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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).
- -i
- Enable/disable pixel interpolation.
This option requires a single numeric value: zero to disable pixel interpolation
and non-zero to enable. The default is enabled.
- -m
- Where possible render using
the imagemask 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) .
- -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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