Can't View .TIFFS

[Paul Miller]

Running into problems with Microsofts decision to dump the
Kodak image viewing program. I have clients who were
previously able to view color, grayscale and higher
resolution (>300 dpi) image files using Windows 9x/2000.
These older versions used the Kodak image viewer. However,
in XP, with the use of the eiStream viewer, users are
unable to open .tiff images with these characteristics.
All I've found on Microsoft is the suggestion to save
these .tiff files as .pdf files and then view them.
Unfortunately, not everyone has the full version of Adobe
Acrobat, nor do they wish to interrupt their business
processes to create the .pdf files.

The question is: Is Microsoft going to remedy this
situation? Are we left not being able to scan/retrieve
using color/grayscale/high resolution .tiffs? Any ideas on
how to get this functionality without loading Kodak back
into XP and not purchasing a third-party utility?

 

[Martin]

Running into problems with Microsofts decision to dump the
Kodak image viewing program. I have clients who were
previously able to view color, grayscale and higher
resolution (>300 dpi) image files using Windows 9x/2000.
These older versions used the Kodak image viewer. However,
in XP, with the use of the eiStream viewer, users are
unable to open .tiff images with these characteristics.
All I've found on Microsoft is the suggestion to save
these .tiff files as .pdf files and then view them.
Unfortunately, not everyone has the full version of Adobe
Acrobat, nor do they wish to interrupt their business
processes to create the .pdf files.

The question is: Is Microsoft going to remedy this
situation? Are we left not being able to scan/retrieve
using color/grayscale/high resolution .tiffs? Any ideas on
how to get this functionality without loading Kodak back
into XP and not purchasing a third-party utility?

Try running a Google search on TIFF viewers, there are several good
shareware packages available if you don't want to pay for the functionality;
or just go back to W9x/2000, or use another file format!

 

[Edward]

Hi, Paul

Have you tried right clicking the image and selecting "Windows Picture & Fax
Viewer"? This opens .tif images with limited, but usually sufficient,
capabilities.

Hope this helps,

Ed

 

[Paul Miller]

Sorry, your answer doesn't do anything. What if my client
emails a higher resolution image to a customer using XP?
Does my client tell my customer they have to go buy a
piece of software to view it? Don't think so.

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

Hi, Paul

Have you tried right clicking the image and selecting "Windows
Picture & Fax Viewer"? This opens .tif images with limited, but
usually sufficient, capabilities.

You could also try downloading the Tablet PC Journal viewer from Microsoft.
Although the native format for Journal is not TIFF, it can open TIFFs
natively (including the notoriously unportable MODI TIFFs) for viewing. I am
not able to check if the viewer program can do the same since I am using a
Tablet anyway and the viewer only installs off-Tablet.

 

[John Ski]

Subject: Re: Can't View .TIFFS

From: "Paul Miller" (e-mail address removed)
Date: 12/5/2003 2:39 PM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id: <[email protected]>

Sorry, your answer doesn't do anything. What if my client
emails a higher resolution image to a customer using XP?
Does my client tell my customer they have to go buy a
piece of software to view it? Don't think so.

Tell them to use Irfanview, it's free, it will open almost every image type
known to man and convert between them, and did I mention it's free?
www.irfanview.com
HTH,
John
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
***Arthur C. Clarke***