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pdftops(1)							    pdftops(1)

NAME
       pdftops	- Portable Document Format (PDF) to PostScript converter (ver‐
       sion 3.00)

SYNOPSIS
       pdftops [options] [PDF-file [PS-file]]

DESCRIPTION
       Pdftops converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to PostScript  so
       they can be printed.

       Pdftops reads the PDF file, PDF-file, and writes a PostScript file, PS-
       file.  If PS-file  is  not  specified,  pdftops	converts  file.pdf  to
       file.ps	(or  file.eps  with  the -eps option).	If PS-file is ´-', the
       PostScript is sent to stdout.

CONFIGURATION FILE
       Pdftops reads a configuration file at startup.  It first tries to  find
       the  user's  private config file, ~/.xpdfrc.  If that doesn't exist, it
       looks  for  a  system-wide  config  file,  /etc/xpdf/xpdfrc.   See  the
       xpdfrc(5) man page for details.

OPTIONS
       Many  of	 the following options can be set with configuration file com‐
       mands.  These are listed in square brackets with the description of the
       corresponding command line option.

       -f number
	      Specifies the first page to print.

       -l number
	      Specifies the last page to print.

       -level1
	      Generate	Level  1  PostScript.	The resulting PostScript files
	      will be significantly larger (if they contain images), but  will
	      print  on	 Level	1  printers.  This also converts all images to
	      black and white.	No more	 than  one  of	the  PostScript	 level
	      options  (-level1,  -level1sep,  -level2,	 -level2sep,  -level3,
	      -level3Sep) may be given.	 [config file: psLevel]

       -level1sep
	      Generate Level 1 separable PostScript.  All colors are converted
	      to  CMYK.	  Images are written with separate stream data for the
	      four components.	[config file: psLevel]

       -level2
	      Generate Level 2 PostScript.  Level 2 supports color images  and
	      image  compression.  This is the default setting.	 [config file:
	      psLevel]

       -level2sep
	      Generate Level 2 separable PostScript.  All colors are converted
	      to  CMYK.	  The  PostScript  separation convention operators are
	      used to handle custom (spot) colors.  [config file: psLevel]

       -level3
	      Generate Level 3 PostScript.  This enables all Level 2  features
	      plus CID font embedding.	[config file: psLevel]

       -level3Sep
	      Generate	Level 3 separable PostScript.  The separation handling
	      is the same as for -level2Sep.  [config file: psLevel]

       -eps   Generate an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)	 file.	 An  EPS  file
	      contains a single image, so if you use this option with a multi-
	      page PDF file, you must use -f and -l to specify a single	 page.
	      No more than one of the mode options (-eps, -form) may be given.

       -form  Generate	a  PostScript  form  which can be imported by software
	      that understands forms.  A form contains a single	 page,	so  if
	      you  use this option with a multi-page PDF file, you must use -f
	      and -l to specify a single page.	The -level1 option  cannot  be
	      used with -form.

       -opi   Generate	OPI  comments  for all images and forms which have OPI
	      information.  (This option is only available if pdftops was com‐
	      piled with OPI support.)	[config file: psOPI]

       -noembt1
	      By  default, any Type 1 fonts which are embedded in the PDF file
	      are copied into the PostScript file.  This option causes pdftops
	      to  substitute  base  fonts  instead.  Embedded fonts make Post‐
	      Script files larger, but may be necessary for  readable  output.
	      [config file: psEmbedType1Fonts]

       -noembtt
	      By  default,  any	 TrueType  fonts which are embedded in the PDF
	      file are copied into the PostScript file.	  This	option	causes
	      pdftops  to  substitute base fonts instead.  Embedded fonts make
	      PostScript files larger, but may be necessary for readable  out‐
	      put.   Also,  some  PostScript interpreters do not have TrueType
	      rasterizers.  [config file: psEmbedTrueTypeFonts]

       -noembcidps
	      By default, any CID PostScript fonts which are embedded  in  the
	      PDF  file are copied into the PostScript file.  This option dis‐
	      ables that embedding.  No attempt is made to substitute for non-
	      embedded	 CID  PostScript  fonts.   [config  file:  psEmbedCID‐
	      PostScriptFonts]

       -noembcidtt
	      By default, any CID TrueType fonts which are embedded in the PDF
	      file  are copied into the PostScript file.  This option disables
	      that embedding.  No attempt is made to substitute for non-embed‐
	      ded CID TrueType fonts.  [config file: psEmbedCIDTrueTypeFonts]

       -paper size
	      Set  the	paper size to one of "letter", "legal", "A4", or "A3".
	      This can also be set to "match", which will set the  paper  size
	      to  match	 the  size  specified  in the PDF file.	 [config file:
	      psPaperSize]

       -paperw size
	      Set the paper width, in points.  [config file: psPaperSize]

       -paperh size
	      Set the paper height, in points.	[config file: psPaperSize]

       -nocrop
	      By default, output is cropped to the CropBox  specified  in  the
	      PDF file.	 This option disables cropping.	 [config file: psCrop]

       -expand
	      Expand  PDF  pages smaller than the paper to fill the paper.  By
	      default, these pages are not scaled.  [config  file:  psExpandS‐
	      maller]

       -noshrink
	      Don't  scale  PDF	 pages	which  are  larger than the paper.  By
	      default, pages larger than the paper are shrunk to fit.  [config
	      file: psShrinkLarger]

       -nocenter
	      By default, PDF pages smaller than the paper (after any scaling)
	      are centered on the  paper.   This  option  causes  them	to  be
	      aligned  to the lower-left corner of the paper instead.  [config
	      file: psCenter]

       -duplex
	      Set the Duplex pagedevice entry in the  PostScript  file.	  This
	      tells  duplex-capable  printers  to  enable  duplexing.  [config
	      file: psDuplex]

       -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.  [config file: errQuiet]

       -cfg config-file
	      Read config-file in place of ~/.xpdfrc or the system-wide config
	      file.

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

SEE ALSO
       xpdf(1),	 pdftotext(1),	pdfinfo(1),  pdffonts(1),  pdftoppm(1), pdfim‐
       ages(1), xpdfrc(5)
       http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/

				22 January 2004			    pdftops(1)
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