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pdftopbm ? Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Bitmap (PBM) converter (version 0.91) |
pdftopbm [options] PDF-file PBM-root |
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. |
?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. |
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?v |
Print copyright and version information. |
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?h |
Print usage information. (?help is equivalent.) |
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. |
The pdftopbm software and documentation are copyright 1996-2000 Derek B. Noonburg (derekn@foolabs.com). |
xpdf(1), pdftops(1), pdftotext(1),
pdfinfo(1), pdfimages(1) |