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
       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 -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  com-
       pression.   Set  the compression type using the -j or -z
       options.  JPEG compression support requires that libtiff
       be  configured  with  JPEG support, and Zip/Deflate com-
       pression 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  com-
       pression 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 resolu-
       tion 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.   Set-
       ting  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 other-
       wise get their information from the  input  TIFF  image,
       the  software, author, document name, and image descrip-
       tion.

       The Portable  Document  Format  (PDF)  specification  is
       copyrighted 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  config-
              ured 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.

       -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)



tiff2pdf                 NOVEMBER 2003              TIFF2PDF(1)
