tiff2ps(1) LibTIFF tiff2ps(1)
NAME
tiff2ps - convert TIFF image to PostScripttm
SYNOPSIS
tiff2ps [ options ] input.tif <?>
DESCRIPTION
tiff2ps reads TIFF images and writes PostScripttm or Encapsulated
PostScripttm (EPS) on the standard output. By default tiff2ps writes
Encapsulated PostScripttm for the first image in the specified TIFF image
file.
By default, tiff2ps will generate PostScripttm that fills a printed area
specified by the TIFF tags in the input file. If the file does not
contain XResolution or YResolution tags, then the printed area is set
according to the image dimensions. The -w and -h options (see below) can
be used to set the dimensions of the printed area in inches; overriding
any relevant TIFF tags.
The PostScripttm generated for RGB, palette, and CMYK images uses the
colorimage operator. The PostScripttm generated for greyscale and
bilevel images uses the image operator. When the colorimage operator is
used, PostScripttm code to emulate this operator on older PostScripttm
printers is also generated. Note that this emulation code can be very
slow.
Color images with associated alpha data are composited over a white
background.
OPTIONS
-1 Generate PostScripttm Level 1 (the default).
-2 Generate PostScripttm Level 2.
-3 Generate PostScripttm Level 3. It basically allows one to use the
`/flateDecode filter for ZIP compressed TIFF images.
-8 Disable use of ASCII85 encoding with PostScripttm Level 2/3.
-a Generate output for all IFDs (pages) in the input file.
-b margin
Specify the bottom margin for the output (in inches). This does
not affect the height of the printed image.
-c Center the image in the output. This option only shows an effect
if both the -w and the -h option are given.
-C name
Specify the document creator name.
-d dir Set the initial TIFF directory to the specified directory number.
(NB: Directories are numbered starting at zero.) This option is
useful for selecting individual pages in a multi-page (e.g.
facsimile) file.
-D Enable duplex printing (two pages per sheet of paper).
-e Force the generation of Encapsulated PostScripttm (implies -z).
-h size
Specify the vertical size of the printed area (in inches).
-H Specify the maximum height of image (in inches). Images with
larger sizes will be split in several pages. Option -L may be used
for specifying size of split images overlapping.
-i Enable/disable pixel interpolation. This option requires a single
numeric value: zero to disable pixel interpolation and non-zero to
enable. The default is enabled.
-L Specify the size of overlapping for split images (in inches). Used
in conjunction with -H and -W options.
-l Specify the left margin for the output (in inches). This does not
affect the width of the printed image.
-M size
Set maximum memory allocation size (in MiB). The default is
256MiB. Set to 0 to disable the limit.
-m Where possible render using the imagemask PostScripttm operator
instead of the image operator. When this option is specified
tiff2ps will use imagemask for rendering 1 bit deep images. If
this option is not specified or if the image depth is greater than
1 then the image operator is used.
-o ifdoffset
Set the initial TIFF directory to the IFD at the specified file
offset. This option is useful for selecting thumbnail images and
the like which are hidden using the SubIFD tag.
-O Write PostScripttm to specified file instead of standard output.
-p Force the generation of (non-Encapsulated) PostScripttm.
-P L|P Set optional PageOrientation DSC comment to Landscape or Portrait.
-r 90|180|270|auto
Rotate image by 90, 180, 270 degrees or auto. Auto picks the best
fit for the image on the specified paper size (eg portrait or
landscape) if -h or -w is specified. Rotation is in degrees
counterclockwise. Auto rotates 90 degrees ccw to produce
landscape.
-s Generate output for a single IFD (page) in the input file.
-t title
Specify the document title string.
-T Print pages for top edge binding.
-w size
Specify the horizontal size of the printed area (in inches).
-W size
Specify the maximum width of image (in inches). Images with larger
sizes will be split in several pages. Options -L and -W are
mutually exclusive.
-x Override resolution units specified in the TIFF as centimeters.
-y Override resolution units specified in the TIFF as inches.
-z When generating PostScripttm Level 2, data is scaled so that it
does not image into the deadzone on a page (the outer margin that
the printing device is unable to mark). This option suppresses
this behavior. When PostScripttm Level 1 is generated, data is
imaged to the entire printed page and this option has no affect.
EXAMPLES
The following generates PostScripttm Level 2 for all pages of a
facsimile:
tiff2ps \-a2 fax.tif | lpr
Note also that if you have version 2.6.1 or newer of Ghostscript then you
can efficiently preview facsimile generated with the above command.
To generate Encapsulated PostScripttm for a the image at directory 2 of
an image use:
tiff2ps \-d 1 foo.tif
(Notice that directories are numbered starting at zero.)
If you have a long image, it may be split in several pages:
tiff2ps \-h11 \-w8.5 \-H14 \-L.5 foo.tif > foo.ps
The page size is set to 8.5x11 by -w and -h options. We will accept a
small amount of vertical compression, so -H set to 14. Any pages between
11 and 14 inches will be fit onto one page. Pages longer than 14 inches
are cut off at 11 and continued on the next page. The -L.5 option says to
repeat a half inch on the next page (to improve readability).
BUGS
Because PostScripttm does not support the notion of a colormap, 8-bit
palette images produce 24-bit PostScripttm images. This conversion
results in output that is six times bigger than the original image and
which takes a long time to send to a printer over a serial line. Matters
are even worse for 4-, 2-, and 1-bit palette images.
Does not handle tiled images when generating PostScripttm Level I output.
SEE ALSO
pal2rgb(1), tiffinfo(1), tiffcp(1), tiffgt(1), tiffmedian(1),
tiff2bw(1), libtiff(3),
AUTHOR
LibTIFF contributors
COPYRIGHT
1988-2022, LibTIFF contributors
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