pdfimages

pdfimages(1)                                                      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)