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pdftopbm

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
BUGS
AUTHOR
SEE ALSO

NAME

pdftopbm ? Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Bitmap (PBM) converter (version 0.91)

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.

?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 1996-2000 Derek B. Noonburg (derekn@foolabs.com).

SEE ALSO

xpdf(1), pdftops(1), pdftotext(1), pdfinfo(1), pdfimages(1)
http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/


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