diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 456c5108d..8eb068dc3 100755
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -111,4 +111,5 @@
 	  and command can be executed numerous times.  Add a new verify command
 	  that will write to a register, read from register, and verify that
 	  returned value.
-	* apps/graphics/tiff:  Add a library that can be used to create TIFF files.
\ No newline at end of file
+	* apps/graphics/tiff:  Add a library that can be used to create TIFF files.
+	* apps/examples/tiff:  Add a unit test for the TIFF file creation logic
diff --git a/examples/README.txt b/examples/README.txt
index 027b0a669..5252a40c4 100644
--- a/examples/README.txt
+++ b/examples/README.txt
@@ -735,10 +735,26 @@ examples/tiff
 
   This is a simple unit test for the TIFF creation library at apps/graphic/tiff.
   It is configured to work in the Linux user-mode simulation and has not been
-  tested in any other environment.
+  tested in any other environment.  Since the example also depends on some
+  other logic to mount a file system, currently it will only work as an NSH
+  built-on, i.e., if the following is defined:
 
-  At a miniumum, you would probably have to change the hard-coded pathes to
-  the TIFF files defined in the example to run in an embedded platform.
+    CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
+    CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TIFF_BUILTIN=y
+
+  At a miniumum, to run in an embedded environment, you will probably have to
+  change the configured paths to the TIFF files defined in the example.
+
+    CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TIFF_OUTFILE - Name of the resulting TIFF file.  Default is
+       "/tmp/result.tif"
+    CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TIFF_TMPFILE1/2 - Names of two temporaries files that
+      will be used in the file creation.  Defaults are "/tmp/tmpfile1.dat" and
+      "/tmp/tmpfile2.dat"
+
+  The following must also be defined in your appconfig file:
+
+    CONFIGURED_APPS += examples/tiff
+    CONFIGURED_APPS += graphics/tiff
 
 examples/udp
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/examples/tiff/Makefile b/examples/tiff/Makefile
index bbe168683..045508d14 100644
--- a/examples/tiff/Makefile
+++ b/examples/tiff/Makefile
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ $(COBJS): %$(OBJEXT): %.c
 	@touch .built
 
 .context:
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_EXAMPLES_USBSTRG_BUILTIN),y)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TIFF_BUILTIN),y)
 	$(call REGISTER,$(APPNAME),$(PRIORITY),$(STACKSIZE),$(APPNAME)_main)
 	@touch $@
 endif
diff --git a/examples/tiff/tiff_main.c b/examples/tiff/tiff_main.c
index 279c9324d..0c8f2bb94 100644
--- a/examples/tiff/tiff_main.c
+++ b/examples/tiff/tiff_main.c
@@ -48,6 +48,34 @@
 /****************************************************************************
  * Pre-Processor Definitions
  ****************************************************************************/
+/* Configuration ************************************************************/
+/* This is a simple unit test for the TIFF creation library at apps/graphic/tiff.
+ * It is configured to work in the Linux user-mode simulation and has not been
+ * tested in any other environment.  Since the example also depends on some
+ * other logic to mount a file system, currently it will only work as an NSH
+ * built-on, i.e., if the following is defined:
+ *
+ *   CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
+ *   CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TIFF_BUILTIN=y
+ *
+ * Other configuration options:
+ *
+ *  CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TIFF_OUTFILE - Name of the resulting TIFF file
+ *  CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TIFF_TMPFILE1/2 - Names of two temporaries files that
+ *    will be used in the file creation.
+ */
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TIFF_OUTFILE
+#  define CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TIFF_OUTFILE "/tmp/result.tif"
+#endif
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TIFF_TMPFILE1
+#  define CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TIFF_TMPFILE1 "/tmp/tmpfile1.dat"
+#endif
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TIFF_TMPFILE2
+#  define CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TIFF_TMPFILE2 "/tmp/tmpfile2.dat"
+#endif
 
 /****************************************************************************
  * Private Types
@@ -95,9 +123,9 @@ int MAIN_NAME(int argc, char *argv[])
   /* Configure the interface structure */
 
   memset(&info, 0, sizeof(struct tiff_info_s));
-  info.outfile   = "result.tif";
-  info.tmpfile1  = "tmpfile1.dat";
-  info.tmpfile2  = "tmpfile2.dat";
+  info.outfile   = CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TIFF_OUTFILE;
+  info.tmpfile1  = CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TIFF_TMPFILE1;
+  info.tmpfile2  = CONFIG_EXAMPLES_TIFF_TMPFILE2;
   info.colorfmt  = FB_FMT_RGB24;
   info.rps       = 1;
   info.imgwidth  = 256;
@@ -118,6 +146,7 @@ int MAIN_NAME(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   for (green = 0, ptr = strip; green < 256; green++)
     {
+      ptr = strip;
       for (blue = 0; blue < 256; blue++)
         {
           *ptr++ = (green + blue) >> 1;
@@ -138,7 +167,7 @@ int MAIN_NAME(int argc, char *argv[])
   ret = tiff_finalize(&info);
   if (ret < 0)
     {
-      printf("tiff_initialize() failed: %d\n", ret);
+      printf("tiff_finalize() failed: %d\n", ret);
       exit(1);
     }
   return 0;
diff --git a/graphics/tiff/tiff_addstrip.c b/graphics/tiff/tiff_addstrip.c
index 165eec5ae..fa2a50e72 100644
--- a/graphics/tiff/tiff_addstrip.c
+++ b/graphics/tiff/tiff_addstrip.c
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ int tiff_convstrip(FAR struct tiff_info_s *info, FAR const uint8_t *strip)
   /* Flush any buffer data to tmpfile2 */
 
   ret = tiff_write(info->tmp2fd, info->iobuffer, nbytes);
-  DEBUGASSERT(ntotal == info->bps);
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_GRAPHICS
+  ASSERT(ntotal == info->bps);
+#endif
   return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/graphics/tiff/tiff_finalize.c b/graphics/tiff/tiff_finalize.c
index 18aac9765..9526121a5 100644
--- a/graphics/tiff/tiff_finalize.c
+++ b/graphics/tiff/tiff_finalize.c
@@ -88,18 +88,22 @@ static int tiff_readifdentry(int fd, off_t offset,
                              FAR struct tiff_ifdentry_s *ifdentry)
 {
   off_t newoffs;
+  ssize_t nbytes;
 
   /* Seek to the read position */
 
-  newoffs = lseek(fd, SEEK_SET, offset);
+  newoffs = lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
   if (newoffs == (off_t)-1)
     {
       return -errno;
     }
  
-    /* Then read the IFD entry */
+  /* Then read the IFD entry.  Anything returned by tiff_read other than the
+   * size of the IFD entry would be an error.
+   */
 
-  return tiff_read(fd, ifdentry, SIZEOF_IFD_ENTRY);
+  nbytes = tiff_read(fd, ifdentry, SIZEOF_IFD_ENTRY);
+  return nbytes == SIZEOF_IFD_ENTRY ? OK : -ENOSPC;
 }
 
 /****************************************************************************
@@ -125,7 +129,7 @@ static int tiff_writeifdentry(int fd, off_t offset,
 
   /* Seek to the write position */
 
-  newoffs = lseek(fd, SEEK_SET, offset);
+  newoffs = lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
   if (newoffs == (off_t)-1)
     {
       return -errno;
@@ -247,9 +251,9 @@ int tiff_finalize(FAR struct tiff_info_s *info)
       goto errout;
     }
 
-  /* Seek to the beginning of tmpfile2 */
+  /* Revind to the beginning of tmpfile1 */
 
-  offset = lseek(info->tmp2fd, SEEK_SET, 0);
+  offset = lseek(info->tmp1fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
   if (offset == (off_t)-1)
     {
       ret = -errno;
@@ -258,14 +262,14 @@ int tiff_finalize(FAR struct tiff_info_s *info)
 
   /* Seek to the end of the outfile */
 
-  ret = lseek(info->outfd, SEEK_END, 0);
+  ret = lseek(info->outfd, 0, SEEK_END);
   if (offset == (off_t)-1)
     {
       ret = -errno;
       goto errout;
     }
 
-  /* Now read strip offset data from tmpfile2, update the offsets, and write
+  /* Now read strip offset data from tmpfile1, update the offsets, and write
    * the updated offsets to the outfile.
    */
 
@@ -277,6 +281,7 @@ int tiff_finalize(FAR struct tiff_info_s *info)
   for (i = 0; i < info->nstrips; )
     {
       size_t noffsets;
+      ssize_t nbytes;
 
       /* Read a group of up to 32-bit values */
 
@@ -286,8 +291,13 @@ int tiff_finalize(FAR struct tiff_info_s *info)
           noffsets = maxoffsets;
         }
 
-      ret = tiff_read(info->tmp1fd, info->iobuffer, noffsets << 2);
-      if (ret <= 0)
+      nbytes = tiff_read(info->tmp1fd, info->iobuffer, noffsets << 2);
+
+      /* If an error occurs or we fail to read exactly this number of
+       * bytes, then something bad happened.
+       */
+
+      if (nbytes != noffsets << 2)
         {
           goto errout;
         }
@@ -305,7 +315,7 @@ int tiff_finalize(FAR struct tiff_info_s *info)
 
       /* Then write the corrected offsets to the outfile */
 
-      ret = tiff_write(info->outfd, info->iobuffer, noffsets << 2);
+      ret = tiff_write(info->outfd, info->iobuffer, nbytes);
       if (ret < 0)
         {
           goto errout;
@@ -315,14 +325,22 @@ int tiff_finalize(FAR struct tiff_info_s *info)
 
       i     += noffsets;
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_GRAPHICS
-      total += noffsets << 2;
+      total += nbytes;
 #endif
-
     }
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_GRAPHICS
   ASSERT(total == info->tmp1size);
 #endif
 
+  /* Rewind to the beginning of tmpfile2 */
+
+  offset = lseek(info->tmp2fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
+  if (offset == (off_t)-1)
+    {
+      ret = -errno;
+      goto errout;
+    }
+
   /* Finally, copy the tmpfile2 to the end of the outfile */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_GRAPHICS
@@ -335,12 +353,15 @@ int tiff_finalize(FAR struct tiff_info_s *info)
       /* Read a block of data from tmpfile2 */
 
       nbytes = tiff_read(info->tmp2fd, info->iobuffer, info->iosize);
+
+      /* Check for tead errors and for end-of-file */
+
       if (nbytes < 0)
         {
           ret = (int)nbytes;
           goto errout;
         }
-      else if (ret == 0)
+      else if (nbytes == 0)
         {
           break;
         }
diff --git a/graphics/tiff/tiff_initialize.c b/graphics/tiff/tiff_initialize.c
index bc275ebdf..a7194d552 100644
--- a/graphics/tiff/tiff_initialize.c
+++ b/graphics/tiff/tiff_initialize.c
@@ -635,11 +635,11 @@ int tiff_initialize(FAR struct tiff_info_s *info)
 
   if (IMGFLAGS_ISRGB(info->imgflags))
     {
-      val16 = TAG_PMI_BLACK;
+      val16 = TAG_PMI_RGB;
     }
   else
     {
-      val16 = TAG_PMI_RGB;
+      val16 = TAG_PMI_BLACK;
     }
 
   ret = tiff_putifdentry16(info, IFD_TAG_PMI, IFD_FIELD_SHORT, 1, val16);
@@ -750,7 +750,6 @@ int tiff_initialize(FAR struct tiff_info_s *info)
    * RGB:             Offset 168 Count, Hard-coded "NuttX"
    */
 
-  tiff_checkoffs(offset, info->filefmt->sbcifdoffset);
   ret = tiff_putifdentry(info, IFD_TAG_SOFTWARE, IFD_FIELD_ASCII, TIFF_SOFTWARE_STRLEN, info->filefmt->swoffset);
   if (ret < 0)
     {
@@ -765,7 +764,6 @@ int tiff_initialize(FAR struct tiff_info_s *info)
    * RGB:             Offset 180 Count, Format "YYYY:MM:DD HH:MM:SS"
    */
 
-  tiff_checkoffs(offset, info->filefmt->sbcifdoffset);
   ret = tiff_putifdentry(info, IFD_TAG_DATETIME, IFD_FIELD_ASCII, TIFF_DATETIME_STRLEN, info->filefmt->dateoffset);
   if (ret < 0)
     {
@@ -830,6 +828,24 @@ int tiff_initialize(FAR struct tiff_info_s *info)
     }
   tiff_offset(offset, 8);
 
+  /* Write RGB BitsPerSample Data:
+   *
+   * Bi-level Images: N/A
+   * Greyscale:       N/A
+   * RGB:             Offset 212 BitsPerSample (8,8,8)
+   *                  Offset 218  [2 bytes padding]
+   */
+
+  if (IMGFLAGS_ISRGB(info->imgflags))
+    {
+      tiff_checkoffs(offset, TIFF_RGB_BPSOFFSET);
+      tiff_putint16(info->outfd, 8);
+      tiff_putint16(info->outfd, 8);
+      tiff_putint16(info->outfd, 8);
+      tiff_putint16(info->outfd, 0);
+      tiff_offset(offset, 8);
+    }
+
   /* Write the Software string:
    *
    *
@@ -838,7 +854,7 @@ int tiff_initialize(FAR struct tiff_info_s *info)
    * RGB:             Offset 220, Hard-coded "NuttX"
    */
    
-  tiff_checkoffs(offset, info->filefmt->xresoffset);
+  tiff_checkoffs(offset, info->filefmt->swoffset);
   ret = tiff_putstring(info->outfd, TIFF_SOFTWARE_STRING, TIFF_SOFTWARE_STRLEN);
   if (ret < 0)
     {
diff --git a/graphics/tiff/tiff_internal.h b/graphics/tiff/tiff_internal.h
index bfc2a0253..5596122fa 100644
--- a/graphics/tiff/tiff_internal.h
+++ b/graphics/tiff/tiff_internal.h
@@ -108,11 +108,12 @@ extern "C" {
  *   count - The number of bytes to write
  *
  * Returned Value:
- *   Zero (OK) on success.  A negated errno value on failure.
+ *   On success, then number of bytes read; Zero is returned on EOF.
+ *   Otherwise, a negated errno value on failure.
  *
  ****************************************************************************/
 
-EXTERN int tiff_read(int fd, FAR void *buffer, size_t count);
+EXTERN ssize_t tiff_read(int fd, FAR void *buffer, size_t count);
 
 /****************************************************************************
  * Name: tiff_write
diff --git a/graphics/tiff/tiff_utils.c b/graphics/tiff/tiff_utils.c
index 264219520..66599db8b 100644
--- a/graphics/tiff/tiff_utils.c
+++ b/graphics/tiff/tiff_utils.c
@@ -144,12 +144,14 @@ uint32_t tiff_get32(FAR uint8_t *src)
  *   count - The number of bytes to write
  *
  * Returned Value:
- *   Zero (OK) on success.  A negated errno value on failure.
+ *   On success, then number of bytes read; Zero is returned on EOF.
+ *   Otherwise, a negated errno value on failure.
  *
  ****************************************************************************/
 
-int tiff_read(int fd, FAR void *buffer, size_t count)
+ssize_t tiff_read(int fd, FAR void *buffer, size_t count)
 {
+  size_t  ntotal;
   ssize_t nbytes;
   int errval;
 
@@ -157,11 +159,14 @@ int tiff_read(int fd, FAR void *buffer, size_t count)
    * or (2) until an irrecoverble error occurs.
    */
 
-  while (count > 0)
+  for (ntotal = 0; ntotal < count; )
     {
-      /* Do the read */
+      /* Do the read.  The number of bytes left to read is the total
+       * requested size (count) minus the amount that we have alread read
+       * (ntotal).
+       */
 
-      nbytes = read(fd, buffer, count);
+      nbytes = read(fd, buffer, count-ntotal);
 
       /* Check for an error */
 
@@ -180,17 +185,26 @@ int tiff_read(int fd, FAR void *buffer, size_t count)
             }
         }
 
-      /* What if read returns some number of bytes other than the requested number? */
+      /* Zero is a special case and means that the end of file was encountered. */
+
+      else if (nbytes == 0)
+        {
+          break;
+        }
+
+      /* What if read returns some number of bytes other than the requested number?
+       * This probably means that the end-of-file will be encountered the next time
+       * that we call read().
+       */
 
       else
         {
-          DEBUGASSERT(nbytes < count && nbytes != 0);
           buffer += nbytes;
-          count  -= nbytes;
+          ntotal += nbytes;
         }
     }
 
-  return OK;
+  return ntotal;
 }
 
 /****************************************************************************
@@ -245,7 +259,7 @@ int tiff_write(int fd, FAR const void *buffer, size_t count)
 
       else
         {
-          DEBUGASSERT(nbytes < count && nbytes != 0);
+          DEBUGASSERT(nbytes == count);
           buffer += nbytes;
           count  -= nbytes;
         }