TIFF2PS(1)						      General Commands Manual							TIFF2PS(1)

NAME

       tiff2ps - convert a TIFF image to PostScripttm

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 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.

       -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.

       -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 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.

       -W     Specify the maximum width of image (in inches). Images with larger sizes will be split in several pages. Options -L and -W are mutu-
	      ally exclusive.  -i Enable/disable pixel interpolation.  This option requires a single numeric value: zero to disable pixel interpo-
	      lation 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 option.

       -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.

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

       -r     Rotate image by 180 degrees.

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

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

       -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 com-
       mand.

       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.remotesensing.org/libtiff/

libtiff 							 November 2, 2005							TIFF2PS(1)