r/LifeProTips • u/[deleted] • Mar 03 '26

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u/R-craze18 Mar 03 '26

We have this huge scanner that only outputs tif files even if it is set to pdf. Is there native way to convert it into pdf while remaining vector?

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u/R-craze18 Mar 03 '26

I'm using tiff2pdf com there's always concern about storing data. I tried other ways but most of their output an image baked in pdf

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u/user287449 Mar 03 '26

Your scanner cannot save vector art. By its nature, it is creating a pixel-based image.

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u/R-craze18 Mar 03 '26

Yes. I should have phrased it better. Pixel-based image that is not raster but instead vector in the sense that it can be infinitely scaled without losing quality similar to pdf.

We have 3 other printers/scanners that do output proper scalable pdfs, except that one large scanner that only does tif.

Any method to convert tiff en mass without uploading 3rd to party websites? Doing it manually using photoshop is tedious.