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/usr/bin/tiff2pdf

Provides support for the Tag Image File Format or TIFF

From tiff 4.7.2-r5 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running tiff2pdf --help (exit 1). permalink

/usr/bin/tiff2pdf: invalid option -- '-'
LIBTIFF, Version 4.7.2
Copyright (c) 1988-1996 Sam Leffler
Copyright (c) 1991-1996 Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Convert a TIFF image to a PDF document

usage:  tiff2pdf [options] input.tiff
where options are:
 -o: output to file name
 -j: compress with JPEG
 -z: compress with Zip/Deflate
 -q: compression quality
 -n: no compressed data passthrough
 -d: do not compress (decompress) - except monochrome to CCITT Group 4
 -i: invert colors
 -u: set distance unit, 'i' for inch, 'm' for centimeter
 -x: set x resolution default in dots per unit
 -y: set y resolution default in dots per unit
 -w: width in units
 -l: length in units
 -r: 'd' for resolution default, 'o' for resolution override
 -p: paper size, eg "letter", "legal", "A4"
 -F: make the tiff fill the PDF page
 -f: set PDF "Fit Window" user preference
 -e: date, overrides image or current date/time default, YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
 -c: sets document creator, overrides image software default
 -a: sets document author, overrides image artist default
 -t: sets document title, overrides image document name default
 -s: sets document subject, overrides image image description default
 -k: sets document keywords
 -b: set PDF "Interpolate" user preference
 -m: set memory allocation limit (in MiB). set to 0 to disable limit
 -h: usage
Options (1)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h usagehelp

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.