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pdftoppm — Convert PDF document pages to portable Pixmap (image formats). More information: <https://manned.org
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pdftoppm command: Convert PDF document pages to portable Pixmap (image formats). More information: <https://manned.org/pdftoppm>.Solution
pdftoppm — Convert PDF document pages to portable Pixmap (image formats). More information: <https://manned.org/pdftoppm>.Specify the range of pages to convert (
n - first page, m - last page):pdftoppm -f {{n}} -l {{m}} {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{image_name_prefix}}Convert only the first page of a PDF:
pdftoppm -singlefile {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{image_name_prefix}}Generate a monochrome PBM file (instead of a color PPM file):
pdftoppm -mono {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{image_name_prefix}}Generate a grayscale PGM file (instead of a color PPM file):
pdftoppm -gray {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{image_name_prefix}}Generate a PNG file instead a PPM file:
pdftoppm -png {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{image_name_prefix}}Code Snippets
Specify the range of pages to convert (`n` - first page, `m` - last page)
pdftoppm -f {{n}} -l {{m}} {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{image_name_prefix}}Convert only the first page of a PDF
pdftoppm -singlefile {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{image_name_prefix}}Generate a monochrome PBM file (instead of a color PPM file)
pdftoppm -mono {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{image_name_prefix}}Generate a grayscale PGM file (instead of a color PPM file)
pdftoppm -gray {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{image_name_prefix}}Generate a PNG file instead a PPM file
pdftoppm -png {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{image_name_prefix}}Context
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