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Manpages TIFF2PSSection: User Commands (1)Updated: January 27, 1997 Index Return to Main Contents NAMEtiff2ps - convert a TIFF image to POSTSCRIPTtmSYNOPSIStiff2ps [ options ] input.tif ...DESCRIPTIONtiff2ps reads TIFF images and writes POSTSCRIPT or Encapsulated POSTSCRIPT (EPS) on the standard output. By default, tiff2ps writes Encapsulated 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
EXAMPLESThe following generates POSTSCRIPT Level II for all pages of a facsimile:
To generate Encapsulated POSTSCRIPT for a the image at directory 2 of an image use:
BUGSBecause 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.BUGSDoes not handle tiled images when generating PS Level I output.SEE ALSOpal2rgb(1), tiffinfo(1), tiffcp(1), tiffgt(1), tiffmedian(1), tiff2bw(1), tiffsv(1), libtiff(3)
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