Ubuntu Manpage: pdftocairo - Portable Document Format (PDF) to PNG/JPEG/TIFF/PDF/PS/EPS/SVG using cairo

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NAME

       pdftocairo - Portable Document Format (PDF) to PNG/JPEG/TIFF/PDF/PS/EPS/SVG using cairo

SYNOPSIS

       pdftocairo [options] PDF-file [output-file]

DESCRIPTION

       pdftocairo  converts  Portable  Document Format (PDF) files, using the cairo output device of the poppler
       PDF library, to any of the following output formats:

       •      Portable Network Graphics (PNG)

       •      JPEG Interchange Format (JPEG)

       •      Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)

       •      Portable Document Format (PDF)

       •      PostScript (PS)

       •      Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)

       •      Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)

       pdftocairo reads the PDF file, PDF-file, and writes to output-file.  The image formats  (PNG,  JPEG,  and
       TIFF)  generate one file per page with the page number and file type appended to output-file (except when
       -singlefile is used).  When the output format is a  vector  format  (PDF,  PS,  EPS,  and  SVG)  or  when
       -singlefile is used, output-file is the full filename.

       If the PDF-file is “-” , the PDF is read from stdin.  If the output-file is “-” , the output file will be
       written to stdout. Using stdout is not valid with image formats unless -singlefile is used.   If  output-
       file is not used, the output filename will be derived from the PDF-file filename.

       Not all options are valid with all output formats. One (and only one) of the output format options (-png,
       -jpeg, -tiff, -pdf, -ps, -eps, or -svg) must be used.

       The resolution options (-r, -rx, -ry)  set  the  resolution  of  the  image  output  formats.  The  image
       dimensions  will  depend  on the PDF page size and the resolution. For the vector outputs, regions of the
       page that can not be represented natively in the output format (eg translucency in PS) will be rasterized
       at the resolution specified by the resolution options.

       The -scale-to options may be used to set a fixed image size. The image resolution will vary with the page
       size.

       The cropping options (-x, -y, -W, and -H) use units of pixels  with  the  image  formats  and  PostScript
       points  (1/72  inch) with the vector formats. When cropping is used with vector output the cropped region
       is centered unless -nocenter is used in which case the cropped region is at the top left (SVG) or  bottom
       left (PDF, PS, EPS).

OPTIONS

-png Generates a PNG file(s)

-jpeg Generates a JPEG file(s)

-tiff Generates a TIFF file(s)

-pdf Generates a PDF file

-ps Generate a PS file

-eps Generate an EPS file. An EPS file contains a single image, so if you use this option with a multi-
page PDF file, you must use -f and -l to specify a single page. The page size options
(-origpagesizes, -paper, -paperw, -paperh) can not be used with this option.

-svg Generate a SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) file

-f number
Specifies the first page to convert.

-l number
Specifies the last page to convert.

-o Generates only the odd numbered pages.

-e Generates only the even numbered pages.

-singlefile
Writes only the first page and does not add digits.

-r number
Specifies the X and Y resolution, in pixels per inch of image files (or rasterized regions in
vector output). The default is 150 PPI.

-rx number
Specifies the X resolution, in pixels per inch of image files (or rasterized regions in vector
output). The default is 150 PPI.

-ry number
Specifies the Y resolution, in pixels per inch of image files (or rasterized regions in vector
output). The default is 150 PPI.

-scale-to number
Scales the long side of each page (width for landscape pages, height for portrait pages) to fit in
scale-to pixels. The size of the short side will be determined by the aspect ratio of the page
(PNG/JPEG/TIFF only).

-scale-to-x number
Scales each page horizontally to fit in scale-to-x pixels. If scale-to-y is set to -1, the
vertical size will determined by the aspect ratio of the page (PNG/JPEG/TIFF only).

-scale-to-y number
Scales each page vertically to fit in scale-to-y pixels. If scale-to-x is set to -1, the
horizontal size will determined by the aspect ratio of the page (PNG/JPEG/TIFF only).

-x number
Specifies the x-coordinate of the crop area top left corner in pixels (image output) or points
(vector output)

-y number
Specifies the y-coordinate of the crop area top left corner in pixels (image output) or points
(vector output)

-W number
Specifies the width of crop area in pixels (image output) or points (vector output) (default is
0)

-H number
Specifies the height of crop area in pixels (image output) or points (vector output) (default is
0)

-sz number
Specifies the size of crop square in pixels (image output) or points (vector output) (sets -W and
-H)

-cropbox
Uses the crop box rather than media box when generating the files

-mono Generate a monochrome file (PNG and TIFF only).

-gray Generate a grayscale file (PNG, JPEG, and TIFF only).

-transp
Use a transparent page color instead of white (PNG and TIFF only).

-icc icc-file
Use the specified ICC file as the output profile (PNG only). The profile will be embedded in the
PNG file.

-level2
Generate Level 2 PostScript (PS only).

-level3
Generate Level 3 PostScript (PS only). This enables all Level 2 features plus shading patterns and
masked images. This is the default setting.

-origpagesizes
Generate a file with variable page sizes and orientations (PS and PDF only). The size of each page
will be the original page in the PDF file. If the output is PS the file will contain
%%DocumentMedia and %%PageMedia DSC comments specifying the size of each page. Any specification
of the page size via -paper, -paperw, or -paperh will get overridden as long as each page of the
PDF file has a defined paper size.

-paper size
Set the paper size to one of "letter", "legal", "A4", or "A3" (PS,PDF,SVG only). This can also be
set to "match", which will set the paper size to match the size specified in the PDF file.
-origpagesizes overrides this setting if the PDF file has defined page sizes.

-paperw size
Set the paper width, in points (PS,PDF,SVG only). -origpagesizes overrides this setting if the PDF
file has defined page sizes.

-paperh size
Set the paper height, in points (PS,PDF,SVG only). -origpagesizes overrides this setting if the
PDF file has defined page sizes.

-nocrop
By default, output is cropped to the CropBox specified in the PDF file. This option disables
cropping.

-expand
Expand PDF pages smaller than the paper to fill the paper (PS,PDF,SVG only). By default, these
pages are not scaled.

-noshrink
Don't scale PDF pages which are larger than the paper (PS,PDF,SVG only). By default, pages larger
than the paper are shrunk to fit.

-nocenter
By default, PDF pages smaller than the paper (after any scaling) are centered on the paper. This
option causes them to be aligned to the lower-left corner of the paper instead (PS,PDF,SVG only).

-duplex
Adds the %%IncludeFeature: *Duplex DuplexNoTumble DSC comment to the PostScript file (PS only).
This tells the print manager to enable duplexing.

-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 poppler 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.

       4      Error related to ICC profile.

       99     Other error.

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