Multipage TIFF to PDF

A multi-page TIFF holds a whole scanned document. Most converters take page one and quietly throw the rest away. This one keeps every page, and names any it cannot read.

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Multi-page TIFF to PDF

Scanner and fax TIFFs become multi-page PDFs, page for page, and any page we cannot read is named.

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every page of a multi-page .tif or .tiff, not just the first
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    How it works

    Converting Multi-page TIFF to PDF

    1

    Drop the .tif or .tiff in

    The page count is read from the file's own index before anything is decoded, so you know what to expect.

    2

    Every page is decoded

    One PDF page per TIFF page, in file order. Reduced-resolution thumbnails stored inside the file are skipped rather than turned into pages.

    3

    Check the count

    If a page could not be decoded, the result names it and says which compression it uses. You will never get a short PDF without being told.

    Why TIFF is still everywhere, and still awkward

    No browser displays TIFF. Windows Photos opens one but shows only the first page of a multi-page file. Yet TIFF remains the format of record for scanners, fax archives, legal filings, medical imaging and government records, precisely because it can hold an entire document losslessly in one file.

    So the common experience is a .tif attachment that will not open, or opens and appears to be a one-page document when it is really twelve.

    The failure this page exists to prevent

    A multi-page TIFF is a chain of image directories. Converters that treat TIFF as “just an image” read the first one and stop, and the result looks fine — a PDF opens, a page is there — which is exactly what makes it dangerous when you are filing a twelve-page contract.

    Here the page count comes from the file's own directory chain before any decoding starts, and it is compared against what was produced. If those numbers disagree you get a warning naming the page and its compression type. A short PDF is never handed over silently.

    Which compressions work

    Uncompressed, LZW, PackBits, Deflate and JPEG-in-TIFF all decode. So do CCITT Group 3 and Group 4, the bilevel fax encodings that most scanner and fax archives use — which is the case that matters most here. Paletted and bilevel images are handled.

    Two things do not. JPEG 2000 inside TIFF is not supported. And camera RAW files — .dng, .cr2, .nef, .arw — are built on the TIFF container and will be recognised as TIFF, but their sensor data is not a TIFF image and cannot be decoded here. Export those to JPEG or TIFF from your camera software first.

    Scanner orientation

    Scanners set an orientation tag constantly, and the TIFF decoder does not apply it on its own — which is how a stack of scans ends up sideways in a PDF. The tag is read and applied here, exactly as EXIF is for a phone photo.

    What you will not get

    Text you can search or select. The pages become images inside a PDF, which is what they already were inside the TIFF. Making them searchable requires OCR, which this site does not do, and neither does the iPhone app. If you need a searchable archive, run the PDF through an OCR tool afterwards.

    FAQ

    Multi-page TIFF questions

    Why does my TIFF only show one page?
    Most viewers and converters read the first image directory and stop. This page reads the whole chain, so a twelve-page scan becomes a twelve-page PDF.
    Do you support CCITT Group 4 fax TIFFs?
    Yes, along with Group 3, LZW, PackBits, Deflate, JPEG-in-TIFF and uncompressed. JPEG 2000 inside TIFF is not supported, and the page will tell you if it meets one.
    Can I convert a .dng or .cr2 RAW file?
    No. Those use the TIFF container but store sensor data that needs camera-specific processing. Export to JPEG or a normal TIFF from your camera software first.
    Will the text in my scan be searchable?
    No. There is no OCR here — the scanned pages stay images. You would need to run the finished PDF through a separate OCR tool for that.

    Convert on your phone, with or without signal

    The free iPhone app does everything this page does, plus a document scanner that finds the edges of a page for you, and a history of every PDF you have made. Nothing is uploaded there either.

    Free on iPhone and iPad — with a document scanner, conversion history and no internet needed.