tiff2ps(1) User Commands tiff2ps(1)NAMEtiff2ps - convert a TIFF image to PostScript
SYNOPSIStiff2ps [options] input.tif...
DESCRIPTIONtiff2ps reads TIFF images and writes PostScript or Encapsulated Post‐
Script (EPS) on the standard output. By default, tiff2ps writes Encap‐
sulated PostScript for the first image in the specified TIFF image
file.
By default, tiff2ps generates PostScript that fills a printed area
specified by the TIFF tags in the input file. If the file does not con‐
tain XResolution or YResolution tags, then the printed area is set
according to the image dimensions. You can use the -w and -h options to
set the dimensions of the printed area in inches, overriding any rele‐
vant TIFF tags.
The PostScript generated for RGB, palette, and CMYK images uses the
colorimage operator. The PostScript generated for grayscale and bilevel
images uses the image operator. When the colorimage operator is used,
PostScript code to emulate this operator on older PostScript 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
The following options are supported:
-1 Generate PostScript Level I. This is the default.
-2 Generate PostScript Level II.
-a Generate output for all IFDs (pages) in the input file.
-d Set the initial TIFF directory to the specified direc‐
tory number. Note that directories are numbered start‐
ing at zero. This option is useful for selecting indi‐
vidual pages in a multipage file, for example facsim‐
ile.
-e Force the generation of Encapsulated PostScript.
-h Specify the vertical size of the printed area in
inches.
-o Set the initial TIFF directory to the IFD at the speci‐
fied file offset. This option is useful for selecting
thumbnail images, which are hidden using the SubIFD
tag.
-p Force the generation of non-Encapsulated PostScript.
-s Generate output for a single IFD (page) in the input
file.
-w Specify the horizontal size of the printed area in
inches.
-z When generating PostScript Level II, data is scaled so
that the data does not image into the deadzone on a
page, that is, the outer margin that the printing
device is unable to mark. This option suppresses this
behavior. When PostScriptLevel I is generated, data is
imaged to the entire printed page and this option has
no affect.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
input.tif The name of the input TIFF file.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Generating PostScript Level II for All Pages of a Facsimile
example% tiff2ps-a2 fax.tif | lpr
Note that if you have version 2.6.1 or newer of Ghostscript, you can
efficiently preview facsimile generated by the above command.
Example 2: Generating Encapsulated PostScript for the Image at Direc‐
tory 2 of an Image
example% tiff2ps-d 1 foo.tif
Note that directories are numbered starting at zero.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │image/library/libtiff │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface stability │Uncommitted │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOpal2rgb(1), tiffinfo(1), tiffcp(1), tiffgt(1), tiffmedian(1),
tiff2bw(1), tiffsv(1), libtiff(3)NOTES
PostScript does not support colormaps. Therefore, 8-bit palette images
produce 24-bit PostScript 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 support tiled images when generating PostScript Level I out‐
put.
Updated by Breda McColgan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.
SunOS 5.11 26 Mar 2004 tiff2ps(1)
