Liquent InSight Rendering 4.4 Administration

Imaging and TIFFX Plug-Ins

The Imaging and TIFFX plug-ins convert scanned TIFF image files into PDF. The option settings describe the page layout and how the image is scaled and positioned in the PDF rendition. You can specify the paper size, orientation and margins of the PDF rendition’s page. It is recommended that the paper settings match the intended output paper size for your publication.

The TIFFX plug-in incorrectly transforms 16 bit color TIFF files. To avoid this issue, Black Ice, the creator of the TIFFX plug-in, instructs users to convert any 16 bit images to 24 bit images before transforming the document with the TIFFX plug-in. Also, indexed palette .gif images less than 8 bit must be converted to 8 bit to be successfully rendered.

To set the Imaging plug-in or TIFFX plug-in rendering options:
  1. Under Orientation, select a paper orientation.
  2. In the Scale drop down list, choose one of the following:
    • Scale to Width to scale the image proportionally to fit the width of the page
    • Scale to Page to stretch the image to fill the page
    • Use Image DPI to render the image with the original image size, which the dots per inch (DPI) for the image specifies
  3. Use the Paper Size drop down list to select a paper size.
  4. Under Print Option, use the check boxes to center the image horizontally and/or vertically.
  5. Under Page Setup, type the desired page margins (in inches) in the appropriate boxes.
    Use decimals for fractional sizes.
  6. Click OK.