Julian Rogan
From:	Julian Rogan [Julian.Rogan@Unilever.com]
Sent:	05 April 2000 10:23
To:	tru64-unix-managers@ornl.gov
Subject:	SUMMARY: tif to postscript conversion
And the winner is:

Jan Vandenberg and Matt White for:

 "You might try the tiff2ps program which comes with the libtiff
package, found at

http://www.libtiff.org "


It's unclear to me whether it effectively handles multi-page tiff
files, but it looks like it might. Excerpts from the manpage:
...
       -a     Generate  output  for all IFDs (pages) in the input
              file.
...
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.)




Actually it was the only one I tried and it installed very easily (./configure,make and make install )

Other people suggested:

xv

ImageMagick 

Gostscript

I did not try any of them as the tiff2ps seemed the easiest.


Jim Dennis:

GS (ghostscript) will do this.

Also, (if you are looking for a non-freeware solution) I do not know if it
runs on Tru64 or not, but Compaq's CDA Converter Library for OpenVMS does
this too. Here is an excerpt from the OpenVMS help files...

CONVERT

    The CONVERT commands perform the following functions:

    o  Converts a revisable  format  file to another revisable or final
       form file from the DCL command line. (see /DOCUMENT).

    o  Copy records from one file to another, changing the  organization
       and  format  of  the  input  file to that of the output file (see
       File).

    o  Make empty buckets in Prologue 3 indexed files available so  that
       new records can be written in them (see /RECLAIM).


Additional information available:

/DOCUMENT       file            /RECLAIM
/DOCUMENT

   Converts documents from one format to another for the purpose
   of sharing information among different applications. Specify the
   input file name and format and the output file name and format as
   shown below.

   The default input and output file format is DDIF (Digital
   Document Interchange Format). DDIF is a standard format for the
   storage and interchange of compound documents, which can include
   text, graphics, and images.

   Digital's CDA Converter Library, a layered product that offers
   conversion among other popular file formats, is separately
   installed and documented. If you have the CDA Converter Library
   Version 2.2 or later installed on your system, see HELP CDA_
   Converters for more information.

   An /OPTIONS qualifier specifies a file containing options that
   are applied to the input and output file to ensure that minimal
   changes in format and content occur during the conversion.

   A /MESSAGE_FILE qualifier creates a file to which informational
   and error messages are logged during the conversion.

                                  NOTE

      The DEC CDA Base Services for OpenVMS Decwindows Motif or
      later must be installed in order to use the /MESSAGE_FILE
      qualifier and new versions of the DEC CDA Base Services
      converters.

   Format

   CONVERT/DOCUMENT input-filespec/FORMAT=input-format -
     output-filespec/FORMAT=output-format
 



Additional information available:

Parameters      Qualifiers
/FORMAT         /OPTIONS        /MESSAGE_FILE
DEC_CDA_Base_Service_Converters Creating_the_Options_File
Valid_Conversions               CDA$_Facility_Messages

/FORMAT
      /FORMAT=format-name

   Specifies the encoding format of the input or output file. The
   default input and output format is DDIF.

   Input converters bundled with the DEC CDA Base Services and the
   default file extensions for the file formats they support are as
   follows:

   Input Format   File Extension

   DDIF           .DDIF
   DTIF           .DTIF
   TEXT           .TXT

   Output converters bundled with the DEC CDA Base Services for
   OpenVMS DECwindows Motif and the default file extensions for the
   file formats they support are as follows:

   Output
   Format         File Extension

   DDIF           .DDIF
   DTIF           .DTIF
   TEXT           .TXT
   PS             .PS
   ANALYSIS       .CDA$ANALYSIS
 

/OPTIONS
      /OPTIONS=options-filename

   Specifies a file that contains processing option for both input
   and output. An options file is a text file with a default file
   extension of .CDA$OPTIONS on OpenVMS systems.

   An options file is not required. Default processing options are
   applied automatically when you convert a file. You may, however,
   require settings other than the default. Processing options can
   help ensure minimal changes when your input file is converted to
   a different output file format.
 

/MESSAGE_FILE
      /MESSAGE_FILE=filespec
      /NOMESSAGE_FILE (default)


   Turns on message logging for document conversion. Messages output
   by the input and output converters are directed to the file
   specified with filespec. If filespec is not specified, messages
   are output to SYS$ERROR. The default is /NOMESSAGE_FILE.
 
Jim Belonis:

 really like the shareware 'xv' as a graphic file viewer and converter.
It will convert .tif to .ps and runs on most Unixes.  I don't know if I ever
tried it on Tru64.  But it worked on earlier Digital Unix.