NAME¶
pdftoppm - Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Pixmap (PPM) converter
(version 3.00)
SYNOPSIS¶
pdftoppm [options]
PDF-file PPM-root
DESCRIPTION¶
Pdftoppm converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to color image
files in Portable Pixmap (PPM) format, grayscale image files in Portable
Graymap (PGM) format, or monochrome image files in Portable Bitmap (PBM)
format.
Pdftoppm reads the PDF file,
PDF-file, and writes one PPM file for each
page,
PPM-root-
number.ppm, where
number is the page
number.
OPTIONS¶
- -f number
- Specifies the first page to convert.
- -l number
- Specifies the last page to convert.
- -o
- Generates only the odd numbered pages.
- -e
- Generates only the even numbered pages.
- -singlefile
- Writes only the first page and does not add digits.
- -r number
- Specifies the X and Y resolution, in DPI. The default is
150 DPI.
- -rx number
- Specifies the X resolution, in DPI. The default is 150
DPI.
- -ry number
- Specifies the Y resolution, in DPI. The default is 150
DPI.
- -scale-to number
- Scales each page to fit in scale-to*scale-to pixel
box.
- -scale-to-x number
- Scales each page horizontally to fit in scale-to-x
pixels.
- -scale-to-y number
- Scales each page vertically to fit in scale-to-y
pixels.
- -x number
- Specifies the x-coordinate of the crop area top left
corner
- -y number
- Specifies the y-coordinate of the crop area top left
corner
- -W number
- Specifies the width of crop area in pixels (default is
0)
- -H number
- Specifies the height of crop area in pixels (default is
0)
- -sz number
- Specifies the size of crop square in pixels (sets W and
H)
- -cropbox
- Uses the crop box rather than media box when generating the
files
- -mono
- Generate a monochrome PBM file (instead of a color PPM
file).
- -gray
- Generate a grayscale PGM file (instead of a color PPM
file).
- -png
- Generates a PNG file instead a PPM file.
- -jpeg
- Generates a JPEG file instead a PPM file.
- -tiff
- Generates a TIFF file instead a PPM file.
- -tiffcompression none | packbits | jpeg | lzw |
deflate
- Specifies the TIFF compression type. This defaults to
"none".
- -freetype yes | no
- Enable or disable FreeType (a TrueType / Type 1 font
rasterizer). This defaults to "yes".
- -aa yes | no
- Enable or disable font anti-aliasing. This defaults to
"yes".
- -aaVector yes | no
- Enable or disable vector anti-aliasing. This defaults to
"yes".
- -opw password
- Specify the owner password for the PDF file. Providing this
will bypass all security restrictions.
- -upw password
- Specify the user password for the PDF file.
- -q
- Don't print any messages or errors.
- -v
- Print copyright and version information.
- -h
- Print usage information. (-help and --help
are equivalent.)
EXIT CODES¶
The Xpdf tools use the following exit codes:
- 0
- No error.
- 1
- Error opening a PDF file.
- 2
- Error opening an output file.
- 3
- Error related to PDF permissions.
- 99
- Other error.
AUTHOR¶
The pdftoppm software and documentation are copyright 1996-2004 Glyph & Cog,
LLC.
SEE ALSO¶
pdffonts(1),
pdfimages(1),
pdfinfo(1),
pdftocairo(1),
pdftohtml(1),
pdftops(1),
pdftotext(1)
