src/tiff/man/tiff2pdf.1

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.TH TIFF2PDF 1 "April 20, 2006" "libtiff"
.SH NAME
tiff2pdf \- convert a TIFF image to a PDF document
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B tiff2pdf
[
.I options
]
.I input.tiff
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I tiff2pdf
opens a TIFF image and writes a PDF document to standard output.
.PP
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
.I libtiff
and PDF.
.PP
If you have multiple TIFF files to convert into one PDF file then use
.I 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.
.PP
The standard output is standard output.  Set the output file name with the
.BI \-o " output.pdf"
option.
.PP
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,
.I libtiff
CCITT support is assumed.
.PP
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
.B \-j
or
.B \-z
options.  JPEG compression support
requires that
.I libtiff
be configured with JPEG support, and Zip/Deflate compression support requires
that
.I libtiff
be configured with Zip support, in tiffconf.h.  Use only one or the other of
.B \-j
and
.B \-z.
.PP
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,
.B \-d
and
.B \-n.
.PP
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.
.PP
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
.B \-x
and
.B \-y
options.  The page size can be set using the
.B \-p
option for paper size, or
.B \-w
and
.B \-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
.B \-u
option, the default unit is inch.
.PP
Various items of the output document information can be set with the
.BR \-e ,
.BR \-c ,
.BR \-a ,
.BR \-t ,
.BR \-s ,
and
.B \-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.
.PP
The Portable Document Format (PDF) specification is copyrighted by Adobe
Systems, Incorporated.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-o " output-file"
Set the output to go to file.
.I output-file
.TP
.B \-j
Compress with JPEG (requires
.I libjpeg
configured with
.IR libtiff ).
.TP
.B \-z
Compress with Zip/Deflate (requires
.I zlib
configured with
.IR libtiff ).
.TP
.BI \-q " quality"
Set the compression quality, 1-100 for JPEG.
.TP
.B \-n
Do not allow data to be converted without uncompressing, no compressed
data passthrough.
.TP
.BI \-b
Set PDF ``Interpolate'' user preference.
.TP
.B \-d
Do not compress (decompress).
.TP
.B \-i
Invert colors.
.TP
.BI \-p " paper-size"
Set paper size, e.g.,
.BR letter ,
.BR legal ,
.BR A4 .
.TP
.B \-F
Cause the tiff to fill the PDF page.
.TP
.BR \-u " [" i | m ]
Set distance unit,
.B i
for inch,
.B m
for centimeter.
.TP
.BI \-w " width"
Set width in units.
.TP
.BI \-l " length"
Set length in units.
.TP
.BI \-x " xres"
Set x/width resolution default.
.TP
.BI \-y " yres"
Set y/length resolution default.
.TP
.BR \-r " [" d | o ]
Set
.B d
for resolution default for images without resolution,
.B o
for resolution override for all images.
.TP
.BI \-f
Set PDF ``Fit Window'' user preference.
.TP
.BI \-e " YYYYMMDDHHMMSS"
Set document information date, overrides image or current date/time default,
.I YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
.TP
.BI \-c " creator"
Set document information creator, overrides image software default.
.TP
.BI \-a " author"
Set document information author, overrides image artist default.
.TP
.BI \-t " title"
Set document information title, overrides image document name default.
.TP
.BI \-s " subject"
Set document information subject, overrides image image description default.
.TP
.BI \-k " keywords"
Set document information keywords.
.TP
.B \-h
List usage reminder to stderr and exit.
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
The following example would generate the file output.pdf from input.tiff.
.RS
.nf
tiff2pdf \-o output.pdf input.tiff
.fi
.RE
.PP
The following example would generate PDF output from input.tiff and write it
to standard output.
.RS
.nf
tiff2pdf input.tiff
.fi
.RE
.PP
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.
.RS
.nf
tiff2pdf \-p letter \-j \-q 75 \-t "Document" \-f \-o output.pdf input.tiff
.fi
.RE
.SH BUGS
Please report bugs via the web interface at
.IP
\%http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=libtiff
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR libtiff (3),
.BR tiffcp (1),
.BR tiff2ps (1)
.PP
Libtiff library home page:
.BR http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/
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	1	.\" $Id: tiff2pdf.1,v 1.7 2010-12-11 22:47:49 faxguy Exp $
	2	.\"
	3	.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Ross Finlayson
	4	.\"
	5	.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and
	6	.\" its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided
	7	.\" that (i) the above copyright notices and this permission notice appear in
	8	.\" all copies of the software and related documentation, and (ii) the name of
	9	.\" Ross Finlayson may not be used in any advertising or
	10	.\" publicity relating to the software without the specific, prior written
	11	.\" permission of Ross Finlayson.
	12	.\"
	13	.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
	14	.\" EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
	15	.\" WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
	16	.\"
	17	.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL ROSS FINLAYSON BE LIABLE FOR
	18	.\" ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND,
	19	.\" OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
	20	.\" WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF
	21	.\" LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE
	22	.\" OF THIS SOFTWARE.
	23	.\"
	24	.\" Process this file with
	25	.\" groff -man -Tascii tiff2pdf.1
	26	.\"
	27	.TH TIFF2PDF 1 "April 20, 2006" "libtiff"
	28	.SH NAME
	29	tiff2pdf \- convert a TIFF image to a PDF document
	30	.SH SYNOPSIS
	31	.B tiff2pdf
	32	[
	33	.I options
	34	]
	35	.I input.tiff
	36	.SH DESCRIPTION
	37	.I tiff2pdf
	38	opens a TIFF image and writes a PDF document to standard output.
	39	.PP
	40	The program converts one TIFF file to one PDF file, including multiple page
	41	TIFF files, tiled TIFF files, black and white. grayscale, and color TIFF
	42	files that contain data of TIFF photometric interpretations of bilevel,
	43	grayscale, RGB, YCbCr, CMYK separation, and ICC Lab* as supported by
	44	.I libtiff
	45	and PDF.
	46	.PP
	47	If you have multiple TIFF files to convert into one PDF file then use
	48	.I tiffcp
	49	or other program to concatenate the files into a multiple page TIFF file.
	50	If the input TIFF file is of huge dimensions (greater than 10000 pixels height
	51	or width) convert the input image to a tiled TIFF if it is not already.
	52	.PP
	53	The standard output is standard output. Set the output file name with the
	54	.BI \-o " output.pdf"
	55	option.
	56	.PP
	57	All black and white files are compressed into a single strip CCITT G4 Fax
	58	compressed PDF, unless tiled, where tiled black and white images are
	59	compressed into tiled CCITT G4 Fax compressed PDF,
	60	.I libtiff
	61	CCITT support is assumed.
	62	.PP
	63	Color and grayscale data can be compressed using either JPEG compression,
	64	ITU-T T.81, or Zip/Deflate LZ77 compression. Set the compression type using
	65	the
	66	.B \-j
	67	or
	68	.B \-z
	69	options. JPEG compression support
	70	requires that
	71	.I libtiff
	72	be configured with JPEG support, and Zip/Deflate compression support requires
	73	that
	74	.I libtiff
	75	be configured with Zip support, in tiffconf.h. Use only one or the other of
	76	.B \-j
	77	and
	78	.B \-z.
	79	.PP
	80	If the input TIFF contains single strip CCITT G4 Fax compressed information,
	81	then that is written to the PDF file without transcoding, unless the options
	82	of no compression and no passthrough are set,
	83	.B \-d
	84	and
	85	.B \-n.
	86	.PP
	87	If the input TIFF contains JPEG or single strip Zip/Deflate compressed
	88	information, and they are configured, then that is written to the PDF file
	89	without transcoding, unless the options of no compression and no passthrough
	90	are set.
	91	.PP
	92	The default page size upon which the TIFF image is placed is determined by
	93	the resolution and extent of the image data. Default values for the TIFF
	94	image resolution can be set using the
	95	.B \-x
	96	and
	97	.B \-y
	98	options. The page size can be set using the
	99	.B \-p
	100	option for paper size, or
	101	.B \-w
	102	and
	103	.B \-l
	104	for paper width and length, then each page of the TIFF image is centered on
	105	its page. The distance unit for default resolution and page width and
	106	length can be set by the
	107	.B \-u
	108	option, the default unit is inch.
	109	.PP
	110	Various items of the output document information can be set with the
	111	.BR \-e ,
	112	.BR \-c ,
	113	.BR \-a ,
	114	.BR \-t ,
	115	.BR \-s ,
	116	and
	117	.B \-k
	118	options. Setting the argument of the option to "" for these
	119	tags causes the relevant document information field to be not written. Some
	120	of the document information values otherwise get their information from the
	121	input TIFF image, the software, author, document name, and image description.
	122	.PP
	123	The Portable Document Format (PDF) specification is copyrighted by Adobe
	124	Systems, Incorporated.
	125	.SH OPTIONS
	126	.TP
	127	.BI \-o " output-file"
	128	Set the output to go to file.
	129	.I output-file
	130	.TP
	131	.B \-j
	132	Compress with JPEG (requires
	133	.I libjpeg
	134	configured with
	135	.IR libtiff ).
	136	.TP
	137	.B \-z
	138	Compress with Zip/Deflate (requires
	139	.I zlib
	140	configured with
	141	.IR libtiff ).
	142	.TP
	143	.BI \-q " quality"
	144	Set the compression quality, 1-100 for JPEG.
	145	.TP
	146	.B \-n
	147	Do not allow data to be converted without uncompressing, no compressed
	148	data passthrough.
	149	.TP
	150	.BI \-b
	151	Set PDF ``Interpolate'' user preference.
	152	.TP
	153	.B \-d
	154	Do not compress (decompress).
	155	.TP
	156	.B \-i
	157	Invert colors.
	158	.TP
	159	.BI \-p " paper-size"
	160	Set paper size, e.g.,
	161	.BR letter ,
	162	.BR legal ,
	163	.BR A4 .
	164	.TP
	165	.B \-F
	166	Cause the tiff to fill the PDF page.
	167	.TP
	168	.BR \-u " [" i \| m ]
	169	Set distance unit,
	170	.B i
	171	for inch,
	172	.B m
	173	for centimeter.
	174	.TP
	175	.BI \-w " width"
	176	Set width in units.
	177	.TP
	178	.BI \-l " length"
	179	Set length in units.
	180	.TP
	181	.BI \-x " xres"
	182	Set x/width resolution default.
	183	.TP
	184	.BI \-y " yres"
	185	Set y/length resolution default.
	186	.TP
	187	.BR \-r " [" d \| o ]
	188	Set
	189	.B d
	190	for resolution default for images without resolution,
	191	.B o
	192	for resolution override for all images.
	193	.TP
	194	.BI \-f
	195	Set PDF ``Fit Window'' user preference.
	196	.TP
	197	.BI \-e " YYYYMMDDHHMMSS"
	198	Set document information date, overrides image or current date/time default,
	199	.I YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
	200	.TP
	201	.BI \-c " creator"
	202	Set document information creator, overrides image software default.
	203	.TP
	204	.BI \-a " author"
	205	Set document information author, overrides image artist default.
	206	.TP
	207	.BI \-t " title"
	208	Set document information title, overrides image document name default.
	209	.TP
	210	.BI \-s " subject"
	211	Set document information subject, overrides image image description default.
	212	.TP
	213	.BI \-k " keywords"
	214	Set document information keywords.
	215	.TP
	216	.B \-h
	217	List usage reminder to stderr and exit.
	218	.SH EXAMPLES
	219	.TP
	220	The following example would generate the file output.pdf from input.tiff.
	221	.RS
	222	.nf
	223	tiff2pdf \-o output.pdf input.tiff
	224	.fi
	225	.RE
	226	.PP
	227	The following example would generate PDF output from input.tiff and write it
	228	to standard output.
	229	.RS
	230	.nf
	231	tiff2pdf input.tiff
	232	.fi
	233	.RE
	234	.PP
	235	The following example would generate the file output.pdf from input.tiff,
	236	putting the image pages on a letter sized page, compressing the output
	237	with JPEG, with JPEG quality 75, setting the title to ``Document'', and setting
	238	the ``Fit Window'' option.
	239	.RS
	240	.nf
	241	tiff2pdf \-p letter \-j \-q 75 \-t "Document" \-f \-o output.pdf input.tiff
	242	.fi
	243	.RE
	244	.SH BUGS
	245	Please report bugs via the web interface at
	246	.IP
	247	\%http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=libtiff
	248	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	249	.BR libtiff (3),
	250	.BR tiffcp (1),
	251	.BR tiff2ps (1)
	252	.PP
	253	Libtiff library home page:
	254	.BR http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/