[OT] Using convert to split a pdf file into pages

[Itay Furman]

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Gustavo Seabra wrote:

> Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 06:27:23 -0500
> From: Gustavo Seabra <gustavo.seabra at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: [OT] Using convert to split a pdf file into pages
> 
> Hi,
>
> I know this is off topic. I just wonder if anyone here could give me
> an idea, because I'm running out.
>
> I have a pdf file with many pages. I want to split it into the
> individual pages. So, I tried:
>
>> convert all_pages.pdf each_page%02d.pdf
>
> and it works, splitting the initial file into many smaller ones.
> However, when i try to read the smaller file, the quality is way below
> the quality of the initial file. I've been looking for an option to
> 'convert' that can give me the same quality as the original, but so
> far I couldn't find anything. (I don't understand much about image
> manipulation, so maybe I just didn't recognize the correct name...)
>
> Could anyone point me to a better way?
>

Have a look at
 	http://multivalent.sourceforge.net/index.html
But I don't have first-hand experience.

 	Itay

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