2022-05-12
Convert PDF document to image
X::Compress, Reduce or Minimize Size of PDF Document
install poppler-utils
# on Ubuntu, Debian Linux:
sudo apt install poppler-utils
# on macOS
brew install poppler
convert
To convert the entire PDF into PNG format, run the command below. In this case, our PDF file is document.pdf
pdftoppm -png document.pdf document
To convert a range of PDF pages, simply include the –f N
and –l N
instructions. Where
-f N
stands for the first page to be converted-l N
stands for the last page to be converted.
To convert from page 5 to page 15, run the following command.
pdftoppm -png -f 5 -l 15 document.pdf document
Change the PNG resolution if you want. By default, images will have a DPI of 150. If you're going to increase the resolution, simply include the –rx
and –ry
commands. To create an image of 300 DPI, use the code below.
pdftoppm -png -rx 300 -ry 300 document.pdf document
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