DTF Glossary
TIFF
TIFF is a tag-based raster container that can represent several colour models, bit depths, compression schemes, metadata fields, alpha, and additional planes. “TIFF” therefore does not identify one production structure. A DTF handoff must declare dimensions, density, primary colour, channel count, spot names, polarity, compression, and reader compatibility.
In practice
Stored file size is not decoded raster size. Compression can shrink the container while every pixel and channel still has to be expanded in memory by the receiving application.
NestSheet’s current Production DTF preset writes an 8-bit TIFF with CMYK colour and one W1 white channel at 300 dpi, mirrored for MainTOP. Record the sheet dimensions and selected choke with the production file.