pdftoppm

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]

$ pdftoppm -singlefile [path/to/file.pdf] [image_name_prefix]

$ pdftoppm -mono [path/to/file.pdf] [image_name_prefix]

$ pdftoppm -gray [path/to/file.pdf] [image_name_prefix]

$ pdftoppm -png [path/to/file.pdf] [image_name_prefix]

pdftoppm [options] pdffile imageroot

pdftoppm converts PDF document pages to image formats (PPM, PGM, PBM, PNG, JPEG, TIFF). Part of the poppler-utils package, it renders each page as a raster image at the specified resolution.
Output files are named with the provided prefix followed by a page number (e.g., image-001.png). Use -singlefile for a single page without numbering.
The tool is commonly used for creating thumbnails, preparing PDFs for OCR, or converting documents for image-based workflows.

-f _n_

First page to convert

Last page to convert

Write only the first page, don't add page number suffix

Generate monochrome PBM output

Generate grayscale PGM output

Generate PNG output

Generate JPEG output

Generate TIFF output

Resolution in DPI (default: 150)

X resolution

Y resolution

Scale to specified size

High DPI settings produce large files and require more memory. Processing many pages can be slow. Vector graphics are rasterized, losing scalability. Part of poppler-utils package.

pdftohtml(1), pdftotext(1), pdfinfo(1), convert(1)