NAME
pdftops - Portable Document Format (PDF) to PostScript
converter (version 3.00)
SYNOPSIS
pdftops [options] [PDF-file
[PS-file]]
DESCRIPTION
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.
CONFIGURATION FILE
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, /etc/xpdf/xpdfrc. See the (5)
man page for details.
OPTIONS
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. No more than one of the PostScript level options
(-level1, -level1sep, -level2, -level2sep, -level3, -level3Sep) 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]
- -level2
- Generate Level 2 PostScript. Level 2 supports color images and
image compression. This is the default setting. [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]
- -level3
- Generate Level 3 PostScript. This enables all Level 2 features
plus CID font embedding. [config file: psLevel]
- -level3Sep
- Generate Level 3 separable PostScript. The separation handling
is the same as for -level2Sep. [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]
- -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. [config file:
psEmbedCIDPostScriptFonts]
- -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. [config file: psEmbedCIDTrueTypeFonts]
- -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 to
match the size specified in the PDF file. [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]
- -nocrop
- By default, output is cropped to the CropBox specified in the
PDF file. This option disables cropping. [config file:
psCrop]
- -expand
- Expand PDF pages smaller than the paper to fill the paper. By
default, these pages are not scaled. [config file:
psExpandSmaller]
- -noshrink
- Don't scale PDF pages which are larger than the paper. By
default, pages larger than the paper are shrunk to fit. [config
file: psShrinkLarger]
- -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. [config
file: psCenter]
- -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.)
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 pdftops software and documentation are copyright
1996-2004 Glyph & Cog, LLC.
SEE ALSO
xpdf(1),
pdftotext(1),
pdfinfo(1),
pdffonts(1),
pdftoppm(1),
pdfimages(1),
(5)