TIFF files present sharing challenges that PDF eliminates. Most email clients, web browsers, and mobile devices cannot display TIFF files natively. Sending a TIFF attachment often results in the recipient being unable to open it without installing specialized software. PDF opens everywhere — on computers, phones, tablets, and in web browsers — making it the universal choice for document distribution.

Multi-page document workflows demand PDF. Scanners produce multi-page TIFF files, but most non-technical users expect documents as PDFs. Legal offices, medical facilities, insurance companies, and government agencies regularly need to convert scanned TIFF documents to PDF for filing, sharing, and archival. PDF's native multi-page support, bookmarks, and text search (via OCR) make it far more practical than TIFF for document management.

File size reduction is substantial. Uncompressed TIFF files can be enormous — a single high-resolution scan might exceed 50MB. PDF applies efficient compression (JPEG for photos, CCITT/JBIG2 for B&W scans) that typically reduces file size by 70-90% without visible quality loss. A 200MB multi-page TIFF might become a 20MB PDF.

The conversion handles all standard TIFF variants: uncompressed, LZW-compressed, JPEG-compressed, CCITT Group 3/4 (fax), ZIP-compressed, and PackBits. Multi-page (multi-frame) TIFF files are processed frame by frame, with each frame becoming a separate PDF page in the correct order.

For photographic and color TIFF images, the converter applies JPEG compression within the PDF at quality 95 for minimal visual impact. For black-and-white scanned documents (1-bit TIFF), CCITT Group 4 compression is used — the most efficient method for B&W document images, producing extremely compact PDFs.

Color space handling supports Grayscale, RGB, CMYK, and Lab TIFF images. CMYK images are preserved in the PDF for print-production workflows. Resolution metadata (DPI) from the TIFF is used to set appropriate PDF page dimensions — a 300 DPI scan at 2550x3300 pixels correctly produces an 8.5x11 inch PDF page.

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Yes — this is one of our core capabilities. Multi-page TIFF files (common from scanners and fax machines) are converted with each TIFF frame becoming a separate PDF page. Page order is preserved exactly as stored in the TIFF file.

The direct TIFF to PDF conversion embeds the scanned image as-is. For searchable text, use our OCR tool after conversion to add a text layer to the PDF. This enables text search, selection, and copy-paste in the resulting document.

Typically 70-90% smaller. An uncompressed 300 DPI color TIFF scan (about 25MB per page) converts to approximately 200-500KB per page in PDF with JPEG compression. B&W scanned documents compress even more dramatically with CCITT encoding.

Full resolution is preserved. The TIFF's pixel data is embedded in the PDF at its original dimensions. The DPI metadata determines the PDF page size — a 300 DPI scan at Letter size produces a correct 8.5x11 inch PDF page.

Yes. Upload multiple TIFF files and they are combined into a single multi-page PDF. You can arrange the page order before conversion. This is useful for collecting individual scans into a unified document.

Yes. CMYK color space is preserved in the PDF output for print-production workflows. The PDF correctly identifies the color space, ensuring accurate color reproduction on CMYK printing devices.

High bit-depth TIFF files (16-bit per channel from cameras, 32-bit floating-point from HDR) are tone-mapped to 8-bit for standard PDF embedding. For workflows requiring high bit depth, consider keeping the TIFF as your master file and using the PDF for distribution only.

Yes. You can fit the TIFF image to standard page sizes (A4, Letter, Legal) with margins, or create a PDF with pages matching the exact image dimensions. Standard page sizes add white margins to maintain the image's aspect ratio.

Device	TIFF	PDF
Windows	Partial	Native
macOS	Native	Native
iOS	Partial	Native
Android	No	Native
Linux	Partial	Native
ChromeOS	No	Native

Speed	Near-instant
Output size	~41% smaller (measured 12.5 MB → 7.4 MB).
Quality	Image embedded at full resolution in a single PDF page.
Engine	ImageMagick, server-side.

Egenskap	TIFF	PDF
Fullt navn	Tagged Image File Format	Portable Document Format
Filendelse	.tiff	.pdf
Best egnet for	Professional quality	Universal format

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