Command line to silenty convert tiff to pdf

[Gast]

Hello,

We name blueprints as tiffs using custom software and then convert them to pdf via the dc pro file creation dialogue.

Third party libraries are way too slow and the resulting pdf isn't always functional.

I have had zero, I mean zero, luck actually finding the API documentation for C#(or anything else) to let me just open and insert, then save a pdf using the adobe native libraries. It's kind of irritating actually. and by that I mean, infuriating. I see no need we should pay an extra $799 a seat for a performant 3rd party library when acrobat.dll is already here on the machine.

I am hoping there is a way to use the command line to just :

Acrobat.exe /source_tif_Name  /Dest_PdfName

but so far have found no documenation to even nudge me in the right direction.

At this point, I'd prefer to just silently tell acrobat to convert them, equivalent to File -> Create Multiple etc...

as an aside - PDF Sharp and the other free libraries I have tried are taking roughly 6-8 times as long as the adobe file creator, and again, their end result produces enough bad files to make them non viable.

Thanks folks!

[try67 · Accepted solution]

Not possible with Acrobat.

[Test Screen Name]

If you want to develop with Acrobat you need the Acrobat SDK, which has thousands of pages of detailed documentation (but no useful samples to copy). But no command line. Just a note that neither Acrobat nor the SDK are for server use. Adobe's server-licensed products run to 5-6 figures. So, if I were to suggest LiveCycle PDF Generator for your conversion it might not be a popular choice.

[Test Screen Name]

By the way, the canonical software for processing TIFF is the C library libtiff, open source. I haven't used it in years, but I believe it may include a TIFF to PDF command line sample.

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

Yes, it does. Here is the man page for the command: TIFF2PDF

[Gast]

Unfortunately as I'm processing large format arch drawings (30/42 inch at 240/400 dpi) the solution doesn't seem ideal, as the manual says anything over 10k pixel dimensions is a no go without tiling (which would not work with the down stream client software).

I do appreciate the help though. I am going to try and find some more solutions.