Introduction

The PDFtoDjVu Converter (pdftodjvu) converts PostScript and PDF files to DjVu® documents.

The conversion process does not involve rasterization. Instead, pdftodjvu parses the PS/PDF datastream and makes intelligent decisions about where to put document elements (foreground vs. background). This parsing of the document is accomplished using a commercially licensed copy of Artifex GhostScript. This approach reduces computation time, lowers memory requirements significantly, enables improved quality, and allows conversion of certain document features such as the hidden text, hyperlinks and document outlines.

For documents with a predominance of raster data, conversion using the documenttodjvu command may yield better results. However, it should be noted that the defaults for the documenttodjvu command are different from those of the PDFtoDjVu Converter.

 

System Requirements

Known Issues

Using pdftodjvu

Configuring Asian Support