TIFF2PS(1)TIFF2PS(1)NAMEtiff2ps - convert a TIFF image to ™
SYNOPSIStiff2ps [ options ] input.tif ...
DESCRIPTIONtiff2ps reads TIFF images and writes or Encapsulated (EPS) on the
standard output. By default, tiff2ps writes Encapsulated for the
first image in the specified TIFF image file.
By default, tiff2ps will generate that fills a printed area specified
by the TIFF tags in the input file. If the file does not contain XRes‐
olution 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 rele‐
vant TIFF tags.
The generated for RGB, palette, and CMYK images uses the colorimage
operator. The generated for greyscale and bilevel images uses the
image operator. When the colorimage operator is used, code to emulate
this operator on older 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 Level 1 (the default).
-2 Generate Level 2.
-3 Generate Level 3. It basically allows one to use the /flateDe‐
code filter for ZIP compressed TIFF images.
-a Generate output for all IFDs (pages) in the input file.
-b 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.
-d Set the initial TIFF directory to the specified directory num‐
ber. (NB: directories are numbered starting at zero.) This
option is useful for selecting individual pages in a multi-page
(e.g. facsimile) file.
-e Force the generation of Encapsulated (implies -z).
-h 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 sin‐
gle 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 option.
-l Specify the left margin for the output (in inches). This does
not affect the width of the printed image.
-m Where possible render using the imagemask
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 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.
-p Force the generation of (non-Encapsulated) .
-r Rotate image by 180 degrees.
-s Generate output for a single IFD (page) in the input file.
-w Specify the horizontal size of the printed area (in inches).
-x Override resolution units specified in the TIFF as centimeters.
-y Override resolution units specified in the TIFF as inches.
-z When generating 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 Level 1 is generated, data is imaged to the
entire printed page and this option has no affect.
EXAMPLES
The following generates 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 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 read‐
ability).
BUGS
Because does not support the notion of a colormap, 8-bit palette
images produce 24-bit 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.
BUGS
Does not handle tiled images when generating PS Level I output.
SEE ALSOpal2rgb(1), tiffinfo(1), tiffcp(1), tiffgt(1), tiffmedian(1),
tiff2bw(1), tiffsv(1), libtiff(3)
Libtiff library home page: http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/
libtiff November 2, 2005 TIFF2PS(1)
