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pdftopbm − Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Bitmap (PBM) converter (version 0.91) |
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pdftopbm [options] PDF-file PBM-root |
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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. |
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−f number |
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Specifies the first page to convert. |
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−l number |
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Specifies the last page to convert. |
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−r number |
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Specifies the resolution, in DPI. The default is 150 DPI. |
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−upw password |
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Specify the user password for the PDF file. |
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−q |
Don’t print any messages or errors. |
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−v |
Print copyright and version information. |
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−h |
Print usage information. (−help is equivalent.) |
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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. |
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The pdftopbm software and documentation are copyright 1996-2000 Derek B. Noonburg (derekn@foolabs.com). |
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xpdf(1), pdftops(1), pdftotext(1),
pdfinfo(1), pdfimages(1) |