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pdf2image is a python module that wraps the pdftoppm and pdftocairo utilities to convert PDF into images.
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pdf2image: A simple port of Python's pdf2image library to render PDFs into images
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Converting PDF to PNG with Python (without pdf2image) - Stack Overflow
I want to convert a PDF (one page) into a PNG file. I installed pdf2image and got this error: popler is not installed in windows. According to this question: Poppler in path for pdf2image, Poppler More on stackoverflow.com
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Simple example to convert pdf to image using pdf2image library in Windows environment. This example shows both jpg or jpeg and png format output from image in pdf.
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A wrapper around the pdftoppm and pdftocairo command line tools to convert PDF to a PIL Image list.
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October 23, 2017 - Pdf2Image is a tool that can convert PDF documents to JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF, or JXR images. You can add multiple tasks at once. The output folder path is customizable. You can drag and drop PDF files to add conversion tasks and resize output ...
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February 9, 2025 - A simplified port of Python's pdf2image that wraps pdftoppm and pdftocairo to convert PDFs into images.
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PDF to Image Command Line: TIFF, JPG, PNG, BMP | Apryse documentation
PDF2Image can currently export to PNG, PNG8, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, and RAW, while providing a wide range of options to control the output image size and quality.
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This crate is a simplified port of Python’s pdf2image that wraps pdftoppm and pdftocairo (part of poppler) to convert PDFs to image::DynamicImages.
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Convert PDF to images online for free. Transform your PDF documents to PNG, JPG, JPEG, WebP formats instantly. 100% secure, client-side conversion with no file uploads to servers. Fast, easy, and privacy-focused PDF to image converter.
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A simplified port of Python’s pdf2image that wraps pdftoppm and pdftocairo (part of poppler) to convert PDFs to image::DynamicImages.
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A simplified port of Python's pdf2image that wraps pdftoppmand pdftocairo (part of poppler) to convert PDFs to image::DynamicImages.
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I wasn't able to find a solution, apparently one needs a PDF renderer no matter what. The most lightweight solution is https://pymupdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intro.html. It is still a python binding for a PDF renderer (https://www.mupdf.com/), but you can install it, including its dependency, by:

pip install PyMuPDF

No need to install poppler or imagemagick.

Then you can convert a pdf to images as follows:

import fitz  

doc = fitz.open(stream=your_pdf_file_stream, filetype="pdf")  
for idx, page in enumerate(doc):  
    pix = page.get_pixmap(dpi=600) 
    the_page_bytes=pix.pil_tobytes(format="PNG")
    with open("page-%s.png"%idx, "wb") as outf:
        outf.write(the_page_bytes)

Unfortunately, mupdf has a copyleft license, so keep that in mind.

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Actually, it took me a while to handle this, but I think it worth it. You need to do all steps carefully to make it work.

  1. Install pdf2image with pip install pdf2image.
  2. Get poppler windows binaries.
  3. Create a new directory like myproject.
  4. Create a script converter.py inside myproject and add below code.
  5. Create another directory inside myproject and name it poppler.
  6. Copy all files in the binary folder of downloaded poppler into poppler directory. Try to test pdfimages.exe if it is working.
  7. Use pyinstaller converter.py -F --add-data "./poppler/*;./poppler" --noupx
  8. Your executable is now ready. Run it like converter.exe myfile.pdf. Results would be created inside the output directory next to the executable.
  9. Now your standalone PDF2IMAGE converter app is ready!

converter.py:

import sys
import os
from pdf2image import convert_from_path


def current_path(dir_path):
    if hasattr(sys, '_MEIPASS'):
        return os.path.join(sys._MEIPASS, dir_path)
    return os.path.join(".", dir_path)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print("PASS your PDF file: \"converter.exe myfile.pdf\"")
        input()
        sys.exit(0)
    os.environ["PATH"] += os.pathsep + \
        os.pathsep.join([current_path("poppler")])

    if not os.path.isdir("./output"):
        os.makedirs("output")
    images = convert_from_path(sys.argv[-1], 500)
    for image, i in zip(images, (range(len(images)))):
        image.save('./output/out{}.png'.format(i), 'PNG')

PS: If you like it, you can add a GUI and add more settings for pdf2images.

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pdf2image 1.17.0 - A wrapper around the pdftoppm and pdftocairo command line tools to convert - PythonFix.com
February 18, 2026 - A wrapper around the pdftoppm and pdftocairo command line tools to convert PDF to a PIL Image list.