tiff2ps

 

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 TIFF2PS(1)                                             TIFF2PS(1)
 
 
 
NAME
        tiff2ps - convert a TIFF image to POSTSCRIPTtm
 
SYNOPSIS
        tiff2ps [ options ] input.tif ...
 
DESCRIPTION
        tiff2ps  reads TIFF images and writes POSTSCRIPT or Encap­
        sulated 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; over­
        riding 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 I (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.   (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.
 
        -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 and the like 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 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  POSTSCRIPT Level I is generated,
               data is imaged to the entire printed page and  this
               option has no affect.
 
 EXAMPLES
        The  following generates POSTSCRIPT 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 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.)
 
 BUGS
        Because  POSTSCRIPT  does not support the notion of a col­
        ormap, 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.  Mat­
        ters are even worse for 4-, 2-, and 1-bit palette  images.
 
 BUGS
        Does  not  handle  tiled images when generating PS Level I
        output.
 
SEE ALSO
        pal2rgb(1),  tiffinfo(1),  tiffcp(1),  tiffgt(1),  tiffme­
        dian(1), tiff2bw(1), tiffsv(1), libtiff(3)
 
 
 
                          January 27, 1997              TIFF2PS(1)

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