pdftopbm
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 25 Oct 2001
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NAME
pdftopbm - Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Bitmap (PBM)
converter (version 0.93)
SYNOPSIS
pdftopbm
[options]
PDF-file PBM-root
DESCRIPTION
Pdftopbm
converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to black-and-white image
files in Portable Bitmap (PBM) format.
Pdftopbm reads the PDF file,
PDF-file,
and writes one PBM file for each page,
PBM-root-nnnnnn.pbm,
where
nnnnnn
is the page number.
OPTIONS
- -f number
-
Specifies the first page to convert.
- -l number
-
Specifies the last page to convert.
- -r number
-
Specifies the resolution, in DPI. The default is 150 DPI.
- -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
is equivalent.)
BUGS
Pdftopbm uses X to do the rendering, so it is limited by the
capabilities and performance of the X server. In particular,
high-resolution output requires lots of memory. Also, non-scalable
fonts will not look great.
AUTHOR
The pdftopbm software and documentation are copyright 1996-2001 Derek
B. Noonburg (derekn@foolabs.com).
SEE ALSO
xpdf(1),
pdftops(1),
pdftotext(1),
pdfinfo(1),
pdfimages(1)
http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- BUGS
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- AUTHOR
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- SEE ALSO
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