thumbpdf(1) General Commands Manual thumbpdf(1)

thumbpdf - generate thumbnail images for a PDF file created with pdftex

thumbpdf [ OPTION... ] PDF_FILE

thumbpdf is used to create thumbnail images of individual pages within a PDF (Portable Document Format) document.

First run pdftex(1) on your document to create a PDF file. Then run thumbpdf to generate the thumbnails, a PDF file containing the thumbnails, and a pdfTeX file to include the thumbnails in the PDF file. Finally, run pdftex(1) on your file again to create the final PDF file.

thumbpdf calls gs(1) to generate PNG images of the pages within PDF_FILE, and pdftex(1) to create a PDF file containing the thumbnail images.

print usage
--(no)makepng
make PNG thumbnail images (default: true)
--(no)makepdf
generate new PDF file containing the thumbnails (default: true)
--(no)makedef
create a TeX file for pdftex(1) to read in (default: true)
--(no)quiet
suppress messages (default: false)
--(no)verbose
verbose messages (default: false)
--(no)debug
print debugging information while parsing (default: false)
resolution for GhostScript step (default: 9)
\pdfcompresslevel for thumbpdf.pdf (0-9; default: 9)
GhostScript PNG device; dev = `mono´, `gray´, `16´, `256´, `16m´ (default: `png16m´)

PNG thumbnail images
PDF file containing thumbnail images
A pdfTeX program to include the thumbnails file
pdfTeX log file
a LaTeX package to be included in files for which a user wants to generate thumbnails

gs(1), pdftex(1).

Web page: https://ctan.org/pkg/thumbpdf/

Submit reports via the bug url on the CTAN package page.

Copyright © 1999. thumbpdf is distributed under version 1, or (at your option) a later version of the LaTeX Project Public License.

thumbpdf was written by Heiko Oberdiek.

This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly for the Debian GNU/Linux system. It is now maintained as part of TeX Live.

8 March 2022 TeX Live