


pdfimages(1)                                         pdfimages(1)


NAME
       pdfimages - Portable Document Format (PDF) image extractor
       (version 0.90)

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, scans  one  or  more  pages,
       PDF-file,  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.

       -q     Don't print any messages or errors.

       -h     Print usage information.  (-help is equivalent.)

BUGS
       With  the  -j  option,  the  PDF  image streams are copied
       directly to the output files.  DCT images in PDF files may
       use some non-standard JPEG features, so the resulting .jpg
       files may not be too useful.

AUTHOR
       The pdfimages software  and  documentation  are  copyright
       1996-1999 Derek B. Noonburg (derekn@foolabs.com).

SEE ALSO
       xpdf(1), pdftops(1), pdftotext(1), pdfinfo(1), pdftopbm(1)
       http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/










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