Comment 23 for bug 201345

I rely heavily on Tiff files as all my incoming faxes are in a tif format (via email). I have a work-a-round that I've started using. It's not the most elegant thing but suffices until a fix for evince is in..

First install ImageMagick.. Part of that package has a utility called "convert". Since all my faxes are B&W this fix is primarily for non-color multipage tiffs. It might work on multipage color tiff's but will render them in B&W I think.

I first save the file then open terminal and manuver (sp?) to the correct directory.. Now initiate the command.. "convert -monochrome <input_file_name.tif> <output_file_name.pdf>" Ofcourse leave out the quotes (") and the <>'s. This command will convert the file from tif to pdf and allow evince to open it will all pages accessable.

There are ways to use the convert command without -monochrome. However, I've found that it defaults to color and will render the new pdf with much less clarity. -monochrome keeps the clarity of the original as much as possible..

By the way, 28 pages convert in apx 15 seconds.. I wish I could script well enough to implement this in a gui situation by highlighting the saved file and right mouse clicking then choosing my "new" option of conversion. Unfortunatly I'm not that talented.