pdftoppm(1)                                           pdftoppm(1)



NAME
       pdftoppm  -  Portable  Document  Format  (PDF) to Portable
       Pixmap (PPM) converter (version 3.00)

SYNOPSIS
       pdftoppm [options] PDF-file PPM-root

DESCRIPTION
       Pdftoppm converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files  to
       color   image  files  in  Portable  Pixmap  (PPM)  format,
       grayscale image files in Portable Graymap (PGM) format, or
       monochrome image files in Portable Bitmap (PBM) format.

       Pdftoppm  reads the PDF file, PDF-file, and writes one PPM
       file for each page, PPM-root-nnnnnn.ppm, where  nnnnnn  is
       the page number.

CONFIGURATION FILE
       Pdftoppm  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 pdftoppm 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 convert.

       -l number
              Specifies the last page to convert.

       -r number
              Specifies  the  resolution, in DPI.  The default is
              150 DPI.

       -mono  Generate a monochrome PBM file (instead of a  color
              PPM file).

       -gray  Generate  a  grayscale PGM file (instead of a color
              PPM file).

       -t1lib yes | no
              Enable or disable t1lib (a Type 1 font rasterizer).
              This defaults to "yes".  [config file: enableT1lib]

       -freetype yes | no
              Enable or disable FreeType (a  TrueType  /  Type  1
              font rasterizer).  This defaults to "yes".  [config
              file: enableFreeType]

       -aa yes | no
              Enable  or  disable   font   anti-aliasing.    This
              defaults to "yes".  [config file: antialias]

       -opw password
              Specify  the  owner  password  for  the  PDF  file.
              Providing this will bypass  all  security  restric-
              tions.

       -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  pdftoppm  software  and  documentation  are copyright
       1996-2004 Glyph & Cog, LLC.

SEE ALSO
       xpdf(1),  pdftops(1),   pdftotext(1),   pdfinfo(1),   pdf-
       fonts(1), pdfimages(1), xpdfrc(5)
       http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/



                         22 January 2004              pdftoppm(1)