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TIFF2PDF

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NAME
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SYNOPSIS
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DESCRIPTION
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OPTIONS
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EXAMPLES
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BUGS
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NAME

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tiff2pdf − convert a TIFF image to a PDF

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document

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SYNOPSIS

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tiff2pdf [ options ] input.tiff

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DESCRIPTION

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tiff2pdf opens a TIFF image and writes a PDF

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document to standard output.

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The program converts one TIFF file to one PDF file,

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including multiple page TIFF files, tiled TIFF files, black
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and white. grayscale, and color TIFF files that contain data
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of TIFF photometric interpretations of bilevel, grayscale,
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RGB, YCbCr, CMYK separation, and ICC L*a*b* as supported by
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libtiff and PDF.

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If you have multiple TIFF files to convert into one PDF

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file then use tiffcp or other program to concatenate
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the files into a multiple page TIFF file. If the input TIFF
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file is of huge dimensions (greater than 10000 pixels height
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or width) convert the input image to a tiled TIFF if it is
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not already.

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The standard output is standard output. Set the output

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file name with the −o output.pdf
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option.

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All black and white files are compressed into a single

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strip CCITT G4 Fax compressed PDF, unless tiled, where tiled
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black and white images are compressed into tiled CCITT G4
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Fax compressed PDF, libtiff CCITT support is
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assumed.

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Color and grayscale data can be compressed using either

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JPEG compression, ITU-T T.81, or Zip/Deflate LZ77
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compression. Set the compression type using the
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−j or −z options. JPEG compression
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support requires that libtiff be configured with JPEG
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support, and Zip/Deflate compression support requires that
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libtiff be configured with Zip support, in
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tiffconf.h. Use only one or the other of −j and
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−z.

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If the input TIFF contains single strip CCITT G4 Fax

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compressed information, then that is written to the PDF file
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without transcoding, unless the options of no compression
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and no passthrough are set, −d and
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−n.

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If the input TIFF contains JPEG or single strip

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Zip/Deflate compressed information, and they are configured,
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then that is written to the PDF file without transcoding,
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unless the options of no compression and no passthrough are
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The default page size upon which the TIFF image is placed

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is determined by the resolution and extent of the image
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data. Default values for the TIFF image resolution can be
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set using the −x and −y options.
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The page size can be set using the −p option
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for paper size, or −w and −l for
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paper width and length, then each page of the TIFF image is
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centered on its page. The distance unit for default
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resolution and page width and length can be set by the
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−u option, the default unit is inch.

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Various items of the output document information can be

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set with the −e, −c,
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−a, −t, −s, and
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−k options. Setting the argument of the option
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to "" for these tags causes the relevant document
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information field to be not written. Some of the document
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information values otherwise get their information from the
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input TIFF image, the software, author, document name, and
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image description.

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The Portable Document Format (PDF) specification is

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copyrighted by Adobe Systems, Incorporated.

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OPTIONS

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−o output-file

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Set the output to go to file. output-file

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−j

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Compress with JPEG (requires libjpeg configured

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with libtiff).

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−z

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Compress with Zip/Deflate (requires zlib

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configured with libtiff).

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−q quality

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Set the compression quality, 1-100 for JPEG.

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−n

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Do not allow data to be converted without uncompressing,

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no compressed data passthrough.

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−b

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Set PDF ‘‘Interpolate’’ user

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preference.

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−d

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Do not compress (decompress).

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−i

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Invert colors.

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−p paper-size

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Set paper size, e.g., letter, legal,

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A4.

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−u [i|m]

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Set distance unit, i for inch, m for

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centimeter.

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−w width

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Set width in units.

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−l length

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Set length in units.

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−x xres

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Set x/width resolution default.

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−y yres

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Set y/length resolution default.

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−r [d|o]

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Set d for resolution default for images without

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resolution, o for resolution override for all
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−f

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Set PDF ‘‘Fit Window’’ user

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preference.

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−e YYYYMMDDHHMMSS

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Set document information date, overrides image or current

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date/time default, YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.

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−c creator

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Set document information creator, overrides image

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software default.

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−a author

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Set document information author, overrides image artist

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default.

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−t title

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Set document information title, overrides image document

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name default.

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−s subject

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Set document information subject, overrides image image

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description default.

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−k keywords

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Set document information keywords.

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−h

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List usage reminder to stderr and exit.

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EXAMPLES

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The following example would generate the file output.pdf

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from input.tiff.

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tiff2pdf −o output.pdf input.tiff
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The following example would generate PDF output from

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input.tiff and write it to standard output.

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tiff2pdf input.tiff
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The following example would generate the file output.pdf

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from input.tiff, putting the image pages on a letter sized
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page, compressing the output with JPEG, with JPEG quality
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75, setting the title to
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‘‘Document’’, and setting the
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‘‘Fit Window’’ option.

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tiff2pdf −p letter −j −q 75 −t "Document" −f −o output.pdf input.tiff
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BUGS

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Please report bugs via the web interface at

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http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=libtiff

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SEE ALSO

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libtiff(3), tiffcp(1),

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tiff2ps(1)

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Libtiff library home page:

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http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/

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