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TIFF to PDF converter

Turn TIFF scans, faxes and multi-page TIF files into PDFs, page for page, without uploading them.

Drop TIFF images here

or paste with Ctrl+V. Your images stay on your device.

Page size
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Black-and-white scans are always kept lossless.

Processed on your device. Nothing is uploaded, and there's no sign-up or watermark.

How to convert TIFF to PDF

  1. Drop your TIFF or TIF files onto the box above, or click Choose images. Add them in the order you want them combined.
  2. Pick a page size. Fit to image keeps a scan's own paper size when the file records its resolution; A4 and US Letter center each page with half-inch margins.
  3. Download one PDF per TIFF, or click Download as one PDF to combine every file into a single document.

Why convert TIFF to PDF?

TIFF is the format scanners, fax services and archives use, and it’s excellent at storing pages without losing detail. Outside those systems, though, TIFF is awkward: most browsers won’t display it, many email and phone apps can’t preview it, and upload forms for applications or claims usually ask for a PDF.

Converting the TIFF to PDF keeps every page at full resolution, while giving you a file that opens on any computer or phone and can be printed, signed or attached anywhere.

How the pages are stored

Each page is decoded in your browser and placed on its own PDF page at full resolution:

TIFF page Stored in the PDF as Why
Black and white (1-bit) Lossless Sharp text, small files
Palette (indexed color) Lossless Keeps flat colors exact
Grayscale or color JPEG at the quality you choose Much smaller for photos and color scans

With Fit to image, each PDF page gets the scan’s real size when the TIFF records its resolution, so a 300 DPI Letter scan becomes an 8.5 × 11 inch page. Files without a usable resolution get a standard page size in the same shape. A4 and US Letter place each page centered with half-inch margins, turning sideways for landscape pages.

Page orientation stored in the file is applied, CMYK pages are converted to RGB, and color profiles and metadata aren’t copied. Need images instead? Convert TIFF to JPG for small files or TIFF to PNG for lossless ones.

Questions and answers

Does a multi-page TIFF become a multi-page PDF?

Yes. Every page in the TIFF becomes a page in the PDF, in the same order. Thumbnail copies that some scanners store alongside the pages are skipped.

Will black-and-white scans stay sharp?

Yes. Black-and-white pages, such as most document scans and faxes, are stored without any compression loss, so text stays crisp and the PDF stays small. Color and grayscale pages are stored as high-quality JPEG; lower the quality slider for a smaller file.

My fax TIFF looks squashed in other viewers. Will the PDF?

No. Standard-resolution faxes use pixels twice as tall as they are wide (204 × 98 DPI). The converter reads the resolution stored in the file and corrects the shape, so pages come out with normal proportions.

Which kinds of TIFF files work?

Uncompressed, LZW, ZIP (Deflate), PackBits, JPEG and CCITT Group 3 and Group 4 fax compression, in black and white, grayscale, color, palette, CMYK and 16-bit. TIFFs compressed with JPEG 2000, Zstandard or WebP, and rare layouts such as separate color planes, aren't supported yet; you'll see a message if you add one.

Can I combine several TIFF files into one PDF?

Yes. Add all the files, then click Download as one PDF. Pages follow the order of the list, and each file's pages stay together.

Is the text in the PDF searchable?

No. The PDF holds images of the pages, just like the TIFF. To search or copy text, run the PDF through a text recognition (OCR) tool afterwards.

Are my files uploaded?

No. The TIFF is decoded and the PDF is built in your browser, on your device. That matters for scanned contracts, medical records and ID documents.