": [
-            142
+            159
           ]
         },
         {
           "name": "irc_text",
           "type": "STRING",
           "links": [
-            155
+            155,
+            157
           ]
         },
         {
           "name": "ansi_text",
           "type": "STRING",
           "links": [
-            156
+            156,
+            158
           ]
         }
       ],
@@ -552,105 +668,6 @@
         false,
         "perceptual_weighted"
       ]
-    },
-    {
-      "id": 93,
-      "type": "IRC Text Saver",
-      "pos": [
-        1391.58154296875,
-        407.7270812988281
-      ],
-      "size": [
-        270,
-        58
-      ],
-      "flags": {},
-      "order": 13,
-      "mode": 0,
-      "inputs": [
-        {
-          "name": "irc_text",
-          "type": "STRING",
-          "link": 156
-        }
-      ],
-      "outputs": [
-        {
-          "name": "file_path",
-          "type": "STRING",
-          "links": null
-        }
-      ],
-      "properties": {
-        "aux_id": "ComfyUI-Mircify.git",
-        "ver": "7560f88586f8cf1c4e67e706e79f3dfc3390f308",
-        "Node name for S&R": "IRC Text Saver"
-      },
-      "widgets_values": [
-        "ansi_art_{TIMESTAMP}.txt"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "id": 80,
-      "type": "PreviewImage",
-      "pos": [
-        1385.32958984375,
-        -166.24484252929688
-      ],
-      "size": [
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-        389.5648498535156
-      ],
-      "flags": {},
-      "order": 11,
-      "mode": 0,
-      "inputs": [
-        {
-          "name": "images",
-          "type": "IMAGE",
-          "link": 142
-        }
-      ],
-      "outputs": [],
-      "properties": {
-        "cnr_id": "comfy-core",
-        "ver": "0.3.52",
-        "Node name for S&R": "PreviewImage"
-      },
-      "widgets_values": []
-    },
-    {
-      "id": 76,
-      "type": "UnetLoaderGGUF",
-      "pos": [
-        -125.99971008300781,
-        -188.51158142089844
-      ],
-      "size": [
-        270,
-        58
-      ],
-      "flags": {},
-      "order": 3,
-      "mode": 0,
-      "inputs": [],
-      "outputs": [
-        {
-          "name": "MODEL",
-          "type": "MODEL",
-          "links": [
-            134
-          ]
-        }
-      ],
-      "properties": {
-        "cnr_id": "ComfyUI-GGUF",
-        "ver": "d247022e3fa66851c5084cc251b076aab816423d",
-        "Node name for S&R": "UnetLoaderGGUF"
-      },
-      "widgets_values": [
-        "qwen/qwen-image-Q8_0.gguf"
-      ]
     }
   ],
   "links": [
@@ -734,14 +751,6 @@
       0,
       "MODEL"
     ],
-    [
-      142,
-      82,
-      0,
-      80,
-      0,
-      "IMAGE"
-    ],
     [
       150,
       8,
@@ -765,6 +774,30 @@
       93,
       0,
       "STRING"
+    ],
+    [
+      157,
+      82,
+      1,
+      94,
+      1,
+      "STRING"
+    ],
+    [
+      158,
+      82,
+      2,
+      94,
+      2,
+      "STRING"
+    ],
+    [
+      159,
+      82,
+      0,
+      94,
+      0,
+      "IMAGE"
     ]
   ],
   "groups": [],
@@ -773,8 +806,8 @@
     "ds": {
       "scale": 0.8390545288824212,
       "offset": [
-        108.16671263739013,
-        536.0446891793314
+        271.42065915743825,
+        496.835589687672
       ]
     },
     "frontendVersion": "1.23.4",
diff --git a/workflows/screenshot.jpg b/workflows/screenshot.jpg
index 3c48935..08d79bd 100644
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diff --git a/workflows/screenshot_ansi.jpg b/workflows/screenshot_ansi.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6082ad
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diff --git a/workflows/screenshot_irc.jpg b/workflows/screenshot_irc.jpg
index 64ec129..9277869 100644
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