Converting PDF to TIFF

Question

I am looking for some tool or library (.NET version will be perfect) I could use to convert some big PDF files (over 200MB) to TIFF in the product we are developing for our client. I need tool I could call from the command line or a library that I could use in the .Net application.

I have tested ghostscript, and it works perfect but according to its license, we cannot use it.

Do you have any experience with free or commercial products we could use for it? Could you recommend something?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

As you explicitly ask for commercial software as well, callas pdfToolbox performs this task. I'm affiliated with this company / product so draw your own conclusions about quality / price. However, the software:

• works perfectly on the command-line
• exports to PNG, JPG or TIFF (or rasterized PDF)
• exports to either grey, RGB or CMYK
• supports smoothing and overprint preview (important when you're in graphic arts, likely less so if not)
• is available on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and Unix

Send me a private message if you want to know more.

Answer 2

Gnostice PDFOne .NET has a PDFDocument.SaveAsMultiPageTiff() method that you can use. http://www.gnostice.com/nl_article.asp?id=215&t=Convert_A_Multi-Page_TIFF_To_PDF_Using_PDFOne_NET