TIFF to PDF Converter
Convert your TIFF images into high-quality PDF documents quickly and easily.
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How to convert TIFF to PDF
- Upload one or more TIFF files (up to 50 MB total).
- Click 'Convert TIFF to PDF' — takes 3-10 seconds per file.
- Download the PDF — all pages combined.
Quick fact about TIFF
TIFF is the preferred format for scanned documents, archival imaging, and professional photography. Multi-page TIFFs convert to multi-page PDFs — one page per TIFF frame.
Why convert TIFF to PDF?
TIFF is the standard format for scanned documents, faxes, and archival imaging — it's lossless, supports multi-page documents, and works with professional scanning software. But TIFF files are large and not universally viewable. Converting to PDF makes them smaller, universal, and printable. Multi-page TIFFs convert to multi-page PDFs with one page per frame.
Technical details
| Input format | TIFF, TIF |
| Output format | PDF 1.7 |
| Multi-page TIFF | Supported (each frame → one PDF page) |
| Quality | Lossless (preserved) |
| Compression | Preserved (LZW, ZIP, etc.) |
| Color depth | 1-bit, 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit supported |
| Engine | img2pdf |
| Max file size | 50 MB per file |
| File retention | Auto-deleted after conversion |
How the conversion works
The converter decodes each page of the TIFF file and embeds it in a PDF page using img2pdf. Lossless quality is preserved. Multi-page TIFFs become multi-page PDFs. Multiple TIFF files are combined sequentially. Output is PDF 1.7.
When to convert TIFF to PDF
- Converting scanned documents from TIFF to PDF.
- Archiving multi-page TIFFs as searchable PDFs.
- Combining multiple TIFF scans into one document.
- Preparing faxes (1-bit TIFF) for PDF delivery.
- Making TIFF photos viewable on any device.
- Submitting TIFF scans to systems requiring PDF.
- Reducing TIFF file size while preserving quality.
Quality considerations
TIFF → PDF preserves the lossless quality of the source. Multi-page TIFFs become multi-page PDFs. Compression is preserved (or re-encoded losslessly). Colors are exact for RGB and grayscale; CMYK is converted to RGB.
Limitations and caveats
- CMYK TIFFs are converted to RGB (color shift may occur).
- Very large TIFFs (100+ MB) may take longer.
- 16-bit TIFFs may be converted to 8-bit for PDF compatibility.
- PDF is image-based — text within TIFF isn't searchable.
- For editable text, use OCR after conversion.
Compatibility
- Output PDF opens in every browser, reader, and OS.
- Printable with full fidelity.
- Accepted by every document management system.
- Standard for scanned document workflows.
- Standard PDF — no special software needed.
Tips for best results
- Multi-page TIFFs become multi-page PDFs automatically.
- Lossless quality is preserved — no re-compression loss.
- For text search, run OCR after PDF conversion.
- For 1-bit fax TIFFs, PDF preserves the bitonal quality.
- Combine multiple TIFFs by uploading them together.
Common problems and fixes
- Very large PDF after conversion
- TIFF is lossless — the PDF preserves that. For smaller files, use JPEG compression in the source TIFF or convert to JPG first.
- CMYK colors look different
- CMYK TIFFs are converted to RGB for PDF. Some color shift is expected. For color-critical work, convert to RGB in the source.
- Multi-page TIFF only shows one page
- Check that the source is truly multi-page. Our converter preserves all pages. If only one appears, the source may be single-page.
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Last reviewed: 2026-10-01