convert pdf to monochrome png results in mostly black document

[warpno]

Hi all,

trying to convert a pdlatex generated two-pages pdf form (white background, black text, headers with grey background) into a monochrome png always results in the first png (i.e. corresponding to the first page of the pdf) being almost completely black. This happens regardless of what threshold value I set, e.g.:

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convert test.pdf -monochrome -threshold 50% test.png

Thanks for any help

[snibgo]

After "-monochrome", the image contains black and white only, so "-threshold" has no effect. If you want to threshold at a certain level, just do that, without "-monochrome" (or reverse the order: threshold first, then monochrome).

[warpno]

Thank you very much snibgo,

now I have another problem: I need a real monochrome tiff but when I do identify I get:

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TIFF 595x842 595x842+0+0 8-bit Grayscale Gray 15426B 0.000u 0:00.000

shouldn't it be: "Gray 2c"??

[snibgo]

Sorry, I don't know what "a real monochrome tiff" is. Perhaps one of the "-type" options gives you that, eg "-type palette".

IM tools don't tell you how the image is stored in the file. If you want to know that, use exiftool.

[warpno]

I solved it.
For some reason I had to set:

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-compress Group4