import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;


public class ImagingIssue {

    public static void main(String[] args)
            throws Exception {
        ImageIO.scanForPlugins();
        Thread.sleep(10000);

        final File inputFile = new File("/home/vinayb/Downloads/gs/img/page.tif"); //doesn't work
//            final File inputFile = new File("/home/vinayb/Downloads/gs/img/trump.tif"); //works
        final File outputFile = new File("/home/vinayb/Downloads/gs/img/out.tif");
        if (outputFile.exists()) {
            outputFile.delete();
        }
        final OutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(outputFile);

        final BufferedImage inputImage = ImageIO.read(inputFile); //========> fails here

        final BufferedImage outputImage = new BufferedImage(inputImage.getWidth(), inputImage.getHeight(), inputImage.getType());

        final Graphics2D g = outputImage.createGraphics();
        g.drawImage(inputImage, null, null);
        ImageIO.write(outputImage, "tif", outputStream);
        inputImage.flush();
        outputImage.flush();
        outputStream.close();
        g.dispose();
    }
}