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27.TH TIFF2PDF 1 "November 2, 2005" "libtiff"
28.SH NAME
29tiff2pdf - convert a TIFF image to a PDF document
30.SH SYNOPSIS
31.B tiff2pdf [
32.I options
33.B ]
34.I input.tiff
35.SH DESCRIPTION
36.B tiff2pdf
37opens a TIFF image and writes a PDF document to standard output.
38.PP
39The program converts one TIFF file to one PDF file, including multiple page
40TIFF files, tiled TIFF files, black and white. grayscale, and color TIFF
41files that contain data of TIFF photometric interpretations of bilevel,
42grayscale, RGB, YCbCr, CMYK separation, and ICC L*a*b* as supported by
43.I libtiff
44and PDF.
45.PP
46If you have multiple TIFF files to convert into one PDF file then use
47.I tiffcp
48or other program to concatenate the files into a multiple page TIFF file.
49If the input TIFF file is of huge dimensions (greater than 10000 pixels height
50or width) convert the input image to a tiled TIFF if it is not already.
51.PP
52The standard output is standard output. Set the output file name with the
53.BI -o output.pdf
54option.
55.PP
56All black and white files are compressed into a single strip CCITT G4 Fax
57compressed PDF, unless tiled, where tiled black and white images are
58compressed into tiled CCITT G4 Fax compressed PDF,
59.I libtiff
60CCITT support is assumed.
61.PP
62Color and grayscale data can be compressed using either JPEG compression,
63ITU-T T.81, or Zip/Deflate LZ77 compression. Set the compression type using
64the
65.B \-j
66or
67.B \-z
68options. JPEG compression support
69requires that
70.I libtiff
71be configured with JPEG support, and Zip/Deflate compression support requires
72that
73.I libtiff
74be configured with Zip support, in tiffconf.h. Use only one or the other of
75.B \-j
76and
77.B \-z.
78.PP
79If the input TIFF contains single strip CCITT G4 Fax compressed information,
80then that is written to the PDF file without transcoding, unless the options
81of no compression and no passthrough are set,
82.B \-d
83and
84.B \-n.
85.PP
86If the input TIFF contains JPEG or single strip Zip/Deflate compressed
87information, and they are configured, then that is written to the PDF file
88without transcoding, unless the options of no compression and no passthrough
89are set.
90.PP
91The default page size upon which the TIFF image is placed is determined by
92the resolution and extent of the image data. Default values for the TIFF
93image resolution can be set using the
94.B \-x
95and
96.B \-y
97options. The page size can be set using the
98.B \-p
99option for paper size, or
100.B \-w
101and
102.B \-l
103for paper width and length, then each page of the TIFF image is centered on
104its page. The distance unit for default resolution and page width and
105length can be set by the
106.B \-u
107option, the default unit is inch.
108.PP
109Various items of the output document information can be set with the
110.B \-e,
111.B \-c,
112.B \-a,
113.B \-t,
114.B \-s,
115and
116.B \-k
117options. Setting the argument of the option to "" for these
118tags causes the relevant document information field to be not written. Some
119of the document information values otherwise get their information from the
120input TIFF image, the software, author, document name, and image description.
121.PP
122The Portable Document Format (PDF) specification is copyrighted by Adobe
123Systems, Incorporated.
124.SH OPTIONS
125.TP
126.BI \-o output-file
127Set the output to go to file
128.I output-file
129.TP
130.B \-j
131Compress with JPEG (requires libjpeg configured with libtiff).
132.TP
133.B \-z
134Compress with Zip/Deflate (requires zlib configured with libtiff).
135.TP
136.BI \-q quality
137Set the compression quality, 1-100 for JPEG.
138.TP
139.B \-n
140Do not allow data to be converted without uncompressing, no compressed
141data passthrough.
142.TP
143.BI \-b
144Set PDF "Interpolate" user preference.
145.TP
146.B \-d
147Do not compress (decompress).
148.TP
149.B \-i
150Invert colors.
151.TP
152.BI \-p paper-size
153Set paper size, eg "letter", "legal", "A4".
154.TP
155.BI \-u [i|m]
156Set distance unit,
157.I i
158for inch,
159.I m
160for centimeter.
161.TP
162.BI \-w width
163Set width in units.
164.TP
165.BI \-l length
166Set length in units.
167.TP
168.BI \-x xres
169Set x/width resolution default.
170.TP
171.BI \-y yres
172Set y/length resolution default.
173.TP
174.BI \-r [d|o]
175Set
176.I d
177for resolution default for images without resolution,
178.I o for resolution override for all images.
179.TP
180.BI \-f
181Set PDF "Fit Window" user preference.
182.TP
183.BI \-e YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
184Set document information date, overrides image or current date/time default,
185.I YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
186.TP
187.BI \-c creator
188Set document information creator, overrides image software default.
189.TP
190.BI \-a author
191Set document information author, overrides image artist default
192.TP
193.BI \-t title
194Set document information title, overrides image document name default
195.TP
196.BI \-s subject
197Set document information subject, overrides image image description default
198.TP
199.BI \-k keywords
200Set document information keywords.
201.TP
202.B \-h
203List usage reminder to stderr and exit.
204.TP
205.SH EXAMPLES
206.TP
207The following example would generate the file output.pdf from input.tiff.
208.PP
209.RS
210.NF
211tiff2pdf -o output.pdf input.tiff
212.FI
213.RE
214.PP
215The following example would generate PDF output from input.tiff and write it
216to standard output.
217.PP
218.RS
219.NF
220tiff2pdf input.tiff
221.FI
222.RE
223.PP
224The following example would generate the file output.pdf from input.tiff,
225putting the image pages on a letter sized page, compressing the output
226with JPEG, with JPEG quality 75, setting the title to "Document", and setting
227the "Fit Window" option.
228.PP
229.RS
230.NF
231tiff2pdf -p letter -j -q 75 -t "Document" -f -o output.pdf input.tiff
232.FI
233.RE
234.SH BUGS
235Please report bugs via the web interface at
236.IP
237\%http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=libtiff
238.SH "SEE ALSO"
239.BR libtiff (3) ,
240.BR tiffcp (1) ,
241.BR tiff2ps (1)
242.PP
243Libtiff library home page:
244.BR http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/