{"id":1070,"date":"2017-09-20T15:44:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T19:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inlibro.com\/pdftocover-instructions\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T07:39:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T11:39:33","slug":"pdftocover-instructions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inlibro.com\/en\/koha-plugins\/pdftocover-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"PDFtoCover Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Description<\/h2>\n

This plugin will create a cover image for a bibliographic record from the first page of the PDF file linked in 856$u.<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”]Download<\/a><\/pee>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Installation<\/h3>\n

This plugin requires Koha 17.05 or higher.
\nTo convert PDF files into images, this plugin uses the pdftocairo binary, found in the libcairo2-dev package. This plugin will not run without this package installed.<\/p>\n

On Ubuntu\/Debian :<\/p>\n

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Interface<\/h3>\n

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Instructions<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Start the job by clicking on “Create thumbnail”.
Koha will display the number of records to process.
This number will be updated as records are processed until the job is complete.<\/p>\n

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Generation a single cover image<\/h3>\n

In the bibliographic record, click on “Generate cover image”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Note<\/strong><\/p>\n

If the record has more than one 856$u, only the first PDF will be used to create the cover image.<\/p>\n

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