Jetformat

Crop PDF pages to a bounding box

Use jetformat pdf crop to crop PDF pages to a bounding box.

By Jetformat

The coordinates define the MediaBox for every page. Cropping changes the viewable page area and must not be treated as secure deletion of off-page content.

Steps

  1. Start with a local PDF. Replace the sample paths and identifiers with your own.
  2. Run the command below. Save to a new output path so the source remains available for comparison.
  3. Check the result as described below before using it in another job.
jetformat pdf crop book.pdf --llx 0 --lly 0 --urx 400 --ury 500 -o crop.pdf

Options for this task

Option Meaning
--llx Lower-left X
--lly Lower-left Y
--output Output PDF path (required)
--urx Upper-right X
--ury Upper-right Y

Check the result

Check the new page dimensions with pdf info and render a page to verify important content is not clipped.

Notes and limits

This operation uses page-based credits. Review the billing guide before processing a large document.

The examples keep the original file. Add --force only when you intend to overwrite an existing output. Run jetformat pdf crop --help to compare options with your installed version.

See the pdf command reference for the surrounding workflow.

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