pdfimages(1)pdfimages(1)NAMEpdfimages - Portable Document Format (PDF) image extractor
(version 2.02)
SYNOPSISpdfimages [options] PDF-file image-root
DESCRIPTION
Pdfimages saves images from a Portable Document Format
(PDF) file as Portable Pixmap (PPM), Portable Bitmap
(PBM), or JPEG files.
Pdfimages reads the PDF file, scans one or more pages,
PDF-file, and writes one PPM, PBM, or JPEG file for each
image, image-root-nnn.xxx, where nnn is the image number
and xxx is the image type (.ppm, .pbm, .jpg).
CONFIGURATION FILE
Pdfimages reads a configuration file at startup. It first
tries to find the user's private config file, ~/.xpdfrc.
If that doesn't exist, it looks for a system-wide config
file, typically /usr/local/etc/xpdfrc (but this location
can be changed when pdfimages is built). See the
xpdfrc(5) man page for details.
OPTIONS
Many of the following options can be set with configura-
tion file commands. These are listed in square brackets
with the description of the corresponding command line
option.
-f number
Specifies the first page to scan.
-l number
Specifies the last page to scan.
-j Normally, all images are written as PBM (for
monochrome images) or PPM (for non-monochrome
images) files. With this option, images in DCT
format are saved as JPEG files. All non-DCT images
are saved in PBM/PPM format as usual.
-opw password
Specify the owner password for the PDF file. Pro-
viding this will bypass all security restrictions.
-upw password
Specify the user password for the PDF file.
-q Don't print any messages or errors. [config file:
errQuiet]
-v Print copyright and version information.
-h Print usage information. (-help and --help are
equivalent.)
EXIT CODES
The Xpdf tools use the following exit codes:
0 No error.
1 Error opening a PDF file.
2 Error opening an output file.
3 Error related to PDF permissions.
99 Other error.
AUTHOR
The pdfimages software and documentation are copyright
1998-2003 Glyph & Cog, LLC.
SEE ALSOxpdf(1), pdftops(1), pdftotext(1), pdfinfo(1), pdf-
fonts(1), pdftopbm(1), xpdfrc(5)
http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
24 March 2003 pdfimages(1)