tiff2pdf fails on tiff with jpeg compression

[Jesusfreak]

I have a tiff file with jpeg compression which I want to convert to pdf. For this I use the line:
"tiff2pdf -j -o out.pdf out.tif"
The result is a pdf file with an empty page. Using option -n instead generates a readable pdf but blows up size to 8,2 MB, option -d results in an empty page. When using LZW compression everything works as expected.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libtiff-tools 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic 3.2.28
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct 3 11:39:05 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: tiff
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Mike Holling (i-myke)]

Did you use -n along with -j? This is necessary if your tiff files already contain compressed content. I had the same problem without -n, using -n the -j option works properly.

[Ballazar (ballazar)]

That did the trick! Thanks.

Doris

P.S. I've since moved to another program to avoid tiff files
altogether. But this is still a good tip for the fix. Thanks

On 08/11/2013 10:29 PM, Mike Holling wrote:
> Did you use -n along with -j? This is necessary if your tiff files
> already contain compressed content. I had the same problem without -n,
> using -n the -j option works properly.
>