3-Heights™ TIFF Toolbox - process and convert your TIFF files
The 3-Heights™ TIFF Toolbox API enables to process and convert TIFF files. Examples of such processing functions are the merging and splitting of multi-page files, the conversion of other raster image formats such as JPEG into TIFF and the conversion of TIFF files into PDF/A.
The optional OCR add-in makes output files searchable in full textmode.PDF/A has been acknowledged world-wide as the ISO standard for long-term archiving since 2005. The TIFF to PDF/A converter is used to convert images into a standardized format, for instance for electronic archiving or elec-tronic data exchange.
The 3-Heights™ TIFF Toolbox API is characterized by a robust design, high throughput, ability to process large files and accurate image reproduction.
Notice: The 3-Heights™ TIFF Toolbox is not an own product but part of our 3-Heights™ Image to PDF Converter.
Convert
Convert TIFF files into conform PDF/A files
Split & Merge
Decompose document content and merge them into new ones
Reduce to the max
Re-compress TIFF files via Mixed Raster Content (MRC)
TIFF Toolbox - features
- Support for mixed raster content (MRC) layers during compression and conversion to PDF/A
- Support for optical character recognition (OCR) and searchable PDFs through optional OCR add-in
- Support for recognition of photographic picture regions
- The JPEG import supports the RGB and CMYK color spaces of the JFIF and the Adobe Photoshop file formats
- Support for “old-JPEG” according to TIFF V6 and “new-JPEG” according to Tech. Note #2 including the conversion from old to new format
- Compression support for JPEG2000 and JBIG2 in addition to the TIFF V6 algorithms
- Support for ICC color profiles
- Support for XMP metadata
- Substitution of a default resolution where missing
- Support for merging and splitting of multipage TIFFs
- Support for scanning with scanners that provide the TWAIN or WIA interface
| Requirement | TIFF | PDF/A |
|---|---|---|
| Long-term readability | + | + |
| Clear rendering | + | + |
| Data consistency | Proprietary tags for metadata | + |
| Authenticity/Integrity | With detached signatures | + |
| Required storage space | Black/White: + Colour: - | + |
| Searchability | Proprietary tags for OCR text | + |
| Long-term experience | + | + |
Areas of use - TIFF processing
TIFF archive migration
TIFF was specifically developed for storing image data, and is mostly used when dealing with scanned documents. This also includes numerous proprietary TIFF extensions that were developed for specific application areas such as geodata or text recognition.
With the TIFF Toolbox, existing TIFF archives can be efficiently migrated into long-term PDF/A-compliant archives without losing any information. The conversion to the PDF/A format allows you to achieve standardized archiving in a unified format that offers a high compression rate, text recognition, embedded metadata and digital signing.
The PDF formats store structured objects and are therefore more compact than the TIFF raster format. This saves storage space and enables more efficient data exchange (FTP, email attachments, downloads).
Scanning workflow; paper and facsimile capture
The electronic archiving of paper documents and faxes, as well as electronically produced files from specialist applications, often generates TIFF and JPEG files.
The loss-free conversion of TIFF files into the long-term archiving format PDF/A creates a unified format. Alongside this standardization, you also gain a wide range of options and additional features for further processing in the documentation process.
References – using the TIFF Toolbox
