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pdftops(1)							    pdftops(1)

NAME
       pdftops	- Portable Document Format (PDF) to PostScript converter (ver‐
       sion 3.03)

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.

OPTIONS
       -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.

       -origpagesizes
	      Generate a PostScript file with variable page sizes and orienta‐
	      tions, taking for each page the size of the original page in the
	      PDF file.	 The  PostScript  file	contains  "<</PageSize	[WIDTH
	      HEIGHT]>>	 setpagedevice" lines in each page header, so that the
	      paper input tray gets correctly changed  on  the	printer.  This
	      option  should  be  used when pdftops is used as a print filter.
	      Any specification of the	page  size  via	 -paper,  -paperw,  or
	      -paperh will get overridden as long as each page of the PDF file
	      has a defined paper size.	 No more than one of the mode  options
	      (-origpagesizes, -eps, -form) may be given.

       -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  (-origpagesizes,	 -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 (-origpa‐
	      gesizes, -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 com‐
	      piled 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 raster‐
	      izes 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 Post‐
	      Script 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 out‐
	      put.  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  dis‐
	      ables 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-embed‐
	      ded 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.

       -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
	      to match the size specified  in  the  PDF	 file.	-origpagesizes
	      overrides this setting if the PDF file has defined page sizes.

       -paperw size
	      Set  the	paper  width, in points. -origpagesizes overrides this
	      setting if the PDF file has defined page sizes.

       -paperh size
	      Set the paper height, in points. -origpagesizes  overrides  this
	      setting if the PDF file has defined page sizes.

       -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.

       -q     Don't print any messages or errors.

       -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 1996-2011 Glyph  &
       Cog, LLC.

SEE ALSO
       pdfdetach(1),  pdffonts(1),  pdfimages(1),  pdfinfo(1),	pdftocairo(1),
       pdftohtml(1), pdftoppm(1), pdftotext(1)

				15 August 2011			    pdftops(1)
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