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Section: User Commands  (1)<BR>Updated: January 27, 1997<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>

tiff2ps - convert a
<FONT SIZE="-1">TIFF</FONT>
image to P<FONT SIZE="-2">OST</FONT>S<FONT SIZE="-2">CRIPT</FONT>tm
<A NAME="lbAC">&nbsp;</A>
<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>

<B>tiff2ps</B>

[
<I>options</I>

]
<I>input.tif ...</I>

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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>

<I>tiff2ps</I>

reads
<FONT SIZE="-1">TIFF</FONT>
images and writes P<FONT SIZE="-2">OST</FONT>S<FONT SIZE="-2">CRIPT</FONT> or Encapsulated P<FONT SIZE="-2">OST</FONT>S<FONT SIZE="-2">CRIPT</FONT> (EPS)
on the standard output.
By default,
<I>tiff2ps</I>

writes Encapsulated P<FONT SIZE="-2">OST</FONT>S<FONT SIZE="-2">CRIPT</FONT> for the first image in the specified
<FONT SIZE="-1">TIFF</FONT>
image file.
<P>

By default,
<I>tiff2ps</I>

will generate P<FONT SIZE="-2">OST</FONT>S<FONT SIZE="-2">CRIPT</FONT> that fills a printed area specified
by the
<FONT SIZE="-1">TIFF</FONT>
tags in the input file.
If the file does not contain
<I>XResolution</I>

or
<I>YResolution</I>

tags, then the printed area is set according to the image dimensions.
The
<B>-w</B>

and
<B>-h</B>

options (see below)
can be used to set the dimensions of the printed area in inches;
overriding any relevant
<FONT SIZE="-1">TIFF</FONT>
tags.
<P>

The P<FONT SIZE="-2">OST</FONT>S<FONT SIZE="-2">CRIPT</FONT> generated for
<FONT SIZE="-1">RGB,</FONT>
palette, and
<FONT SIZE="-1">CMYK</FONT>
images uses the
<I>colorimage</I>

operator.
The P<FONT SIZE="-2">OST</FONT>S<FONT SIZE="-2">CRIPT</FONT> generated for
greyscale and bilevel images
uses the
<I>image</I>

operator.
When the
<I>colorimage</I>

operator is used, P<FONT SIZE="-2">OST</FONT>S<FONT SIZE="-2">CRIPT</FONT> code to emulate this operator
on older P<FONT SIZE="-2">OST</FONT>S<FONT SIZE="-2">CRIPT</FONT> printers is also generated.
Note that this emulation code can be very slow.
<P>

Color images with associated alpha data are composited over
a white background.
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2>

<DL COMPACT>
<DT><B>-1</B>

<DD>
Generate P<FONT SIZE="-2">OST</FONT>S<FONT SIZE="-2">CRIPT</FONT> Level I (the default).
<DT><B>-2</B>

<DD>
Generate P<FONT SIZE="-2">OST</FONT>S<FONT SIZE="-2">CRIPT</FONT> Level II.
<DT><B>-a</B>

<DD>
Generate output for all IFDs (pages) in the input file.
<DT><B>-d</B>

<DD>
Set the initial
<FONT SIZE="-1">TIFF</FONT>
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.
<DT><B>-e</B>

<DD>
Force the generation of Encapsulated P<FONT SIZE="-2">OST</FONT>S<FONT SIZE="-2">CRIPT</FONT>.
<DT><B>-h</B>

<DD>
Specify the vertical size of the printed area (in inches).
<DT><B>-o</B>

<DD>
Set the initial
<FONT SIZE="-1">TIFF</FONT>
directory to the
<FONT SIZE="-1">IFD</FONT>
at the specified file offset.
This option is useful for selecting thumbnail images and the
like which are hidden using the SubIFD tag.
<DT><B>-p</B>

<DD>
Force the generation of (non-Encapsulated) P<FONT SIZE="-2">OST</FONT>S<FONT SIZE="-2">CRIPT</FONT>.
<DT><B>-s</B>

<DD>
Generate output for a single IFD (page) in the input file.
<DT><B>-w</B>

<DD>
Specify the horizontal size of the printed area (in inches).
<DT><B>-z</B>

<DD>
When generating P<FONT SIZE="-2">OST</FONT>S<FONT SIZE="-2">CRIPT</FONT> Level II, data is scaled so that it does not
image into the
<I>deadzone</I>

on a page (the outer margin that the printing device is unable to mark).
This option suppresses this behaviour.
When P<FONT SIZE="-2">OST</FONT>S<FONT SIZE="-2">CRIPT</FONT> Level I is generated, data is imaged to the entire printed
page and this option has no affect.
</DL>
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<H2>EXAMPLES</H2>

The following generates P<FONT SIZE="-2">OST</FONT>S<FONT SIZE="-2">CRIPT</FONT> Level II for all pages of a facsimile:
<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>
<PRE>
tiff2ps -a2 fax.tif | lpr
</PRE>

</DL>

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.
<P>

To generate Encapsulated P<FONT SIZE="-2">OST</FONT>S<FONT SIZE="-2">CRIPT</FONT> for a the image at directory 2
of an image use:
<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>
<PRE>
tiff2ps -d 1 foo.tif
</PRE>

</DL>

(notice that directories are numbered starting at zero.)
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<H2>BUGS</H2>

Because P<FONT SIZE="-2">OST</FONT>S<FONT SIZE="-2">CRIPT</FONT> does not support the notion of a colormap,
8-bit palette images produce 24-bit P<FONT SIZE="-2">OST</FONT>S<FONT SIZE="-2">CRIPT</FONT> 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.
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<H2>BUGS</H2>

Does not handle tiled images when generating PS Level I output.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>

<I><A HREF="pal2rgb+1.html">pal2rgb</A></I>(1),

<I><A HREF="tiffinfo+1.html">tiffinfo</A></I>(1),

<I><A HREF="tiffcp+1.html">tiffcp</A></I>(1),

<I><A HREF="tiffgt+1.html">tiffgt</A></I>(1),

<I><A HREF="tiffmedian+1.html">tiffmedian</A></I>(1),

<I><A HREF="tiff2bw+1.html">tiff2bw</A></I>(1),

<I><A HREF="tiffsv+1.html">tiffsv</A></I>(1),

<I><A HREF="libtiff+3">libtiff</A></I>(3)


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<DT><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAF">EXAMPLES</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAG">BUGS</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAH">BUGS</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAI">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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