What is the difference between the graphic formats PDF and TIFF?
PDF, developed by Adobe Systems, Inc., stands for Portable Document Format. PDF has become a de facto standard for the exchange of electronic documents and forms. It preserves the fonts, images, graphics, and layout of any source document, regardless of how the original document was created. PDF files can be shared, viewed, and printed with a viewer application, available free from Adobe Systems. Documents also can be converted to PDF using Adobe Systems software products. PDFs are compatible with a wide range of hardware and software platforms, and are fully searchable when scanned as “image and text.” TIFF (“Tagged Image File Format”) is an electronic copy of a paper document that contains no embedded fonts, images, and graphics. TIFFs are supported by all major imaging, EDD, and litigation support service providers. The text contents of OCR’d TIFFs are fully searchable, although the accuracy of searches depends upon the condition of the original documents, the quality of the imaging
