TIFF is the format of scanners, fax machines, document archives and medical or legal imaging systems. It stores excellent quality, but most people cannot open a .tif file on their phone, and many websites and email systems reject it. Converting TIFF to PDF gives you the same pages in a format everyone can open, print and attach, and a multi-page TIFF stays one multi-page document.
Multi-page TIFF files
A single TIFF file can hold many pages, which is how scanners and fax software save a whole document. This converter reads every page inside the file and turns each into a PDF page, so a 12-page scanned contract comes out as a 12-page PDF.
You can also add several TIFF files at once. They are combined into one PDF in the order you added them, with all pages of the first file before the pages of the second.
Quality and file size
Pages are stored losslessly, so text in scanned documents stays exactly as crisp as in the TIFF. Colour, greyscale and black-and-white scans are all supported.
TIFF scans are often large, especially colour pages at 300 to 600 dpi. If the PDF is too big to email or upload, run it through Compress PDF; Balanced usually makes scanned documents several times smaller while keeping them readable.
Where this comes in handy
Scanner output
Many office scanners save TIFF by default. Convert the scans to PDF to email them.
Faxes
Turn received faxes (usually TIFF) into PDFs you can file and forward.
Archives
Convert old archived TIFF documents into PDFs that any device opens.
Legal and medical records
Share multi-page scanned records as one standard PDF.
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert a multi-page TIFF to PDF?
Upload the TIFF on this page and press Convert. Every page inside the TIFF becomes a page in the PDF, in the same order.
Can I merge several TIFF files into one PDF?
Yes. Add all of them; they are combined into one PDF in the order you added them.
Will the scan quality change?
No. Pages are stored losslessly at their original resolution.
What is the size limit?
Up to 50 MB per TIFF file and up to 500 pages per file.
Are my files kept?
No. They are processed in memory and discarded as soon as the PDF is sent back to you.