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2PDF is a powerful command line tool that can automate conversion to the PDF format in batch mode. ... ...
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2PDF
Command Line PDF Converter
2PDF is a professional command line utility for converting office documents and images to PDF in batch mode.
2PDF, based on command line interface and syntax, provides full control over batch conversion to PDF via simple standard commands.
2PDF is a tool that can convert PDF and almost any image file or document to the Portable Document Format (PDF). Designed primarily for developers and system administrators, it provides a wide range of customizable conversion options. This powerful command line utility can be used on a desktop, server, or invoked from other software. With 2PDF, you can fully automate your daily tasks related to file conversion.
Command Line
PDF is a popular format designed to present data. With 2PDF, you can create PDFs from Word, images and other files, as well as create multiple PDF files at once.
Extract PDF Pages
2PDF offers various parameters which can help you manage your multipage documents in order to merge various files to PDF or split multipage files into separate pages.
(Text or Image)
Placing a watermark on your documents or images allows you to protect your projects from unauthorized use or add some extra information to output PDF files.
in PDF
2PDF lets you set page rotation to a certain degree or auto-rotation � to make output pages portrait or landscape. You can also set background color and rotation direction: clockwise or counterclockwise.
using OCR
2PDF can make output PDF files searchable so that you can find and edit text. You can get text from scans, images and other non-searchable files. Available languages include English and other European languages.
or via Script
No need to execute commands manually! Just set a time- or event-based trigger via Windows Task Scheduler. Or, use a simple BAT, CMD, PowerShell, or VBScript.
2PDF is a command line utility that converts popular office documents and images to the PDF or PDF/A format. It supports batch conversion and provides various options and parameters for optimal results. It can be used regularly or run continuously 24/7 using the command line interface.
With 2PDF, you can convert entire folders (including subfolders) and archives with files. It also allows you to select specific pages, delete source files, sort output files, handle attachments, and perform silent conversions without any alerts.
2PDF can work through:
- Command-line application (cmd.exe, PowerShell)
- Windows Task Scheduler
- BAT (batch) file or VB script
- your own software or existing source code
2PDF supports a wide variety of 100+ types of documents and images (over 275 file extensions) as input files.
Set up automated folder-to-folder file conversion using simple command line syntax. After opening the command-line application, type the basic command starting with 2PDF.exe. You can use 2PDF with Command Prompt, Windows PowerShell, Windows Terminal, or any similar command line interface.
2PDF allows various sources for files. Within a single command, you can specify the source for files: a file path, a folder path, a web address, or a list of files. You can even use multiple sources together! For example: -src "C:\In\*.*" "E:\Files\*.pdf" "@C:\Lists\list.txt"
The following types of sources are available:
- Path to a single file
- Folder path where files are located
- List of files (TXT, XLS, XLSX, CSV)
- Web address (URL)
Using the -pdf switch, you can split and merge files into a multipage PDF. This way, you can create large documents by adding more pages to an existing PDF. 2PDF lets you combine files in different ways: append (add to the end), prepend (add to the beginning), keep files "as is", or split them.
Example:
2PDF.exe -src "C:\In\*.*" -dst "C:\Out" -pdf multipage:append combine:"my multipage.pdf"
If you set -pdf multipage:split in the command line, 2PDF would split documents into single pages. However, you can also split into separate files with a specified number of pages - via the -pdf split_step parameter. For example, file one: pages 1, 2, 3, file two: pages 4, 5, 6, file three: 7, 8, 9, and so on.
Example:
2PDF.exe -src "C:\In\*.*" -dst "C:\Out" -pdf multipage:split split_step:3
Special parameters -oper autorotate and -oper rotate let you automatically or manually rotate pages within output PDFs. You can select page range, page orientation (portrait/landscape), rotation direction (clockwise or counterclockwise), and background color.
Besides, you can set rotation or autorotation as a default setting for all files – by adding a Rotate or Auto rotate operation in 2PDF Settings (2pdf.exe -ini).
Example:
2PDF.exe -src "C:\In\*.*" -dst "C:\Out" -oper autorotate orientation:portrait direction:ccw
Add watermark to each document page or specific pages using -oper watermark, -oper text annotation, or -oper textwatermark switches. You can set font and font-related options, text size (for text watermark or annotation), alignment, color, blending method, rotation, and more.
What's the difference between Text watermark and Text annotation?Both of these operations have similar functionality. However, text annotation is newer and may work faster since it doesn't require re-rendering the content of PDF pages when inserting the text. If you're unsure which one to choose, we suggest using Text annotation.
You can add any web link (URL) to any watermark created by 2PDF. As a result, the watermark will be clickable in the output PDF file and will open the web page you specified. You can do it with the url parameter, for example, -oper textannotation url:https://www.mywebsite.com. This works for text watermark, text annotation, and image watermark.
Example:
2PDF.exe -src "C:\In\*.*" -dst "C:\Out" -oper watermark image:"C:\Watermark.png"
2PDF.exe -src "C:\In\*.*" -dst "C:\Out" -oper textannotation text:"Confidential" halign:left valign:top
Forget about an issue when a PDF is larger than the original Word document! Using 2PDF as a PDF compressor, you can save files to minimum size and reduce the size of output PDFs. This min_size feature works when converting DOC and DOCX files only. It can make the file size smaller approximately by 30-40% (depending on the document contents) without much loss in quality.
Example:
2PDF.exe -src "C:\In\*.*" -dst "C:\Out" -pdf min_size:yes
When converting files with 2PDF, you can apply the Resize operation (-oper resize) to adjust the dimensions of output PDFs. Specify the desired size in pixels, millimeters, centimeters, inches, or as a percentage of the original dimensions. Multiple resizing options and fine-tuning parameters are available to achieve the exact output you need.
Additionally, you can optimize the file size of a PDF by rasterizing its pages into JPEG format. To do this, use the -oper rasterize command. This works with all types of source files that contain bitmap images
Need to reduce file size, improve readability, or prepare documents for black-and-white printing? The Grayscale operation (-oper grayscale) converts all pages and embedded images to shades of gray during processing. This option helps create smaller and more printer-friendly files.
There are multiple ways to crop a document with 2PDF. One option is to manually set the size of page margins that need removal. Another option is to specify a rectangle in the center of the page that you want to keep, while cutting off everything else. Another option is to set up automatic cropping (-oper crop method:autocrop) which would remove margins based on color detection. In this case, you can configure parameters such as color sample and tolerance value.
Example:
2PDF.exe -src "C:\In\*.*" -dst "C:\Out" -oper crop method:margins left:10 top:5 right:10 bottom:5 units:mm
If you have raster (bitmap) images or document scans such as TIFF, PNG, JPEG, you can use 2PDF to recognize text. This way, you can create searchable PDF files. Built-in OCR component can be enabled by the parameter -pdf ocr. Different languages are available: English, French, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Russian, Spanish. Choose only those languages that are present in your input files.
Please note that if your source files already contain text that can be selected, copied, etc., enabling the OCR feature is not needed. The original text will be preserved in the output PDF files by default.
Example:
2PDF.exe -src "C:\In\*.*" -dst "C:\Out" ocr:yes ocr_lang:German
2PDF can handle many password-protected files in bulk. Using the dstpwd parameter, you can make output files secured with a single password.
If you have a bunch of password-protected PDF files and you want to remove the password from them, you can use srcpwd to unlock these secured PDF files. In the latter case, it is possible to unencrypt files with several passwords.
Example:
2PDF.exe -src "C:\In\*.*" -dst "C:\Out" -options dstpwd:123456
Using the -oper paint switch, you can add a rectangular frame to output PDF pages. Or, add a solid rectangle with or without a border. Both can be configured according to your needs. You can set: page range, "fill" or "draw" coloring mode, width and height, brush and pen color, thickness of the frame, background or foreground position, and more.
Example:
2PDF.exe -src "C:\In\*.*" -dst "C:\Out" -oper paint cmd:drawrect rect:"150 200 500 500" pen_color:"r:0,g:0,b:0,a:255" brush_color:"r:0,g:0,b:0,a:0" pen_width:4
Want to move, copy, or delete the source files after conversion? 2PDF has the -postproc switch for this job. It will automatically copy or move the original source files to a specified folder or delete them when the batch conversion session is complete.
This feature can be enabled both from the 2PDF Settings or command line syntax.
Example:
2PDF.exe -src "C:\In\*.*" -dst "C:\Out" -postproc passed:copy passed_dir:"C:\Done"
2PDF can automatically add a user-specified Barcode watermark to all or selected output PDF pages. Add QR Code, Code 128, Code 39, UPC-A, and other barcode types. For each barcode, you can adjust size, position, alignment, offset, page range, and other parameters. You can either enter values from a barcode generator or, for example, type any text that you wish to create a QR-code from.
This feature can be accessed from 2PDF Settings (2pdf.exe -ini) > Edit operations > Barcode watermark.
With the 2PDF Settings control panel, you can easily change the default settings of the program. This panel allows you to set up everything only once – so you won't need to add many switches & parameters to the command line every time.
To access 2PDF Settings, run the command:
2PDF.exe -ini
You have the option to save and load 2PDF Settings. This allows you to customize the program's behavior for specific tasks. To save or load settings, you can use the Export and Import buttons in the top menu.
Once you have a Settings file (.ini) saved on your computer, you can load it by clicking the Import button or include it in the command line using the -inipath switch.
2PDF can convert not only files, but web pages, too. To create a PDF from any web page (https://…), you just need to enter the URL address to be used as a source when setting the source switch.
You can set the way of processing file attachments: place attachments before or after the main document, save the main document and its attachments as separate files or, for example, ignore attachments. If the attachments are "unknown", 2PDF can replace them with a placeholder.
Besides, you can specify external files to be attached to output PDFs using the -pdf attpath parameter
With 2PDF, you can automatically split PDF documents into separate files based on bookmark sections (-oper split_mode:bybookmarks). For example, a PDF containing multiple bookmarked chapters can be divided into individual files for each chapter.
Save/discard original bookmarks
Besides, using the keep_bookmarks parameter you can control whether bookmarks from the source file are preserved in the output documents.
Besides, using the keep_bookmarks parameter you can control whether bookmarks from the source file are preserved in the output documents.
When merging multiple files into a single PDF, you can automatically create bookmarks using the original file names. This makes it easy to navigate within the merged document — each section will be labeled with the corresponding source file name.
To enable this feature, open 2PDF Settings, find the New file bookmarks title template option, and set it to {srcfilename}.{srcfileext}.
2PDF allows you to automatically remove blank pages before conversion to PDF (-oper removeblankpages) if they are not necessary. You can additionally set up page range, pixel threshold and channel threshold to detect blank pages.
If you want to maintain the most accurate color representation for your image files, you can include the path to your ICC profile (-fls iccprofile) and it will be applied during the processing.
With the -cmdlines switch, 2PDF can execute multiple commands consecutively. To utilize this feature, create a TXT file containing the desired commands, each on a separate line.
Though some file types require additional software, 2PDF can convert most of them on its own. For example, it can handle popular Office documents using the internal engine only: Excel XLS, XLSX files, Word DOC, DOCX, RTF files, Outlook MSG, EML files.
- Download and install 2PDF
- Use Win+R hotkey or click Start button on the bottom-left corner of your Windows Desktop
- Type cmd to open the Command Prompt and press Enter
- Enter the command line:
2PDF.exe -src "C:\Input\*.*" -dst "C:\Output"
- Press Enter
For more options, please see the complete description of 2PDF syntax and examples.
- Open Notepad and create a new text file in it
- Enter Visual Basic Script code like this:
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objShell.Run """2PDF.exe"" -src ""C:\In\*.*"" -dst ""C:\Out""", 1, True
Set objShell = Nothing - Save this file as a Unicode text file. For example: Test.txt
- Rename Test.txt file to Test.vbs
- Double click Test.vbs file to start the conversion
Download the installation file and save it on your hard drive. Run this command line to silently install the trial version of 2PDF:
"C:\Distr\2PDF-trial-setup.exe" /SILENT
Add a serial number to the command line to install the commercial version of 2PDF silently:
"C:\Distr\2PDF30-commerc-setup.exe" /SILENT /SN=AAAAAA-BBBBBB-CCCCCC-DDDDDD
- Operating System : .
- Processor : Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon II X2 processor or faster processor.
- RAM Memory : 2 GB RAM or more.
- Storage : At least 530 MB.
- Required software :
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 (or higher)
- Command-line interface such as Windows Command Prompt (cmd.exe) or Windows PowerShell (v5, 6, or 7)
- Administrator rights are required during installation and software activation