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2004.03.20 15:32 "Re: txt to tiff", by Bob Friesenhahn
On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Joris wrote: > Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > > On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Soledad Alborno wrote: > > > Hello, I am searching how to convert txt files to tiff files. > > > > The easiest way is to use a tool like 'enscript' to produce Postscript > > from the text, and then use Ghostscript in conjunction with libtiff to > > output a TIFF file. > > I beg to differ, Bob. OK, it's easiest *for your*, since you've already setup > all this stuff and learned to use it. Anyone else is in for quite an adventure > doing it this way. Certainly less of an adventure than the procedure you describe. :-) I don't recall, did the original poster say he was using Windows? Using GNU enscript and GNU Ghostscript the procedure would be similar to: enscript --output=file.ps file.txt gs -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -q -sOutputFile=file.tiff -sDEVICE=tiffg4 file.ps If this is to be done often, a pipeline can be used to avoid a temporary file. Additional options are available for enscript and Ghostscript to adjust the output. Bob ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen