<OT> Converting tiff to ps: A question of quality

[Bill Campbell]

On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 09:25:00PM -0400, Joel Hammer wrote:
>I would like to convert some tiff files into ps format.
>Using convert file.tif file.ps works just fine, except with gv the image
>looks to be of very poor quality.
>convert file.tif file.pdf also gives poor quality.
>Is there a way to get a high quality conversion?

Depends on the type of tif file.  Fax tifs tend to be lower quality, sorta
by definition since even ``high resolution'' faxes are pretty weak.  The
tiff/F fax files often present scaling problems when read with software
that isn't tuned for this.  I normally use the HylaFAX fax2ps program to
handle faxes.

The ImageMagick convert program has numerous options to set size, and some
quality parameters that may help.

I would also try the gimp or xv to see how they do with the tif files
you're converting.  I don't think these can be scripted as convert can, but
it wouldn't surprise me if the gimp can.

Bill
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