NAME
pdfimages - Portable Document Format (PDF) image extractor (version 3.00)
SYNOPSIS
pdfimages [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 PDF-file, scans one or more pages, 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).
OPTIONS
-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. Providing this will bypass all security restrictions. | |
-upw password | |
Specify the user password for the PDF file. | |
-q | Dont print any messages or errors. |
-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 1998-2004 Glyph & Cog, LLC.
SEE ALSO
pdftops(1), pdftotext(1), pdfinfo(1), pdffonts(1), pdftoppm(1),