tiff2pdf(1) LibTIFF 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 contain 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 -o 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. 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. 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 copyrighted by Adobe
Systems, Incorporated.
OPTIONS
-o output-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 :program`zlib` configured with
libtiff).
-q quality
Set the compression quality, 1-100 for JPEG.
-n Do not allow data to be converted without uncompressing, no
compressed data passthrough.
-b Set PDF Interpolate user preference.
-d Do not compress (decompress).
-i Invert colors.
-p paper-size
Set paper size, e.g., letter, legal, A4.
-F Cause the tiff to fill the PDF page.
-u [ i | m ]
Set distance unit, i for inch, m for centimeter.
-w width
Set width in units.
-l length
Set length in units.
-x xres
Set x/width resolution default.
-y yres
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.
-e YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
Set document information date, overrides image or current
date/time default, YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
-c creator
Set document information creator, overrides image software
default.
-a author
Set document information author, overrides image artist default.
-t title
Set document information title, overrides image document name
default.
-s subject
Set document information subject, overrides image image
description default.
-k keywords
Set document information keywords.
-m size
Set memory allocation limit (in MiB). Default is 256MiB. Set to 0
to disable the limit.
-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
SEE ALSO
tiffcp(1), tiff2ps(1), libtiff(3),
AUTHOR
LibTIFF contributors
COPYRIGHT
1988-2022, LibTIFF contributors
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