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pdftoppm(1)							   pdftoppm(1)

NAME

pdftoppm - Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Pixmap (PPM) con- verter (version 3.03)

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 Porta- ble 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 the long side of each page (width for landscape pages, height for portrait pages) to fit in scale-to pixels. The size of the short side will be determined by the aspect ratio of the page. -scale-to-x number Scales each page horizontally to fit in scale-to-x pixels. If scale-to-y is set to -1, the vertical size will determined by the aspect ratio of the page. -scale-to-y number Scales each page vertically to fit in scale-to-y pixels. If scale-to-x is set to -1, the horizontal size will determined by the aspect ratio of the page. -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 raster- izer). This defaults to "yes". -thinlinemode none | solid | shape Specifies the thin line mode. This defaults to "none". "solid": adjust lines with a width less than one pixel to pixel boundary and paint it with a width of one pixel. "shape": adjust lines with a width less than one pixel to pixel boundary and paint it with a width of one pixel but with a shape in pro- portion to its width. -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 1996-2011 Glyph & Cog, LLC.

SEE ALSO

pdfdetach(1), pdffonts(1), pdfimages(1), pdfinfo(1), pdftocairo(1), pdftohtml(1), pdftops(1), pdftotext(1) 15 August 2011 pdftoppm(1)

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