I used kinkos before with PDF. For volume I like Scott Blue or
Perkinson Reprographics. But your rite, PDF is about 5 times the price.
Though usually the cheapest for those places is a TIFF.
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Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 3:30 PM
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Subject: RE: how best to convert a pdf to a high-res jpg? Solved!
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On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:17, Jeremy C. Reed wrote
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Josef Lowder wrote:
>
> > I tried that ($ pdfimages -j most.pdf most.jpg) and that worked
> > great to produce an excellent, high resolution result (27.5-meg)
> > with this
> > name: most.jpg-000.ppm ... but with only part of the original pdf
> > content showing. Some layers vanished.
> >
> > I used: convert most.jpg-000.ppm most2.jpg and got a result 1/10th
> > the ppm file size: 2,736,590 -- great resolution, but missing parts.
>
> I thought you just wanted the image.
>
> Instead of "pdfimages" use "pdftoppm" instead (also from xpdf or
> poppler-utils).
>
> > Not sure what you mean by that. I don't think I need to "enlarge"
> > anything. I just need a jpg with high enough resolution to make a
> > good photo print.
>
> Why not print direct from the PDF then? Converting a PDF to JPEG
> doesn't seem correct for printing since you then (usually) need to
> convert the JPEG back to a printable format.
Thanks Jeremy. I think this 'pdftoppm' will do what I need.
The reason I need a jpg is to get photos printed (from Costco) for four
reasons: #1 to make sure all the colors are correct,
#2 to be able to make individual photo prints in various sizes for
various marketing needs, #3 to send a photo print color proof to our
book printer in Michigan for color verification/matching, and #4 because
I do not have a high-res color printer and I am not aware of any place
locally where I can get a pdf files printed in high-res color and
various sizes. I called Kinko's and didn't get a satisfactory response
(or price) from them.
Thanks again to you and to all who offered suggestions.
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