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.
SEE ALSO
pal2rgb(1),
tiffinfo(1),
tiffcp(1),
tiffgt(1),
tiffmedian(1),
tiff2bw(1),
tiffsv(1),
libtiff(3)
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- BUGS
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- SEE ALSO
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