1pdftoppm(1)                 General Commands Manual                pdftoppm(1)
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NAME

6       pdftoppm - Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Pixmap (PPM) con‐
7       verter (version 3.00)
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SYNOPSIS

10       pdftoppm [options] PDF-file PPM-root
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DESCRIPTION

13       Pdftoppm converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to  color  image
14       files  in Portable Pixmap (PPM) format, grayscale image files in Porta‐
15       ble Graymap (PGM) format, or monochrome image files in Portable  Bitmap
16       (PBM) format.
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18       Pdftoppm reads the PDF file, PDF-file, and writes one PPM file for each
19       page, PPM-root-nnnnnn.ppm, where nnnnnn is the page number.
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CONFIGURATION FILE

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

28       Many  of  the following options can be set with configuration file com‐
29       mands.  These are listed in square brackets with the description of the
30       corresponding command line option.
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32       -f number
33              Specifies the first page to convert.
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36              Specifies the last page to convert.
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38       -r number
39              Specifies the resolution, in DPI.  The default is 150 DPI.
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41       -mono  Generate a monochrome PBM file (instead of a color PPM file).
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43       -gray  Generate a grayscale PGM file (instead of a color PPM file).
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45       -t1lib yes | no
46              Enable  or  disable  t1lib  (a  Type  1  font rasterizer).  This
47              defaults to "yes".  [config file: enableT1lib]
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49       -freetype yes | no
50              Enable or disable FreeType (a TrueType /  Type  1  font  raster‐
51              izer).  This defaults to "yes".  [config file: enableFreeType]
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53       -aa yes | no
54              Enable  or  disable font anti-aliasing.  This defaults to "yes".
55              [config file: antialias]
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57       -opw password
58              Specify the owner password for the  PDF  file.   Providing  this
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62              Specify the user password for the PDF file.
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64       -q     Don't print any messages or errors.  [config file: errQuiet]
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66       -v     Print copyright and version information.
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68       -h     Print usage information.  (-help and --help are equivalent.)
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EXIT CODES

71       The Xpdf tools use the following exit codes:
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73       0      No error.
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75       1      Error opening a PDF file.
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AUTHOR

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

88       xpdf(1),  pdftops(1),  pdftotext(1),  pdfinfo(1),  pdffonts(1),  pdfim‐
89       ages(1), xpdfrc(5)
90       http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
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