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NAME

       tiff2ps - convert a TIFF image to PostScriptâ„¢

SYNOPSIS

       tiff2ps [ options ] input.tif ...

DESCRIPTION

       tiff2ps  reads TIFF images and writes PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) on the standard output.
       By default, tiff2ps writes Encapsulated PostScript for the first image in the specified TIFF image file.

       By default, tiff2ps will generate PostScript that fills a printed area specified by the TIFF tags in  the
       input  file.   If the file does not contain XResolution 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 relevant TIFF tags.

       The  PostScript generated for RGB, palette, and CMYK images uses the colorimage operator.  The PostScript
       generated for greyscale 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

       -1     Generate PostScript Level 1 (the default).

       -2     Generate PostScript Level 2.

       -3     Generate PostScript Level 3. It basically allows one  to  use  the  /flateDecode  filter  for  ZIP
              compressed TIFF images.

       -8     Disable use of ASCII85 encoding with PostScript Level 2/3.

       -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.

       -C     Specify the document creator name.

       -d     Set  the  initial TIFF directory to the specified directory number.  (NB: Directories are numbered
              starting at zero.)  This option is useful for selecting individual pages  in  a  multi-page  (e.g.
              facsimile) file.

       -D     Enable duplex printing (two pages per sheet of paper).

       -e     Force the generation of Encapsulated PostScript (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  single  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  and  -W
              options.

       -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 PostScript 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.

       -O     Write PostScript to specified file instead of standard output.

       -p     Force the generation of (non-Encapsulated) PostScript.

       -P L|P Set optional PageOrientation DSC comment to Landscape or Portrait.

       -r 90|180|270|auto
              Rotate  image  by  90,  180,  270  degrees  or auto.  Auto picks the best fit for the image on the
              specified paper size (eg portrait or landscape) if -h or -w is specified. Rotation is  in  degrees
              counterclockwise. Auto rotates 90 degrees ccw to produce landscape.

       -s     Generate output for a single IFD (page) in the input file.

       -t     Specify the document title string.

       -T     Print pages for top edge binding.

       -w     Specify the horizontal size of the printed area (in inches).

       -W     Specify  the maximum width of image (in inches). Images with larger sizes will be split in several
              pages. Options -L and -W are mutually exclusive.

       -x     Override resolution units specified in the TIFF as centimeters.

       -y     Override resolution units specified in the TIFF as inches.

       -z     When generating PostScript 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 PostScript Level 1 is generated, data is imaged to the  entire  printed  page  and
              this option has no affect.

EXAMPLES

       The following generates PostScript 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 PostScript 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 readability).

BUGS

       Because  PostScript  does  not  support  the  notion  of  a colormap, 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 handle tiled images when generating PostScript Level I output.

SEE ALSO

       pal2rgb(1), tiffinfo(1), tiffcp(1), tiffgt(1), tiffmedian(1), tiff2bw(1), tiffsv(1), libtiff(3)

       Libtiff library home page: http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/