When you need to print tiff files and specify paper size through command line operation, maybe you can have a free trial of software VeryDOC Image to XPS Converter, which is able to specify any other printer name to instead of "Microsoft XPS Document Writer" printer; By this function, you can print tiff file easily and swiftly. In the following part, I will show you how to use this software.
Step 1. Download Image to XPS Converter
- This software is command line version software, so when downloading finishes, it is an zip file. Please extract this zip file to some folder then you can check the elements in it.
- Please note this is Windows application and it can not work under Mac and Linux system now.
Step 2. Print Tiff by Command Line
- When you use this software, please refer to the usage and examples.
Usage:img2xps.exe [options] [Options] <Image Files> - When you print tiff file, please refer to the following command line template.
- When you choose the paper size, please refer to the formats from the following website.Paper size can be selected either standard papers or user defined papers. Look at following page for the standard papers: http://www.verypdf.com/artprint/document-converter/index.htm
I will list some of them here for your reference.
img2xps.exe -printer "Microsoft XPS Document Writer" -paper "612x792pt" C:\input.tif
img2xps.exe -printer "XPS Printer" -paper "612x792pt" C:\input.tif
When you input the command line, please use parameter –print to specify printer that you will use in the conversion. And during the printing, you can specify paper size by parameter –paper.
Parameter related:
-printer <string> : this parameter can be used to specify printer name to xps printing.
-paper <string> : when you need to set paper size to xps format, please add this parameter.
auto : retrieve paper size from image file
number : standard paper size
others : user defined paper size
If you do not specify paper size, this software will retrieve paper size from image file. When you need to specify paper size, please use format of "612x792pt" by specifying width and height. And during the printing job, you can also specify the printing output folder, then you can do the printing job together with conversion.
#define DMPAPER_LEGAL 5 /* Legal 8 1/2 x 14 in */ #define DMPAPER_STATEMENT 6 /* Statement 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in */ #define DMPAPER_EXECUTIVE 7 /* Executive 7 1/4 x 10 1/2 in */ #define DMPAPER_A3 8 /* A3 297 x 420 mm */ #define DMPAPER_A4 9 /* A4 210 x 297 mm */ #define DMPAPER_A4SMALL 10 /* A4 Small 210 x 297 mm */ #define DMPAPER_A5 11 /* A5 148 x 210 mm */ #define DMPAPER_B4 12 /* B4 (JIS) 250 x 354 */ #define DMPAPER_B5 13 /* B5 (JIS) 182 x 257 mm */ #define DMPAPER_FOLIO 14 /* Folio 8 1/2 x 13 in */ #define DMPAPER_QUARTO 15 /* Quarto 215 x 275 mm */ #define DMPAPER_10X14 16 /* 10x14 in */ #define DMPAPER_11X17 17 /* 11x17 in */ #define DMPAPER_NOTE 18 /* Note 8 1/2 x 11 in */ #define DMPAPER_ENV_9 19 /* Envelope #9 3 7/8 x 8 7/8 */ #define DMPAPER_ENV_10 20 /* Envelope #10 4 1/8 x 9 1/2 */ #define DMPAPER_ENV_11 21 /* Envelope #11 4 1/2 x 10 3/8 */ #define DMPAPER_ENV_12 22 /* Envelope #12 4 \276 x 11 */ #define DMPAPER_ENV_14 23 /* Envelope #14 5 x 11 1/2 */ #define DMPAPER_CSHEET 24 /* C size sheet */
If you need to check more, please visit the webpage I stated above. By this software, you can print tiff file and specify paper size by command line directly. During the using, if you have any question, please contact us as soon as possible.