pdfimages(1) General Commands Manual pdfimages(1)
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:
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),
22 January 2004 pdfimages(1)
