Xpdf-tools-win-4.04 — Genuine

For batch processing images at high DPI:

| Tool | Time to extract all text | Memory usage | |------|------------------------|--------------| | xpdf pdftotext | 0.47 seconds | 8 MB | | Python PyPDF2 | 1.8 seconds | 45 MB | | Adobe Acrobat (Save As Text) | 6.2 seconds | 210 MB | | Microsoft Edge “Save as Text” | 2.1 seconds | 190 MB | xpdf-tools-win-4.04

Get-ChildItem -Filter "*.pdf" | ForEach-Object $output = "$($_.BaseName).txt" pdftotext $_.FullName $output Write-Host "Processed $($_.Name)" For batch processing images at high DPI: |

For image extraction: pdfimages took 0.9 seconds vs. Acrobat’s 7 seconds. The performance delta is dramatic, especially on older hardware or in batch scenarios. Here’s a PowerShell one-liner to extract text from all PDFs in a folder: Here’s a PowerShell one-liner to extract text from

🔗 Official xpdfreader.com download page