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PDF to TIFF Converter

Export PDF pages to high-DPI TIFF images for archiving, faxing, OCR pipelines and print workflows.

PDF → TIFF

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Accepts .pdf

  1. Upload the PDF you want to archive or OCR.
  2. Each page is rendered to a 200 DPI lossless TIFF.
  3. Download the pages individually or as a ZIP.

TIFF remains the standard exchange format for document archiving, professional printing, faxing, and OCR ingestion. Many records-management systems and government portals accept TIFF where they reject everything else. This converter renders each PDF page to a lossless TIFF at 200 DPI — a noticeably higher density than our screen-oriented JPG export — so the output is ready for text recognition and long-term storage.

Why OCR engines prefer TIFF over JPG

Optical character recognition reads the shape of every letter, and JPG's lossy compression smears the high-contrast edges where those shapes live. The faint halos JPG leaves around black text on white are exactly the artefacts that trip up an OCR engine, dropping accuracy on small fonts and dense tables. TIFF is lossless, so each glyph edge stays crisp and the recogniser sees the page the way a scanner captured it.

That is why records systems, legal discovery pipelines, and tax archives standardise on TIFF for machine-readable storage. This tool renders pages at 200 DPI, the common floor for reliable text recognition, which is noticeably denser than the screen-oriented output of the PDF to JPG converter. If you only need a preview rather than an OCR-grade master, that lighter JPG export will serve you better.

TIFF for archiving, faxing, and print handoff

TIFF has outlived a dozen trendier formats because institutions trust it for the long haul. It carries no proprietary codec that might vanish, it supports lossless multi-page bundles, and government portals and document-management systems routinely accept it where they reject everything else. For faxing and print prepress, TIFF's predictable, uncompressed pixels avoid the surprises that lossy formats introduce on a press.

  • Archival masters: store the lossless TIFF and derive lighter copies as needed.
  • Compliance uploads: many portals list TIFF as the only accepted image format.
  • Print workflows: hand a press a 200 DPI TIFF and the output matches your screen.

When you later need an emailable copy of the same document, run the original through the PDF compressor to drop it under attachment limits.

Guides about PDF to TIFF

Scanning & OCR PDF to TIFF for OCR: Archiving and Text Recognition Why TIFF is the preferred format for OCR and document archiving, how lossless conversion improves text recognition accuracy, and the best settings to use. 6 min read

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Frequently asked questions

Why is TIFF better than JPG for OCR?
TIFF is lossless, so the edges of every character stay sharp. JPG compression adds faint halos around high-contrast text, which lowers OCR accuracy on small fonts and tightly packed tables. For machine reading, the lossless master wins.
What DPI does the conversion use, and is it enough?
Pages render at 200 DPI by default. That is the widely accepted minimum for dependable OCR and high-quality document archiving, comfortably above the 150 DPI used for on-screen JPG previews.
Are TIFF files large?
Yes, because lossless compression cannot discard detail the way JPG does. That size is the price of fidelity. Keep the TIFF as your archival master and generate a smaller JPG or compressed PDF for everyday sharing.
Will the TIFF open on a standard computer?
TIFF opens in most image viewers and document tools on Windows and macOS, and in professional software like Photoshop. Some lightweight gallery apps skip it, so for casual viewing a JPG export is the friendlier choice.