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TIFF2PDF(1) 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,
including multiple page TIFF files, tiled TIFF files,
black and white. grayscale, and color TIFF files that con-
tain data of TIFF photometric interpretations of bilevel,
grayscale, RGB, YCbCr, CMYK separation, and ICC L*a*b* as
supported by libtiff 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 compres-
sion. Set the compression type using the -j or -z
options. JPEG compression support requires that libtiff
be configured with JPEG support, and Zip/Deflate compres-
sion 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 com-
pressed 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 config-
ured, 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. 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 cen-
tered on its page. The distance unit for default resolu-
tion 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 uncom-
pressing, 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.
-xxres Set x/width resolution default.
-yyres Set y/length resolution default.
-r[d|o]
Set d for resolution default for images without
resolution, o for resolution override for all
images.
-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
document 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.
EXAMPLES
The following example would generate the file output.pdf
from input.tiff.
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.
tiff2pdf -p letter -j -q 75 -t "Document" -f -o
output.pdf input.tiff
BUGS
Please report bugs via the web interface at
http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=libtiff
SEE ALSO
libtiff(3), tiffcp(1), tiff2ps(1)
Libtiff library home page: http://www.remotesens-
ing.org/libtiff/
libtiff November 2, 2005 TIFF2PDF(1)