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Convert a pdf (table with text) to very readable jpgs, one per pdf page
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# install gs (Ghostscript)
# install ImageMagick
# add to ~/.bash_profile:
pdf_to_jpg () {
filename=${1:-5}
precision=${2:-1}
convert -density 150 $filename -background white -alpha background -alpha off +adjoin -quality 100 -sharpen 0x1.0 "${filename%.*}-%0${precision}d.jpg"
}
# and then you can
> pdf_to_jpg any.pdf
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