And the winner is:
Jan Vendenber and Matt White fro:
"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.
Received on Wed Apr 05 2000 - 09:24:15 NZST