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.\" Copyright 2004 Glyph & Cog, LLC
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.TH pdftoppm 1 "22 January 2004"
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pdftoppm \- Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Pixmap (PPM)
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converter (version 3.00)
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converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to color image files in
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Portable Pixmap (PPM) format, grayscale image files in Portable
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Graymap (PGM) format, or monochrome image files in Portable Bitmap
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Pdftoppm reads the PDF file,
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and writes one PPM file for each page,
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.IR PPM-root - nnnnnn .ppm,
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.SH CONFIGURATION FILE
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Pdftoppm reads a configuration file at startup. It first tries to
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find the user's private config file, ~/.xpdfrc. If that doesn't
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exist, it looks for a system-wide config file, /etc/xpdf/xpdfrc. See the
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Many of the following options can be set with configuration file
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commands. These are listed in square brackets with the description of
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the corresponding command line option.
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Specifies the first page to convert.
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Specifies the last page to convert.
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Specifies the resolution, in DPI. The default is 150 DPI.
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Generate a monochrome PBM file (instead of a color PPM file).
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Generate a grayscale PGM file (instead of a color PPM file).
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.BI \-t1lib " yes | no"
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Enable or disable t1lib (a Type 1 font rasterizer). This defaults to
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.RB "[config file: " enableT1lib ]
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.BI \-freetype " yes | no"
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Enable or disable FreeType (a TrueType / Type 1 font rasterizer).
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This defaults to "yes".
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.RB "[config file: " enableFreeType ]
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Enable or disable font anti-aliasing. This defaults to "yes".
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.RB "[config file: " antialias ]
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Specify the owner password for the PDF file. Providing this will
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bypass all security restrictions.
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Specify the user password for the PDF file.
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Don't print any messages or errors.
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.RB "[config file: " errQuiet ]
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Print copyright and version information.
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Print usage information.
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The Xpdf tools use the following exit codes:
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Error opening a PDF file.
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Error opening an output file.
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Error related to PDF permissions.
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The pdftoppm software and documentation are copyright 1996-2004 Glyph
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.B http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/