Hi, you'll notice from the language you use to describe your use case, that you use the word "convert" to describe what you're doing to the original TIFF images. Once you're done producing a derivative from those TIFFs, the only way back to the "original" TIFFs is to go back to the actual originals. The TIFF images are not stored in the PDF. Only way to go back to the originals is to preserve them. -- HARDY POTTINGER <[log in to unmask]> University of Missouri Library Systems http://lso.umsystem.edu/~pottingerhj/ https://MOspace.umsystem.edu/ "Do you love it? Do you hate it? There it is, the way you made it." --Frank Zappa On 4/26/13 3:08 PM, "Edward M. Corrado" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Hi All, > >I have a need to batch convert many TIFF images to PDF. I'd then like to >be >able to discard the TIFF images, but I can only do that if I can create >the >original TIFF again from the PDF. Is this possible? If so, using what >tools >and how? > >tiff2pdf seems like a possible solution, but I can't find a corresponding >"pdf2tif" program that reverses the process. > >Any ideas? > >Edward