pdftoppm(1)pdftoppm(1)NAMEpdftoppm - Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Pixmap (PPM) con‐
verter (version 3.00)
SYNOPSISpdftoppm [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 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 raster‐
izer). 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 ALSOpdffonts(1), pdfimages(1), pdfinfo(1), pdftocairo(1), pdftohtml(1),
pdftops(1), pdftotext(1)
22 January 2004 pdftoppm(1)
