tiff2ps(1)							   User Commands							tiff2ps(1)

NAME

       tiff2ps - convert a TIFF image to PostScript

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 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 relevant 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 directory number. Note that directories are numbered starting at zero. This
		       option is useful for selecting individual pages in a multipage file, for example facsimile.

       -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 specified 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 Directory 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		     |SUNWTiff			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       pal2rgb(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 output.

       Updated by Breda McColgan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.10							    26 Mar 2004 							tiff2ps(1)