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.\" $Id: tiff2pdf.1,v 1.1 2003-11-26 15:04:51 rossf Exp $
.\" $Id: tiff2pdf.1,v 1.2 2003-11-27 15:07:29 dron Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Ross Finlayson
.\"
@ -40,38 +40,48 @@ 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
.B libtiff
.I libtiff
and PDF.
.PP
If you have multiple TIFF files to convert into one PDF file then use
.B tiffcp
.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
"-o output.pdf" option.
.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,
.B libtiff
.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 -j or -z options. JPEG compression support
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
.B libtiff
be configured with JPEG support, and Zip/Deflate
compression support requires that
.B libtiff
be configured with Zip support,
in tiffconf.h. Use only one or the other of -j and -z.
.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, -d and -n.
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
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.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 -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.
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 -e, -c,
-a, -t, -s, and -k tags. Setting the argument of the option to "" for these
Various items of the output document information can be set with the
.B \-e,
.B \-c,
.B \-a,
.B \-t,
.B \-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.
@ -95,53 +122,85 @@ input TIFF image, the software, author, document name, and image description.
The Portable Document Format (PDF) specification is copyrighted by Adobe
Systems, Incorporated.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "-o output-file"
.TP
.BI \-o output-file
Set the output to go to file
.B output-file
.IP -j
Compress with JPEG (requires libjpeg configured with libtiff)
.IP -z
Compress with Zip/Deflate (requires zlib configured with libtiff)
.IP "-q quality"
.I output-file
.TP
.B \-j
Compress with JPEG (requires libjpeg configured with libtiff).
.TP
.B \-z
Compress with Zip/Deflate (requires zlib configured with libtiff).
.TP
.BI \-q quality
Set the compression quality, 1-100 for JPEG.
.IP -n
Do not allow data to be converted without uncompressing, no compressed data passthrough.
.IP -d
.TP
.B \-n
Do not allow data to be converted without uncompressing, no compressed
data passthrough.
.TP
.B \-d
Do not compress (decompress).
.IP -i
.TP
.B \-i
Invert colors.
.IP "-p paper-size"
.TP
.BI \-p paper-size
Set paper size, eg "letter", "legal", "A4".
.IP "-u [i|m]"
Set distance unit, 'i' for inch, 'm' for centimeter.
.IP "-w width"
.TP
.BI \-u [i|m]
Set distance unit,
.I i
for inch,
.I m
for centimeter.
.TP
.BI \-w width
Set width in units.
.IP "-l length"
.TP
.BI \-l length
Set length in units.
.IP "-x xres"
.TP
.BI \-x xres
Set x/width resolution default.
.IP "-y yres"
.TP
.BI \-y yres
Set y/length resolution default.
.IP "-r [d|o]"
Set 'd' for resolution default for images without resolution, 'o' for resolution override for
all images.
.IP -f
.TP
.BI \-r [d|o]
Set
.I d
for resolution default for images without resolution,
.I o for resolution override for all images.
.TP
.B \-f
Set PDF "Fit Window" user preference
.IP "-e YYYYMMDDHHMMSS"
Set document information date, overrides image or current date/time default, YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
.IP "-c creator"
.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.
.IP "-a author"
.TP
.BI \-a author
Set document information author, overrides image artist default
.IP "-t title"
.TP
.BI \-t title
Set document information title, overrides image document name default
.IP "-s subject"
.TP
.BI \-s subject
Set document information subject, overrides image image description default
.IP "-k keywords"
.TP
.BI \-k keywords
Set document information keywords.
.IP -h
.TP
.B \-h
List usage reminder to stderr and exit.
.TP
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
The following example would generate the file output.pdf from input.tiff.
.PP
.RS
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.RE
.SH BUGS
Please report bugs via the web interface at
http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=libtiff.
.
.IP
\%http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=libtiff
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR libtiff (3) ,
.BR tiffcp (1) ,