pdftopng(1)

1pdftopng(1)                 General Commands Manual                pdftopng(1)
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NAME

6       pdftopng  - Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Network Graphics
7       (PNG) converter (version 4.04)
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SYNOPSIS

10       pdftopng [options] PDF-file PNG-root
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DESCRIPTION

13       Pdftopng converts  Portable  Document  Format  (PDF)  files  to  color,
14       grayscale, or monochrome image files in Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
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17       Pdftopng reads the PDF file, PDF-file, and writes one PNG file for each
18       page,  PNG-root-nnnnnn.png,  where  nnnnnn is the page number.  If PNG-
19       root is ´-', the image is sent to stdout (this is probably only  useful
20       when converting a single page).
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CONFIGURATION FILE

23       Pdftopng reads a configuration file at startup.  It first tries to find
24       the user's private config file, ~/.xpdfrc.  If that doesn't  exist,  it
25       looks  for  a  system-wide config file, typically /etc/xpdfrc (but this
26       location can be changed when pdftopng is built).  See the xpdfrc(5) man
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OPTIONS

30       Many  of  the following options can be set with configuration file com‐
31       mands.  These are listed in square brackets with the description of the
32       corresponding command line option.
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34       -f number
35              Specifies the first page to convert.
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38              Specifies the last page to convert.
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40       -r number
41              Specifies the resolution, in DPI.  The default is 150 DPI.
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43       -mono  Generate a monochrome image (instead of a color image).
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45       -gray  Generate a grayscale image (instead of a color image).
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47       -alpha Generate  an alpha channel in the PNG file.  This is only useful
48              with PDF files that have been  constructed  with  a  transparent
49              background.  The -alpha flag cannot be used with -mono.
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51       -rot angle
52              Rotate pages by 0 (the default), 90, 180, or 270 degrees.
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54       -freetype yes | no
55              Enable  or  disable  FreeType  (a TrueType / Type 1 font raster‐
56              izer).  This defaults to "yes".  [config file: enableFreeType]
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58       -aa yes | no
59              Enable or disable font anti-aliasing.  This defaults  to  "yes".
60              [config file: antialias]
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62       -aaVector yes | no
63              Enable or disable vector anti-aliasing.  This defaults to "yes".
64              [config file: vectorAntialias]
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66       -opw password
67              Specify the owner password for the  PDF  file.   Providing  this
68              will bypass all security restrictions.
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70       -upw password
71              Specify the user password for the PDF file.
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73       -verbose
74              Print  a status message (to stdout) before processing each page.
75              [config file: printStatusInfo]
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77       -q     Don't print any messages or errors.  [config file: errQuiet]
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79       -v     Print copyright and version information.
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81       -h     Print usage information.  (-help and --help are equivalent.)
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EXIT CODES

84       The Xpdf tools use the following exit codes:
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86       0      No error.
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88       1      Error opening a PDF file.
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AUTHOR

97       The pdftopng software and documentation are copyright 1996-2022 Glyph &
98       Cog, LLC.
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