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 writes several 8-bit TIFF recipes, including RGB or CMYK structures with selectable white and varnish planes. Validate the exact recipe rather than generalising from the extension.