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PdfTools.Pdf2Image.Profiles Namespace

 
Classes
 ClassDescription
Public classArchive

The profile to convert PDF documents to TIFF images for archiving

This profile is suitable for archiving PDF documents as rasterized images.

The output format is TIFF and cannot be changed. Several compression types are configurable through ImageOptions.

By default,

Public classFax

The profile to convert PDF documents to TIFF Fax images

This profile is suitable for converting PDFs into TIFF-F conforming rasterized images for Facsimile transmission.

The output format is a multi-page TIFF file containing all rasterized PDF pages.

By default,

  • the output images are Group 3 - compressed
  • scaled to a width of 1728 pixels, a horizontal resolution of 204 DPI, and a vertical resolution of 98 DPI
  • all colors and gray scale tones are converted to bitonal by using dithering

The compression type and the vertical resolution can be set through ImageOptions.

Public classProfile

The base class for PDF to image conversion profiles

The profile defines how the PDF pages are rendered and what type of output image is used. A profile implements the converter settings suitable for a practical use case, e.g. create images for sending over Facsimile, for viewing, or for archiving.
Public classViewing

The profile to convert PDF documents to JPEG or PNG images for viewing

This profile is suitable for converting PDFs to rasterized images for using in web and desktop viewing applications or as thumbnails.

By default, ImageOptions is set to PngImageOptions which uses the output format PNG and lossless compression. If set to JpegImageOptions, the output format is JPEG.