tiff2pdf(1)
TIFF2PDF(1) USER COMMANDS TIFF2PDF(1)
NAME
tiff2pdf - convert a TIFF image to a PDF document
SYNOPSIS
tiff2pdf [ options ] input.tiff
DESCRIPTION
tiff2pdf opens a TIFF image and writes a PDF document to
standard output.
The program converts one TIFF file to one PDF file, includ-
ing multiple page TIFF files, tiled TIFF files, black and
white. grayscale, and color TIFF files that contain data of
TIFF photometric interpretations of bilevel, grayscale, RGB,
YCbCr, CMYK separation, and ICC L*a*b* as supported by lib-
tiff and PDF.
If you have multiple TIFF files to convert into one PDF file
then use tiffcp or other program to concatenate the files
into a multiple page TIFF file. If the input TIFF file is of
huge dimensions (greater than 10000 pixels height or width)
convert the input image to a tiled TIFF if it is not
already.
The standard output is standard output. Set the output file
name with the -ooutput.pdf option.
All black and white files are compressed into a single strip
CCITT G4 Fax compressed PDF, unless tiled, where tiled black
and white images are compressed into tiled CCITT G4 Fax
compressed PDF, libtiff CCITT support is assumed.
Color and grayscale data can be compressed using either JPEG
compression, ITU-T T.81, or Zip/Deflate LZ77 compression.
Set the compression type using the -j or -z options. JPEG
compression support requires that libtiff be configured with
JPEG support, and Zip/Deflate compression support requires
that libtiff be configured with Zip support, in tiffconf.h.
Use only one or the other of -j and -z.
If the input TIFF contains single strip CCITT G4 Fax
compressed information, then that is written to the PDF file
without transcoding, unless the options of no compression
and no passthrough are set, -d and -n.
If the input TIFF contains JPEG or single strip Zip/Deflate
compressed information, and they are configured, then that
is written to the PDF file without transcoding, unless the
options of no compression and no passthrough are set.
The default page size upon which the TIFF image is placed is
determined by the resolution and extent of the image data.
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Default values for the TIFF image resolution can be set
using the -x and -y options. The page size can be set using
the -p option for paper size, or -w and -l for paper width
and length, then each page of the TIFF image is centered on
its page. The distance unit for default resolution and page
width and length can be set by the -u option, the default
unit is inch.
Various items of the output document information can be set
with the -e, -c, -a, -t, -s, and -k options. Setting the
argument of the option to "" for these tags causes the
relevant document information field to be not written. Some
of the document information values otherwise get their
information from the input TIFF image, the software, author,
document name, and image description.
The Portable Document Format (PDF) specification is copy-
righted by Adobe Systems, Incorporated.
OPTIONS
-ooutput-file
Set the output to go to file output-file
-j Compress with JPEG (requires libjpeg configured with
libtiff).
-z Compress with Zip/Deflate (requires zlib configured
with libtiff).
-qquality
Set the compression quality, 1-100 for JPEG.
-n Do not allow data to be converted without uncompress-
ing, no compressed data passthrough.
-b Set PDF "Interpolate" user preference.
-d Do not compress (decompress).
-i Invert colors.
-ppaper-size
Set paper size, eg "letter", "legal", "A4".
-u[i|m]
Set distance unit, i for inch, m for centimeter.
-wwidth
Set width in units.
-llength
Set length in units.
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-xxres
Set x/width resolution default.
-yyres
Set y/length resolution default.
-r[d|o]
Set d for resolution default for images without resolu-
tion, o for resolution override for all
-f Set PDF "Fit Window" user preference.
-eYYYYMMDDHHMMSS
Set document information date, overrides image or
current date/time default, YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
-ccreator
Set document information creator, overrides image
software default.
-aauthor
Set document information author, overrides image artist
default
-ttitle
Set document information title, overrides image docu-
ment name default
-ssubject
Set document information subject, overrides image image
description default
-kkeywords
Set document information keywords.
-h List usage reminder to stderr and exit.
input.tiff.
The following example would generate the file output.pdf from
tiff2pdf -o output.pdf input.tiff
The following example would generate PDF output from
input.tiff and write it to standard output.
tiff2pdf input.tiff
The following example would generate the file output.pdf
from input.tiff, putting the image pages on a letter sized
page, compressing the output with JPEG, with JPEG quality
75, setting the title to "Document", and setting the "Fit
Window" option.
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tiff2pdf -p letter -j -q 75 -t "Document" -f -o
output.pdf input.tiff
BUGS
Please report bugs via the web interface at
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http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=libtiff
SEE ALSO
libtiff(3), tiffcp(1), tiff2ps(1)
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