Re: Tif2PDF on-the-fly?

From: Mark Jordan (mjordan@SFU.CA)
Date: Tue Aug 22 2000 - 10:28:32 CDT

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    Date:         Tue, 22 Aug 2000 08:28:32 -0700
    From: Mark Jordan <mailto:mjordan@SFU.CA>
    Subject:      Re: Tif2PDF on-the-fly?
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    <pre> Hi Norbert,

    ImageMagick (http://www.imagemagick.org/) can do this, as long as you configure it with the required PDF libraries. I've used it to convert TIFFs to JPEGs in batch mode and it does a wonderful job.

    Mark

    Mark Jordan Librarian / Analyst, Systems Division W.A.C. Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada Email mailto:mjordan@sfu.ca / Phone (604) 291 5753 / Fax (604) 291 3023

    On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Lossau wrote:

    > We are looking for a tool to convert TIFF images (mainly G4
    > compressed) to PDF on-the-fly. Has anyone heard about such a
    > programme (running under SUN Solaris, possibley free-/shareware)?
    >
    > Best
    > Norbert Lossau
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    > State- und University Library Goettingen
    > Head of the Center for Digitization (GDZ)
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    >

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