Pdf text box markups missing in the converted tiff file (GhostScript)

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I am trying to convert pdf to tiff. You can view the pdf in the below link: Original pdf

http://bugs.ghostscript.com/attachment.cgi?id=7736

I currently having Ghostscript 9.02 installed in my system.

I am using the below command to convert the pdf files to tiff.

gswin32 -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -q -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -r300 -sDEVICE=tiffg4
-dPDFFitPage -dGraphicalAlphaBits=1 -dTextAlphaBits=1
-sOutputFile="d:/temp/test/ConvertedPage%06d.tiff"
"d:/temp/test/TextBoxMarkupfile.pdf"

There are 3 marked up text box available in the second page. After conversion those text values are missing in the tiff file.

Is there any options available in the ghostscript to include those text values in the converted image?

If any workarounds available please suggest me.

Thanks, Rajesh

I have the same problem -- GS conversion of PDF to Tiff works great, except for form-field data, which is missing. AAARGH! — Michael Paulukonis, Nov 16 '11 at 03:30
See Also: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1239003/ghostscript-pdf-merging-losing-editable-fields — Michael Paulukonis, Nov 18 '11 at 02:10

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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A similar question+answer recommended pdftk.

I used a two-step process of [pdf] >> pdftk >> ImageMagick:

pdftk original_form.pdf output flattened_form.pdf flatten

convert -define quantum:polarity=min-is-white -endian MSB 
        -units PixelsPerInch -density 204x196 -monochrome 
        -compress Fax -sample 1728 
        "flattened_form.pdf" "final.tif"

Since ImageMagick uses GhostScript for pdf conversion it should be possible to use GS directly, but I've gotten better quality from ImageMagick; perhaps I'm not just using the right GS settings.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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answered Nov 18 '11 at 03:26

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Call your `convert` with an additional `-verbose` parameter. Then you will see the exact commandline that ImageMagick uses for its output. – Kurt Pfeifle Jul 05 '12 at 14:45
This worked for me, still works after 9 and a half years – Rayner Mar 28 '21 at 11:39

Pdf text box markups missing in the converted tiff file (GhostScript)

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