dont convert to tiff

[nerkn]

Hi,
I try to convert from pdf to tiff than pass to ocr.
My problem is convert dont convert to tiff. Ocr ( tesseract ) cant any format except tiff, and complains, Gimp opens as pdf etc. Have a look at my other tries


nerkn@nerkn-laptop ~/Downloads/aila $ rm page1.tif
nerkn@nerkn-laptop ~/Downloads/aila $ convert page1.jpg -compress zip page1.tif
nerkn@nerkn-laptop ~/Downloads/aila $ ls -l page1.tif
-rw-r--r-- 1 nerkn nerkn 429784 2011-08-03 11:46 page1.tif
nerkn@nerkn-laptop ~/Downloads/aila $ rm page1.tif;convert page1.jpg -compress lzw page1.tif; ls -l page1.tif
-rw-r--r-- 1 nerkn nerkn 429784 2011-08-03 11:46 page1.tif
nerkn@nerkn-laptop ~/Downloads/aila $ rm page1.tif;convert page1.jpg +compress page1.tif; ls -l page1.tif
-rw-r--r-- 1 nerkn nerkn 429784 2011-08-03 11:47 page1.tif

[fmw42]

have you installed and does IM recognize libtif?

convert -list configure

look at the line starting DELEGATES and see if it lists tif

What version of IM and what platform are you using?