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pdftocairo — Convert PDF files to PNG/JPEG/TIFF/PDF/PS/EPS/SVG using cairo. More information: <https://manned.org

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Problem

How to use the pdftocairo command: Convert PDF files to PNG/JPEG/TIFF/PDF/PS/EPS/SVG using cairo. More information: <https://manned.org/pdftocairo>.

Solution

pdftocairo — Convert PDF files to PNG/JPEG/TIFF/PDF/PS/EPS/SVG using cairo. More information: <https://manned.org/pdftocairo>.

Convert a PDF file to JPEG:

pdftocairo {{path/to/file.pdf}} -jpeg

Convert to PDF expanding the output to fill the paper:

pdftocairo {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{output.pdf}} -pdf -expand

Convert to SVG specifying the first/last page to convert:

pdftocairo {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{output.svg}} -svg -f {{first_page}} -l {{last_page}}

Convert to PNG with 200ppi resolution:

pdftocairo {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{output.png}} -png -r 200

Convert to grayscale TIFF setting paper size to A3:

pdftocairo {{path/to/file.pdf}} -tiff -gray -paper A3

Convert to PNG cropping x and y pixels from the top-left corner:

pdftocairo {{path/to/file.pdf}} -png -x {{x_pixels}} -y {{y_pixels}}

Code Snippets

Convert a PDF file to JPEG

pdftocairo {{path/to/file.pdf}} -jpeg

Convert to PDF expanding the output to fill the paper

pdftocairo {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{output.pdf}} -pdf -expand

Convert to SVG specifying the first/last page to convert

pdftocairo {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{output.svg}} -svg -f {{first_page}} -l {{last_page}}

Convert to PNG with 200ppi resolution

pdftocairo {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{output.png}} -png -r 200

Convert to grayscale TIFF setting paper size to A3

pdftocairo {{path/to/file.pdf}} -tiff -gray -paper A3

Context

tldr-pages: common/pdftocairo

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