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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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