Xpdf-tools-win-4.04 Repack Jun 2026

Here’s a useful, practical guide to xpdf-tools-win-4.04 — the Windows command-line tools for working with PDFs.

📦 What is xpdf-tools-win-4.04? Xpdf is a free, open-source suite of tools for extracting text, images, and metadata from PDF files, as well as converting PDFs to other formats. Version 4.04 is a stable Windows build (for 32-bit and 64-bit systems). Unlike PDF editors, Xpdf is fast, lightweight , and runs entirely from the command line — perfect for scripting and automation.

🔧 Included Tools (Most Useful) | Tool | Purpose | |------|---------| | pdftotext | Extract raw text from PDFs | | pdftohtml | Convert PDF to HTML | | pdfimages | Extract images (JPEG/PNG) | | pdftopng | Convert PDF pages to PNG | | pdfinfo | Show metadata, page count, size | | pdffonts | List fonts used in a PDF | | pdfdetach | Extract embedded attachments |

📥 Installation & Setup

Download from: https://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html (Look for “Xpdf tools for Windows” – 4.04)

Extract the ZIP to a folder, e.g., C:\xpdf-tools-win-4.04

(Optional) Add to PATH for easier use:

Open Environment Variables Add C:\xpdf-tools-win-4.04\bin64 (or bin32 ) to Path

💡 Useful Commands & Examples 1. Extract text from PDF pdftotext input.pdf output.txt

Keep layout: pdftotext -layout input.pdf output.txt xpdf-tools-win-4.04

2. Extract all images pdfimages -j input.pdf images/prefix

-j saves as JPEG (otherwise PPM/PBM) Images will be named prefix-001.jpg , etc.