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tiff2ps - convert a TIFF
image to tm
tiff2ps [ options ] input.tif ...
tiff2ps 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 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
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.
- -1
- Generate Level I (the default).
- -2
- Generate
Level II.
- -a
- Generate output for all IFDs (pages) in the input file.
- -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.
- -e
- Force the generation
of Encapsulated .
- -h
- Specify the vertical size of the printed area (in
inches).
- -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) .
- -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 Level II, 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 behaviour. When Level I is
generated, data is imaged to the entire printed page and this option has
no affect.
The following generates Level II 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.)
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.
Does not handle tiled images when generating PS Level I output.
pal2rgb(1)
, tiffinfo(1)
, tiffcp(1)
, tiffgt(1)
, tiffmedian(1)
,
tiff2bw(1)
, tiffsv(1)
, libtiff(3)
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