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.

-p  Include page numbers in output file names.

-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
pdffonts(1), pdfinfo(1), pdftocairo(1), pdftohtml(1), pdftoppm(1), pdftops(1), pdftotext(1)