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-.\" $Header: /usr/people/sam/tiff/man/RCS/tiff2ps.1,v 1.18 1995/10/11 19:42:04 sam Exp $
+.\" $Header: /usr/people/sam/tiff/man/RCS/tiff2ps.1,v 1.19 1997/01/27 23:48:56 sam Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1988-1995 Sam Leffler
.\" Copyright (c) 1991-1995 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@
.\" OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
.if n .po 0
-.TH TIFF2PS 1 "October 15, 1995"
+.ds Ps P\s-2OST\s+2S\s-2CRIPT\s+2
+.TH TIFF2PS 1 "January 27, 1997"
.SH NAME
tiff2ps \- convert a
.SM TIFF
-image to PostScript\(tm
+image to \*(Ps\(tm
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B tiff2ps
[
@@ -38,17 +39,17 @@ image to PostScript\(tm
.I tiff2ps
reads
.SM TIFF
-images and writes PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
+images and writes \*(Ps or Encapsulated \*(Ps (EPS)
on the standard output.
By default,
.I tiff2ps
-writes Encapsulated PostScript for the first image in the specified
+writes Encapsulated \*(Ps for the first image in the specified
.SM TIFF
image file.
.PP
By default,
.I tiff2ps
-will generate PostScript that fills a printed area specified
+will generate \*(Ps that fills a printed area specified
by the
.SM TIFF
tags in the input file.
@@ -67,22 +68,22 @@ overriding any relevant
.SM TIFF
tags.
.PP
-The PostScript generated for
+The \*(Ps generated for
.SM RGB,
palette, and
.SM CMYK
images uses the
.I colorimage
operator.
-The PostScript generated for
+The \*(Ps generated for
greyscale and bilevel images
uses the
.I image
operator.
When the
.I colorimage
-operator is used, PostScript code to emulate this operator
-on older PostScript printers is also generated.
+operator is used, \*(Ps code to emulate this operator
+on older \*(Ps printers is also generated.
Note that this emulation code can be very slow.
.PP
Color images with associated alpha data are composited over
@@ -90,10 +91,10 @@ a white background.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-1
-Generate PostScript Level I (the default).
+Generate \*(Ps Level I (the default).
.TP
.B \-2
-Generate PostScript Level II.
+Generate \*(Ps Level II.
.TP
.B \-a
Generate output for all IFDs (pages) in the input file.
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ This option is useful for selecting individual pages in a
multi-page (e.g. facsimile) file.
.TP
.B \-e
-Force the generation of Encapsulated PostScript.
+Force the generation of Encapsulated \*(Ps.
.TP
.B \-h
Specify the vertical size of the printed area (in inches).
@@ -122,15 +123,24 @@ This option is useful for selecting thumbnail images and the
like which are hidden using the SubIFD tag.
.TP
.B \-p
-Force the generation of (non-Encapsulated) PostScript.
+Force the generation of (non-Encapsulated) \*(Ps.
.TP
.B \-s
Generate output for a single IFD (page) in the input file.
.TP
.B \-w
Specify the horizontal size of the printed area (in inches).
+.TP
+.B \-z
+When generating \*(Ps Level II, data is scaled so that it does not
+image into the
+.I deadzone
+on a page (the outer margin that the printing device is unable to mark).
+This option suppresses this behaviour.
+When \*(Ps Level I is generated, data is imaged to the entire printed
+page and this option has no affect.
.SH EXAMPLES
-The following generates PostScript Level II for all pages of a facsimile:
+The following generates \*(Ps Level II for all pages of a facsimile:
.RS
.nf
tiff2ps -a2 fax.tif | lpr
@@ -139,7 +149,7 @@ 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.
.PP
-To generate Encapsulated PostScript for a the image at directory 2
+To generate Encapsulated \*(Ps for a the image at directory 2
of an image use:
.RS
.nf
@@ -148,8 +158,8 @@ tiff2ps -d 1 foo.tif
.RE
(notice that directories are numbered starting at zero.)
.SH BUGS
-Because PostScript does not support the notion of a colormap,
-8-bit palette images produce 24-bit PostScript images.
+Because \*(Ps does not support the notion of a colormap,
+8-bit palette images produce 24-bit \*(Ps images.
This conversion results in output that is six times
bigger than the original image and which takes a long time
to send to a printer over a serial line.