pdfimages(1) - Linux man page

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
Don't 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:
  1. No error.
  2. Error opening a PDF file.
  3. Error opening an output file.
  4. Error related to PDF permissions.
  5. 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),

Referenced By

pdftosrc(1), xpdf(1), xpdfrc(5)