pdftops - Portable Document Format (PDF) to PostScript converter (version 3.03)
pdftops [options] <PDF-file> [<PS-file>]
Pdftops converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to PostScript so
they can be printed.
Pdftops reads the PDF file,
PDF-file, and writes a PostScript file,
PS-file. If
PS-file is not specified, pdftops converts
file.pdf to
file.ps (or
file.eps with the -eps option).
If
PS-file is ´-', the PostScript is sent to stdout. If
PDF-file is ´-', Pdftops reads the PDF file from stdin.
-
-f number
- Specifies the first page to print.
-
-l number
- Specifies the last page to print.
- -level1
- Generate Level 1 PostScript. The resulting PostScript files
will be significantly larger (if they contain images), but will print on
Level 1 printers. This also converts all images to black and white. No
more than one of the PostScript level options (-level1, -level1sep,
-level2, -level2sep, -level3, -level3sep) may be given.
- -level1sep
- Generate Level 1 separable PostScript. All colors are
converted to CMYK. Images are written with separate stream data for the
four components.
- -level2
- Generate Level 2 PostScript. Level 2 supports color images
and image compression. This is the default setting.
- -level2sep
- Generate Level 2 separable PostScript. All colors are
converted to CMYK. The PostScript separation convention operators are used
to handle custom (spot) colors.
- -level3
- Generate Level 3 PostScript. This enables all Level 2
features plus CID font embedding.
- -level3sep
- Generate Level 3 separable PostScript. The separation
handling is the same as for -level2sep.
- -eps
- Generate an Encapsulated PostScript (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. No more than one of
the mode options (-eps, -form) may be given.
- -form
- Generate a PostScript form which can be imported by
software that understands forms. A form contains a single page, so if you
use this option with a multi-page PDF file, you must use -f and -l to
specify a single page. The -level1 option cannot be used with -form. No
more than one of the mode options (-eps, -form) may be given.
- -opi
- Generate OPI comments for all images and forms which have
OPI information. (This option is only available if pdftops was compiled
with OPI support.)
- -binary
- Write binary data in Level 1 PostScript. By default,
pdftops writes hex-encoded data in Level 1 PostScript. Binary data is
non-standard in Level 1 PostScript but reduces the file size and can be
useful when Level 1 PostScript is required only for its restricted use of
PostScript operators.
-
-r number
- Set the resolution in DPI when pdftops rasterizes images
with transparencies or, for Level 1 PostScript, when pdftops rasterizes
images with color masks. By default, pdftops rasterizes images to 300
DPI.
- -noembt1
- By default, any Type 1 fonts which are embedded in the PDF
file are copied into the PostScript file. This option causes pdftops to
substitute base fonts instead. Embedded fonts make PostScript files
larger, but may be necessary for readable output.
- -noembtt
- By default, any TrueType fonts which are embedded in the
PDF file are copied into the PostScript file. This option causes pdftops
to substitute base fonts instead. Embedded fonts make PostScript files
larger, but may be necessary for readable output. Also, some PostScript
interpreters do not have TrueType rasterizers.
- -noembcidps
- By default, any CID PostScript fonts which are embedded in
the PDF file are copied into the PostScript file. This option disables
that embedding. No attempt is made to substitute for non-embedded CID
PostScript fonts.
- -noembcidtt
- By default, any CID TrueType fonts which are embedded in
the PDF file are copied into the PostScript file. This option disables
that embedding. No attempt is made to substitute for non-embedded CID
TrueType fonts.
- -passfonts
- By default, references to non-embedded 8-bit fonts in the
PDF file are substituted with the closest "Helvetica",
"Times-Roman", or "Courier" font. This option passes
references to non-embedded fonts through to the PostScript file.
-
-aaRaster yes | no
- Enable or disable raster anti-aliasing. This defaults to
"no". pdftops may need to rasterize transparencies and pattern
image masks in the PDF. If the PostScript will be printed, leave -aaRaster
disabled and set -r to the resolution of the printer. If the PostScript
will be viewed, enabling -aaRaster may make rasterized text easier to
read.
-
-rasterize always | never | whenneeded
- By default, pdftops rasterizes pages as needed, for
example, if they contain transparencies. To force rasterization, set
-rasterize to "always". Use this to eliminate fonts. To prevent
rasterization, set -rasterize to "never". This may produce files
that display incorrectly.
-
-processcolorformat MONO8 | CMYK8 | RGB8
- Sets the process color format as it is used during
rasterization and transparency reduction. The default depends on the other
settings: For -level1 the default is MONO8, for -level{1,2,3}sep or
-overprint the default is CMYK8, and in all other cases RGB8 is the
default. If -processcolorprofile is given then -processcolorformat is
inferred from the specified ICC profile.
-
-processcolorprofile filename
- Sets the ICC profile that is assumed during rasterization
and transparency reduction.
-
-defaultgrayprofile
defaultgrayprofilefile
- If poppler is compiled with colour management support, this
option sets the DefaultGray color space to the ICC profile stored in
defaultgrayprofilefile.
-
-defaultrgbprofile defaultrgbprofilefile
- If poppler is compiled with colour management support, this
option sets the DefaultRGB color space to the ICC profile stored in
defaultrgbprofilefile.
-
-defaultcmykprofile
defaultcmykprofilefile
- If poppler is compiled with colour management support, this
option sets the DefaultCMYK color space to the ICC profile stored in
defaultcmykprofilefile.
- -optimizecolorspace
- By default, bitmap images in the PDF pass through to the
output PostScript in their original color space, which produces
predictable results. This option converts RGB and CMYK images into Gray
images if every pixel of the image has equal components. This can fix
problems when doing color separations of PDFs that contain embedded black
and white images encoded as RGB.
- -preload
- preload images and forms
-
-paper size
- Set the paper size to one of "letter",
"legal", "A4", or "A3". This can also be set
to "match", which will set the paper size of each page to match
the size specified in the PDF file. If none the -paper, -paperw, or
-paperh options are specified the default is to match the paper size.
-
-paperw size
- Set the paper width, in points.
-
-paperh size
- Set the paper height, in points.
- -origpagesizes
- This option is the same as "-paper match".
- -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.
By default, these pages are not scaled.
- -noshrink
- Don't scale PDF pages which are larger than the paper. 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.
- -duplex
- Set the Duplex pagedevice entry in the PostScript file.
This tells duplex-capable printers 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.
- -overprint
- Enable overprint emulation during rasterization. For
-processcolorformat being CMYK8 and the language level being higher than
2, this option is set to true by default. Note: This option requires
-processcolorformat to be CMYK8.
- -q
- Don't print any messages or errors.
- -v
- Print copyright and version information.
- -h
- Print usage information. (-help and --help
are equivalent.)
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.
The pdftops software and documentation are copyright 1996-2011 Glyph & Cog,
LLC.
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