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The command line application EEPDF PDF to Image Converter Command Line supports to convert PDF to black and white TIFF image.

TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) is popular among faxing, scanning, printing, etc. Compared with color TIFF file, black and white TIFF file can save more memory and space.

EEPDF PDF to Image Converter Command Line is a powerful application. It can convert PDF to image (JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIF, TGA, PCX, PNM, RAS, PBM, etc.). It also supports to set different parameters for the converted images with easy operations.

In the following paragraphs, you will see how to use this application to created black and white TIFF file from PDF document.

Firstly, please free download EEPDF PDF to Image Converter Command Line. There is no need to install the application and you just need to unzip it to local disk on your computer. In the unzipped folder, there is an executable file named as pdf2img.exe and it is the called program in the whole process.

There is a readme.txt document describing the usage of this application in the unzipped package. You can read it to know how to operate it.

This application is MS-DOS oriented and you need to open the command prompt window (MS-DOS interface) before inputting commands. When you input the commands, please refer to the command template shown below:

pdf2img [options] <PDF-file> <img-file>

In this template,

pdf2img: is the called program.

[options]: is to set parameters.

<PDF-file>: is the file path of the input PDF file

<img-file>: is the file path of the output image

In order to convert the PDF file to black and white TIFF, you need to use the option –forcebwtifand set the output image format as TIF.

Please see the following example which can help you understand the template better:

pdf2img.exe –forcebwtif C:\in.pdf C:\out.tif

In this example,

pdf2img.exe: call the program

–forcebwtif: force to create black and white TIFF files

C:\in.pdf: specify the input PDF file

C:\out.tif: specify the output TIF file

To run the commands, please hit Enter button on the keyboard and then you will be able to browse the black and white TIFF file in specified location.

In the end of this article, if you want to have a try of EEPDF PDF to Image Converter Command Line, you can click the following button.

When you convert PDF to image, you are able to trim the created image with the help of EEPDF PDF to Image Converter Command Line. In addition, you can set image quality, image resolution, page size, compression mode, etc. for the converted image.

In this article, you will see how to use this command line application to convert PDF to trimmed image step by step. Please see the following steps one by one:

Step 1. Download and unzip

At first, please download EEPDF PDF to Image Converter Command Line. There is no need for installation of this application and you just need to extract the ZIP file to some location of your computer. The executable file named pdf2img.exe in unzipped file folder is the called program of the application.

Step 2. Open MS-DOS interface

In order to input the commands, please open the MS-DOS interface (command prompt window) because this application is a MS-DOS oriented application.

Step 3. Input commands

Before inputting the commands, you can open the readme.txt document in unzipped file folder or input the path of pdf2img.exe in MS-DOS interface and hit Enter button to see the usage and options of this application.

According to the usage, please refer to the following command template to write your own commands:

pdf2img [options] <PDF-file> <img-file>

In the above template,

pdf2img:stands for the called program.

[options]:stands for the parameters.

<PDF-file>: stands for file path of the input PDF file

<img-file>:stands for file path of the output image

If you need to trim the converted image, please see the following example:

pdf2img.exe -trimimage C:\in.pdf C:\out.png

In this example, the parameter “-trimimage”is to trim the converted image file. So, the whole example is to convert PDF to PNG image and trim the PNG image.

Step 4. Run commands

To run the commands, please hit the Enter button on your keyboard.

Several seconds later, you will get the trimmed image in the specified location and then you are able to use the image for your purpose.

In the end of this article, if you are interested in this application, you are strongly recommended to download the free trial version of EEPDF PDF to Image Converter Command Line by clicking the following button.

The command line application EEPDF PDF to Image Converter Command Line is able to convert PDF documents to images with anti-aliasing.

Anti-aliasing is a number of techniques to combat the problems of aliasing in a sampled signal. It reduces the prominence of jaggies by surrounding the stairsteps with intermediate shades of gray (for gray-scaling devices) or color (for color devices).

EEPDF PDF to Image Converter Command Line is a professional application that can convert PDF to image (JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TGA, PCX, PNM, RAS, PBM, etc.) with font anti-aliasing, vector anti-aliasing, and image anti-aliasing. If you want to see how to make this kind of conversion, please go on reading the following contents.

Firstly, you need to download EEPDF PDF to Image Converter Command Line and unzip the downloaded ZIP file to the computer disk. In the unzipped file folder, you can see an executable file named as pdf2img.exe which is the called program in MS-DOS interface.

Then, please open the MS-DOS interface in which you are able to input the commands.

In the opened MS-DOS interface, please refer to the following templates to input your own commands:

pdf2img.exe -aa <string> <PDF-file> <img-file>

      pdf2img.exe -aavec <string> <PDF-file> <img-file>

       pdf2img.exe -aaimg <string> <PDF-file> <img-file>

In the above templates,

pdf2img.exe: is to call the program

-aa <string>: is to enable font anti-aliasing: yes/no (The default is “yes”.)

-aavec <string>: is to enable vector anti-aliasing: yes/no (The default is “yes”.)

-aaimg <string>: is to enable image anti-aliasing: yes/no (The default is “yes”.)

<PDF-file>: is to specify input PDF file

<img-file>: is to specify output image

If you still don’t know how to input your own commands, please see the following examples:

pdf2img.exe -aa 10 C:\in.pdf C:\out.png

      pdf2img.exe -aavec 20 C:\in.pdf C:\out.emf

      pdf2img.exe -aaimg 30 C:\in.pdf C:\out.jpg

The first example is to convert PDF to PNG image and set the font anti-aliasing as 10.

The second example is to convert PDF to EMF vector image and set the vector anti-aliasing as 20.

The third example is to convert PDF to JPG image and set the image anti-aliasing as 30.

At last, please hit the Enter button on your keyboard to run the commands and you just need to wait until the conversion is completed.

This is the end of this article and you can click the following button to download EEPDF PDF to Image Converter Command Line.