TIFF2PS

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: March 31, 1992
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NAME

tiff2ps - convert a TIFF image to PostScripttm

SYNOPSIS

tiff2ps [ -w width ] [ -h height ] [ -d dirnum ] file

DESCRIPTION

Tiff2ps reads a TIFF image and writes Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) on the standard output that is suitable for inclusion in PostScript documents. The -d option sets the initial TIFF directory to dirnum. This is useful for selecting individual pages in multi-page (e.g. facsimile) files. The -w and -h options set the image dimensions in inches. These options override any relevant TIFF tags in the input file.

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.

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.

tiff2ps should have options to scale the image for printing on a standard size page.