# phpman > man > pdftoppm(1) > **TLDR:** Convert PDF document pages to portable Pixmap (image formats). > - Specify the range of pages to convert (`n` - first page, `m` - last page): `pdftoppm -f {{n}} -l {{m}} {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{image_name_prefix}}` - Convert only the first page of a PDF: `pdftoppm -singlefile {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{image_name_prefix}}` - Generate a monochrome PBM file (instead of a color PPM file): `pdftoppm -mono {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{image_name_prefix}}` - Generate a grayscale PGM file (instead of a color PPM file): `pdftoppm -gray {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{image_name_prefix}}` - Generate a PNG file instead a PPM file: `pdftoppm -png {{path/to/file.pdf}} {{image_name_prefix}}` *Source: tldr-pages* --- [pdftoppm(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdftoppm/1/markdown) General Commands Manual [pdftoppm(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdftoppm/1/markdown) ## NAME pdftoppm - Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Pixmap (PPM) converter (version 3.03) ## SYNOPSIS **pdftoppm** [options] _PDF-file_ _PPM-root_ ## DESCRIPTION **Pdftoppm** converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to color image files in Portable Pixmap (PPM) format, grayscale image files in Portable Graymap (PGM) format, or monochrome image files in Portable Bitmap (PBM) format. Pdftoppm reads the PDF file, _PDF-file_, and writes one PPM file for each page, _PPM-root_-_num__‐ _ber_.ppm, where _number_ is the page number. If _PDF-file_ is ´-', it reads the PDF file from stdin. ## OPTIONS ### -f Specifies the first page to convert. ### -l Specifies the last page to convert. ### -o ### -e ### -singlefile Writes only the first page and does not add digits. ### -r Specifies the X and Y resolution, in DPI. The default is 150 DPI. ### -rx Specifies the X resolution, in DPI. The default is 150 DPI. ### -ry Specifies the Y resolution, in DPI. The default is 150 DPI. ### -scale-to 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. ### -scale-to-x 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. ### -scale-to-y 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. ### -scale-dimension-before-rotation Swaps horizontal and vertical size for a rotated (landscape) pdf before scaling in‐ stead of after. ### -x Specifies the x-coordinate of the crop area top left corner ### -y Specifies the y-coordinate of the crop area top left corner ### -W Specifies the width of crop area in pixels (default is 0) ### -H Specifies the height of crop area in pixels (default is 0) ### -sz Specifies the size of crop square in pixels (sets W and H) ### -cropbox Uses the crop box rather than media box when generating the files ### -hide-annotations Do not show annotations ### -mono ### -gray ### -displayprofile If poppler is compiled with colour management support, this option sets the display profile to the ICC profile stored in displayprofilefile. ### -defaultgrayprofile If poppler is compiled with colour management support, this option sets the Default‐ Gray color space to the ICC profile stored in defaultgrayprofilefile. ### -defaultrgbprofile If poppler is compiled with colour management support, this option sets the DefaultRGB color space to the ICC profile stored in defaultrgbprofilefile. ### -defaultcmykprofile If poppler is compiled with colour management support, this option sets the Default‐ CMYK color space to the ICC profile stored in defaultcmykprofilefile. ### -png ### -jpeg ### -jpegopt When used with -jpeg, takes a list of options to control the jpeg compression. See **JPEG** **OPTIONS** for the available options. ### -tiff ### -tiffcompression Specifies the TIFF compression type. This defaults to "none". ### -freetype Enable or disable FreeType (a TrueType / Type 1 font rasterizer). This defaults to "yes". ### -thinlinemode Specifies the thin line mode. This defaults to "none". "solid": adjust lines with a width less than one pixel to pixel boundary and paint it with a width of one pixel. "shape": adjust lines with a width less than one pixel to pixel boundary and paint it with a width of one pixel but with a shape in proportion to its width. ### -aa Enable or disable font anti-aliasing. This defaults to "yes". ### -aaVector Enable or disable vector anti-aliasing. This defaults to "yes". ### -opw Specify the owner password for the PDF file. Providing this will bypass all security restrictions. ### -upw Specify the user password for the PDF file. ### -q ### -progress Print progress info as each page is generated. Three space-separated fields are printed to STDERR: the number of the current page, the number of the last page that will be generated, and the path to the file written to. ### -sep Specify single character separator between name and page number, default - . ### -forcenum Force page number even if there is only one page. ### -v ### -h -help --help ## 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. ## JPEG OPTIONS When JPEG output is specified, the -jpegopt option can be used to control the JPEG compres‐ sion parameters. It takes a string of the form "=[,=]". Currently the available options are: ### quality Selects the JPEG quality value. The value must be an integer between 0 and 100. ### progressive Select progressive JPEG output. The possible values are "y", "n", indicating progres‐ sive (yes) or non-progressive (no), respectively. ### optimize Sets whether to compute optimal Huffman coding tables for the JPEG output, which will create smaller files but make an extra pass over the data. The value must be "y" or "n", with "y" performing optimization, otherwise the default Huffman tables are used. ## AUTHOR The pdftoppm software and documentation are copyright 1996-2011 Glyph & Cog, LLC. ## SEE ALSO [**pdfdetach**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdfdetach/1/markdown), [**pdffonts**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdffonts/1/markdown), [**pdfimages**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdfimages/1/markdown), [**pdfinfo**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdfinfo/1/markdown), [**pdftocairo**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdftocairo/1/markdown), [**pdftohtml**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdftohtml/1/markdown), [**pdftops**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdftops/1/markdown), [**pdftotext**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdftotext/1/markdown) [**pdfseparate**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdfseparate/1/markdown), [**pdfsig**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdfsig/1/markdown), [**pdfunite**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdfunite/1/markdown) 15 August 2011 [pdftoppm(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pdftoppm/1/markdown)