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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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