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Turn a PDF into a TIFF

or drop one here
Choose a PDF first.

Some portals still demand TIFF: one file, many pages, exact resolution. This page draws your chosen PDF pages at 150, 200, or 300 DPI in color or grayscale, packs them into a single lossless TIFF, and decodes every page again before the download appears. The PDF never leaves your device.

The court portal that only takes TIFF

When the filing specification names a format, match it exactly. Guessing at DPI or color mode earns a rejection slip.

A paralegal must file exhibit-bundle.pdf, 22 pages, through an e-filing portal that accepts multi-page TIFF at 200 DPI grayscale and nothing else. She opens the PDF here, switches to Grayscale, leaves the resolution on the 200 DPI default, keeps All pages, and presses Convert to TIFF.

The download lands as exhibit-bundle.tiff, one file with all 22 pages in order, each page decoded and dimension-checked before release. The portal takes it first try, and the confidential bundle never crossed the internet.

Four passes from PDF to single TIFF

  1. Open the PDF

    Press Choose a PDF, or drop the file on the page. It opens and reads entirely on your device.

  2. Set color, resolution, and pages

    Pick Color or Grayscale, 150, 200, or 300 DPI, then All pages or Choose pages with entries such as 1, 3-5. A note under the options confirms what will land in the file.

  3. Build the single file

    Press Convert to TIFF. Each chosen page is drawn on a white sheet and stored with lossless PackBits inside one TIFF, never as loose images.

  4. Check, then download

    Every TIFF page is decoded again, and the count plus each dimension must match the requested DPI before Download TIFF appears. The file carries the source name, such as exhibit-bundle.tiff.

Picking color, resolution, and pages

TIFF is a container, not one recipe, so read the receiving specification before a big run. This tool writes 24-bit color or 8-bit grayscale pages under lossless PackBits. It never writes one-bit black-and-white or Group 4 fax output, and it draws every page on white. When the portal demands Group 4, you need a fax-grade writer instead.

Resolution sets detail and weight together. Doubling DPI quadruples the pixels on a page by plain arithmetic, so 300 DPI suits small print while 150 covers screen viewing and 200 matches the classic records specification. Grayscale stores one byte per pixel against three for color, which is why it shrinks text records so well. Page entries accept singles and ranges such as 1, 3-5, duplicates collapse, and the pages always land in document order, never the typed order.

When the TIFF will not build

Two caps guard the run. The finished file may not pass 256 MB; when it would, the error points at fewer pages, grayscale, or a lower resolution. A single page may not pass 40 million pixels, so an oversized sheet drawn at 300 DPI fails with its page number named. Drop to 200 or 150 and run again.

Two more surprises are by design. Text becomes pixels, so nothing in the TIFF stays selectable; the source PDF is untouched and keeps its layer. And no setting here yields a one-bit fax file, though a 200 DPI grayscale run can serve as an intermediate step when the fax workflow allows one. Confirm against the portal specification either way.

When separate images serve better

One multi-page file suits portals and archives, but people usually prefer loose pictures. PDF to images exports each page as its own file, PDF to PNG keeps them lossless, and PDF to JPG shrinks them for email. When the words matter more than the pixels, PDF to Markdown carries the text across instead. For a quick visual check that every page rendered, open the TIFF in any photo viewer before uploading it.

Why filings stay on your device

Remote converters take the whole bundle onto somebody else's machine, queue it, and delete it whenever their schedule says so. This page draws, packs, and checks the TIFF where the PDF already sits. No account, no queue, no waiting room.

The download gate is the reopen pass: each TIFF page is decoded again, and the count plus every width and height must match the request before Download TIFF appears. A failed page withholds the file instead of shipping a broken exhibit. That is what makes the tool fit for filings, records, and anything else that must not travel.

Short answers about PDF to TIFF

The portal wants Group 4 fax TIFF. Will this do?
No. This tool writes PackBits color or grayscale only, never one-bit fax output. A 200 DPI grayscale run can serve as an intermediate step when the fax workflow allows one, but confirm with the receiver first.
Why did page 12 fail at 300 DPI but pass at 200?
That page tops 40 million pixels at the higher setting. The cap names the page and asks for a lower resolution, so drop down and run again.
Can I reorder pages by typing 5, 1-3?
No. Entries always sort into document order with duplicates removed, and backwards ranges are rejected. Reorder the PDF first, then convert.
Does color really triple the file size?
Roughly, before compression: three bytes per pixel against one for grayscale. PackBits then squeezes flat areas well, so simple forms stay small either way. Both runs are free and local, so try each.
Will my filing stay confidential?
Yes. Opening, drawing, packing, and checking all happen on your device. Nothing uploads, and no queue ever sees the file.

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