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pdftops - Portable Document Format (PDF) to PostScript converter (version
1.00)
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.
Pdftops 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/local/etc/xpdfrc
(but this location can be changed when pdftops is built). See the xpdfrc(5)
man page for details.
Many of the following options can be set with
configuration file commands. These are listed in square brackets with the
description of the corresponding command line option.
- -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. The default behavior is to
generate Level 2 PostScript. In particular, Level 2 supports color images
and image compression. No more than one of the PostScript level options
(-level1, -level1sep, -level2sep) may be given. [config file: psLevel]
- -level1sep
- Generate Level 1 separable PostScript. All colors are converted to CMYK.
Images are written with separate stream data for the four components. [config
file: psLevel]
- -level2sep
- Generate Level 2 separable PostScript. All colors
are converted to CMYK. The PostScript separation convention operators are
used to handle custom (spot) colors. [config file: psLevel]
- -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.
- -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.) [config
file: psOPI]
- -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. [config file: psEmbedType1Fonts]
- -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. [config file: psEmbedTrueTypeFonts]
- -paper
size
- Set the paper size to one of "letter", "legal", "A4", or "A3". [config
file: psPaperSize]
- -paperw size
- Set the paper width, in points. [config file:
psPaperSize]
- -paperh size
- Set the paper height, in points. [config file:
psPaperSize]
- -duplex
- Set the Duplex pagedevice entry in the PostScript file.
This tells duplex-capable printers to enable duplexing. [config file: psDuplex]
- -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. [config file: errQuiet]
- -cfg config-file
- Read config-file in place of ~/.xpdfrc or the system-wide config
file.
- -v
- Print copyright and version information.
- -h
- Print usage information.
(-help and --help are equivalent.)
No support for Type 3 fonts.
The
pdftops software and documentation are copyright 1996-2002 Derek B. Noonburg
(derekn@foolabs.com).
xpdf(1)
, pdftotext(1)
, pdfinfo(1)
, pdffonts(1)
,
pdftopbm(1)
, pdfimages(1)
, xpdfrc(5)
http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
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