how best to convert a pdf to a high-res jpg?

[Craig White]

On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 14:49 -0800, Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote:
> On Jan 22, 2008 2:42 PM, Josef Lowder <joe at actionline.com> wrote:
> > But as a result of your suggestion, I checked man convert
> > and then googled the 'net but have not been able to find a
> > syntax example for the use of the -quality option. I tried these:
> >
> > convert -quality filename.pdf filename.jpg
> > convert: invalid argument for option `filename.pdf': -quality.
> >
> > convert filename.pdf -quality filename.jpg
> > convert: option requires an argument `-quality'
> 
> I think...
> $ convert -quality 100 file.pdf file.jpg
> 
> > Also, I looked on my system for 'xsane' but did not find that.
> > So, please forgive my ignorance, but I'm not sure how to proceed.
> 
> In Ubuntu, it is installed by default.  I don't know what you are
> running, but find it in your package management software repos...
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convert is part of ImageMagick package

Craig