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pdftoppm - Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Pixmap (PPM) converter (version 3.00)

pdftoppm [options] PDF-file PPM-root

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 - nnnnnn .ppm, where nnnnnnis the page number.

• -f number
      Specifies the first page to convert.
• -l number
      Specifies the last page to convert.
• -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)

-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.

• -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.)

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.

The pdftoppm software and documentation are copyright 1996-2004 Glyph & Cog, LLC.

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