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Convert PDF to TIFF

Every page of a PDF in one multi-page TIFF, the format archives, fax services and scanning systems ask for.

Convert a PDF to one multi-page TIFF in your browser, at 150 or 300 DPI, for archives, fax and document systems. It is free, needs no account and adds no watermark, and your files are not uploaded: everything runs in your browser on your device. The size limit is your device’s memory, and phones hold less; give the page a short while after one visit to save itself for offline use, and then it works offline.

Drop a PDF to convert to TIFFor click to choose a file.
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    Your files are processed on this device and never sent to a server. Reload the page to clear everything from memory.

    TIFF is still the format of record in a lot of places: document management and records systems, court and government e-filing portals, fax services, print shops and archives. Many of them want a single multi-page TIFF rather than a folder of images, one page per image inside one file.

    This page renders each page of the PDF in your browser with pdf.js, at 300 DPI by default (the usual archival and print resolution), and writes them all into one TIFF with lossless compression, so text stays crisp and the file is a fraction of the size of an uncompressed TIFF. Choose 150 DPI for a smaller file when the TIFF is only for viewing on screen, or a page range if you only need part of the document.

    Contracts, medical records and court papers are exactly the documents that get converted to TIFF, so the conversion runs on your device. The PDF is never uploaded.

    How it works

    1. Drop the PDF, or tap to pick it.
    2. Keep all pages at 300 DPI, or choose a page range or a lower resolution.
    3. Convert, and one .tiff file with every page downloads.

    In your browser, not on a server

    pdf.js renders each page to a canvas at the resolution you choose, the same engine Firefox uses to display PDFs. The browser encodes each page as JPG or PNG, and if there is more than one they are zipped in your tab with fflate.

    Compared with upload-based tools: Online PDF-to-image tools rasterise your document on their server and often limit you to the first few pages. Here every page is rendered locally, at any resolution, with no page cap.

    Verify it yourself. Give the page a short while after one visit to save itself for offline use, then turn off Wi-Fi or switch to airplane mode and run the tool again. Or open your browser's developer tools (F12, or Cmd-Option-I on a Mac), pick the Network tab, and watch it while you convert. The panel above does the same count for you.

    Questions

    Is it one TIFF or one per page?

    One multi-page TIFF with every page you chose, which is what document systems and fax services expect. For one image per page, pick PNG or JPG instead.

    Which compression does the TIFF use?

    Deflate (ZIP) compression of 24-bit colour pages. It is lossless and read by Windows, macOS Preview, Photoshop, Acrobat and document systems built on libtiff. Some fax services want black-and-white CCITT Group 4 TIFFs, which this page does not write.

    Is the file uploaded anywhere?

    No. There is no server in this process. The page is a static file and the work is done by code running inside your browser tab. Give the page a short while after one visit to save itself for offline use; then you can turn off Wi-Fi and it still works.

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