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, 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).

CONFIGURATION FILE
       Pdfimages reads a configuration file at startup.  It first
       tries to find the user's private config  file,  ~/.xpdfrc.
       If  that  doesn't exist, it looks for a system-wide config
       file, typically /usr/etc/xpdfrc (but this location can  be
       changed  when  pdfimages is built).  See the xpdfrc(5) man
       page for details.

OPTIONS
       Many of the following options can be set  with  configura
       tion  file  commands.  These are listed in square brackets
       with the description of  the  corresponding  command  line
       option.

       -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.  Pro
              viding this will bypass all security  restrictions.

       -upw password
              Specify the user password for the PDF file.

       -q     Don't  print any messages or errors.  [config file:
              errQuiet]

       -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
       xpdf(1),  pdftops(1),   pdftotext(1),   pdfinfo(1),   pdf
       fonts(1), pdftoppm(1), xpdfrc(5)
       http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/