1pdftoppm(1) General Commands Manual pdftoppm(1)
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6 pdftoppm - Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Pixmap (PPM) con‐
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10 pdftoppm [options] PDF-file PPM-root
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13 Pdftoppm converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to color image
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18 Pdftoppm reads the PDF file, PDF-file, and writes one PPM file for each
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22 -f number
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29 Specifies the X and Y resolution, in DPI. The default is 150
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36 Specifies the Y resolution, in DPI. The default is 150 DPI.
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39 Scales each page to fit in scale-to*scale-to pixel box.
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69 Enable or disable FreeType (a TrueType / Type 1 font raster‐
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73 Enable or disable font anti-aliasing. This defaults to "yes".
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76 Enable or disable vector anti-aliasing. This defaults to "yes".
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78 -opw password
79 Specify the owner password for the PDF file. Providing this
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83 Specify the user password for the PDF file.
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85 -q Don't print any messages or errors.
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89 -h Print usage information. (-help and --help are equivalent.)
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105 The pdftoppm software and documentation are copyright 1996-2004 Glyph &
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109 pdftops(1), pdftotext(1), pdfinfo(1), pdffonts(1), pdfimages(1),
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