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Turn one or more JPG or PNG images into a single PDF. Pages are A4 by default; you can also choose Letter, F4, or the same size as each image. The PDF is made as soon as you add images, one image per page, in the order you added them. Change the order, rotate a page or change a setting, and the PDF is made again automatically.
Key takeaways
- A4 by default. Letter, F4 and Same size as image are in Page settings.
- One PDF or one per image. One combined PDF is the default. With One PDF per image, two or more PDFs download as a ZIP.
- JPG and PNG. Other formats aren't supported yet.
- No Start button. The PDF is made as soon as you add images, and made again automatically after each change. The exceptions: after you stop, or after One combined PDF couldn't be written, changing a setting, the order or a rotation doesn't make a new PDF by itself.
- Reorder, rotate, remove. Drag a card, use Move up and Move down, or sort by file name.
- Core tools free forever. No sign-up. No option is locked behind an account or a payment. Use it as often as you like.
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Contents
How to convert JPG to PDF
Add your images
Click Choose images, drop JPG or PNG files on the converter, or paste them with Ctrl+V (⌘V on a Mac). You can add several images at once.
Let the PDF be made
There is no Start button. The PDF is made as soon as you add images, one image per page, in the order you added them.
Adjust the pages
Drag a card, use Move up and Move down, or click Sort by file name to change the order. Open Page settings to change the page size, orientation, margins or output. The PDF is made again automatically after each change.
Download the PDF
Click Download PDF (N pages). With One PDF per image and two or more images, click Download all N PDFs (ZIP).
What you get
One page per image. Each image goes on its own page. With One combined PDF, all pages are in one file. With One PDF per image, each image becomes its own PDF.
Page size. A4 (210 × 297 mm) is the default. You can also choose Letter (8.5 × 11 in), F4 (215 × 330 mm) or Same size as image.
Same size as image. Each page takes the size of its image, so page sizes can differ. Page size comes from the resolution marked in each image if that resolution is between 72 and 1200 DPI; otherwise 96 DPI is used. Orientation doesn't apply in this mode, because each page takes its image's orientation.
Orientation. Auto is the default: landscape images go on landscape pages, and portrait images on portrait pages. You can also choose Portrait or Landscape for every page.
Margins. None is the default. Narrow is 10 mm and Wide is 20 mm.
How the image sits on the page. Each image is scaled to fit the page inside the margins, keeping its proportions, and centered. Smaller images are enlarged to fit. Nothing is cropped or stretched.
Rotating a page. Rotate 90° right turns one image a quarter turn clockwise.
Previewing a page. Preview shows where the image sits on the page. "It isn't a render of the PDF."
Very large images. If an image is too large to preview, its card says so. It still goes into the PDF.
No quality settings. There is no setting to shrink or recompress your images.
No watermark. Each page holds only your image: no watermark, logo or text is added to it. The name 17TooL appears only in the producer and creator fields of the PDF's properties, not on the pages.
JPG, PNG and PDF: the main differences
| JPG | PNG | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | JPEG, ITU-T Recommendation T.81 | PNG, a W3C Recommendation | PDF, an open standard maintained by ISO (ISO 32000) |
| Compression | Lossy | Lossless | — |
| Transparency | No alpha channel | Optional alpha channel | — |
| What one file holds | One picture | One picture (or one animation) | Many pages; this tool puts one image on each page |
| Size | Width and height in pixels | Width and height in pixels | A set page size, such as A4, Letter or F4 |
| Good for | Photos | Screenshots, diagrams, line art, and images that need transparency | Sending or printing several pages as one document |
In short: keep JPG or PNG for a single picture; make a PDF when you need several pages in one file or a set paper size. The format facts in this table come from the standards and guides listed under Sources and references.
Why turn images into a PDF
- One file instead of many — A JPG or PNG file holds one picture, while a PDF can hold many pages. A set of photos, receipts or scanned pages can go out as one attachment or one upload, in the order you chose.
- A real paper size for printing — Every PDF page has a set size. Here you can choose A4, Letter or F4 and add margins; each image is scaled to fit inside the page and centered, without cropping or stretching.
- Pages stay in your order — The pages follow the order you set in the list, so whoever opens the PDF sees them in that order, whatever PDF reader, device or operating system they use.
Who uses JPG to PDF
- Students — Put photos of homework or handwritten notes into one PDF to hand in.
- Office staff — Collect photos of receipts or invoices into one PDF for an expense claim.
- Applicants — Turn photos or scans of ID documents and certificates into a PDF for an online form that asks for one.
- Photographers and designers — Send a set of images as one file for review.
- Online sellers — Share product photos with a buyer as a single PDF.
- Teachers — Put photos of worksheets into one PDF to share, or to print on A4 or Letter.
Image quality and page layout
Defaults. Page settings start at A4, Auto orientation and no margins, and A4 is the default in every language. With these settings each image is shown as large as the page allows. Auto puts a wide image on a landscape page and a tall image on a portrait page, and with no margins the image reaches the edge of the page on the side where it fits first. The image keeps its proportions and is centered, so when its proportions differ from the page's, there is a strip of blank page in the other direction.
Choosing settings. Pick the page size of the paper you will print on: A4 is 210 × 297 mm, Letter is 8.5 × 11 in and F4 is 215 × 330 mm. If your printer cuts off the edges, or you want white space around each image, choose Narrow (10 mm) or Wide (20 mm) margins; the image is then fitted inside a smaller area, so it prints a little smaller. Choosing Portrait or Landscape for every page makes images of the other shape smaller on the page, because they have to fit the shorter side. If you don't need a paper size, choose Same size as image: each page is worked out from the resolution marked in its image, and the image is not enlarged to fill a sheet. For example, an image 600 pixels wide becomes a page 600 points wide when it is marked 72 DPI, and 144 points (2 inches) wide when it is marked 300 DPI. With no mark, or a mark outside 72 to 1200 DPI, 96 DPI is used.
What stays the same, and what you can't change. There is no quality, compression or resolution setting: Page settings change only the page size, orientation, margins and output, which decide where each image sits and how big it is on the page. The image's proportions don't change. Rotate 90° right turns an image a quarter turn clockwise; with Auto orientation the page turns with it, so a portrait photo turned once goes on a landscape page. Small images are enlarged to fill the page, and enlarging adds no detail: a small or low-resolution photo can look soft when printed on a full page. Start from a larger original, or use Same size as image to keep the page at the image's own size.
Edge cases. 16-bit PNG images are converted to 8 bits per channel: each value keeps its top 8 bits and is not rounded. Very fine color steps, for example a smooth gradient saved from a 16-bit editing file, can turn into visible bands; if that matters, convert the file to 8-bit yourself in your image editor first. Transparent areas of a PNG stay transparent: the alpha channel goes into the PDF as a soft mask, so the page shows through. A file is read by its content, not its name, so a PNG saved with a .jpg ending is handled as a PNG.
While the PDF is being made
Changing things after it's done. When the PDF is ready and you change a setting, the order or a rotation, or add or remove an image, the PDF is made again automatically. Until the new one is ready, you can still download the previous PDF.
Adding images. Images can't be added while the PDF is being made. The page says: "Making the PDF now. Add images after it finishes."
Settings and order. While the PDF is being made, you can't change page settings, the order or rotation, or remove images. Stop first, or wait until it's done.
Stop, with One combined PDF. A combined PDF can only be downloaded once every page is written, so stopping doesn't give you part of a PDF. Your images, page order and settings stay. Click Make the PDF again to write it from page 1.
Stop, with One PDF per image. The PDFs already made are kept, and you can download them. You can also click "Continue with the remaining N" to make the rest.
After you stop. Changing a setting, the order or a rotation doesn't start anything by itself. Adding more images starts it again: with One combined PDF, the PDF is made again from the start with the new images and the current settings and order; with One PDF per image, any images not yet made into PDFs with the current settings are made into PDFs as well.
Leaving the page. If you close or reload the page while the PDF is being made, your browser asks you to confirm.
Clearing the list. After you click Clear, you can undo it.
Common errors
When an image is checked, any problem is shown with an error code in the list of Files not added to the PDF, and the other images carry on. With One combined PDF, if any image is turned away at this check, the PDF is still made from the rest, and the page says how many files couldn't be added, with the reasons listed below. With One PDF per image, the other images are made into PDFs as usual, and the files not added are listed. N and M stand for numbers the page fills in.
| What you see | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| This format isn't supported yet | The file is HEIC, WebP, GIF, BMP or TIFF. Only JPG and PNG are supported for now. | Convert it to JPG first, then add it. |
| This kind of JPG encoding isn't supported | The file is a JPG, but it uses an encoding this tool doesn't support (for example a 12-bit, lossless or arithmetic-coded JPG). | Save it as a regular JPG in your photo app or image viewer, then add it. |
| Not an image file | The file isn't an image. | Only JPG and PNG are accepted. |
| This file is empty | There's nothing in the file. | Export or save the image again, then add it. |
| File too large | The image is over the per-file limit. | Compress the image first, then add it. |
| This image can't be read | The file may be damaged. | Save a new copy in your photo app or image viewer, then add it. |
| Over the N-image limit, not added | You added more images than can go in one run. Images up to the limit were added; the rest are listed. | Make this PDF first, then use the remaining images for the next one. |
| Would go over the size limit for one PDF, not added | Happens only with One combined PDF: adding this image would make the PDF too large. Images up to the limit were added; the rest are listed. | Make this PDF first, then use the remaining images for the next one. |
| This device ran out of memory, so the PDF wasn't finished | The device didn't have enough memory to finish the PDF. Your images and their order are still here. | You can make the PDF again. You can also close other browser tabs or remove some images, then try again. |
With One combined PDF, if some images were turned away at the check, the download button says how many files are left out, for example "Download PDF (N pages, without M files)".
If one image can't be written into the PDF, no PDF is made, and the page names that image. Click "Remove [file name] and make the PDF again" to leave it out and make the PDF from the rest.
Your images and the PDF
The PDF is made in your browser. Your images are not uploaded. Neither your images nor the PDF are saved to your browser's long-term storage.
The PDF's title is its file name. The author field is left empty, and the PDF doesn't record anything about your device.
There is no sign-up, and no option is locked behind an account or a payment.
When to use it
Good fit:
- You have photos of receipts, ID documents or homework and need them in one PDF.
- You need a PDF on A4, Letter or F4 paper.
- You want each image as a separate PDF.
- You want pages the same size as your images.
Not a good fit:
- Your images are HEIC, WebP, GIF, BMP or TIFF. Convert them to JPG first.
- You want to crop, filter or edit the images.
- You want to make the images smaller or lower their quality.
Input, settings and output
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Input | JPG and PNG images. Choose them, drop them on the converter, or paste them. |
| Where you use it | In your web browser: this converter is a web page, with no app, extension or program to install. Tested on a computer with the Chromium, Firefox and WebKit browser engines. |
| Page size | A4 (default), Letter, F4 or Same size as image. |
| Orientation | Auto (default), Portrait or Landscape. Doesn't apply with Same size as image. |
| Margins | None (default), Narrow 10 mm or Wide 20 mm. |
| Output | One combined PDF (default) or One PDF per image. |
| Page order | The order you added the images. Drag, Move up and Move down, or Sort by file name. |
| Per-page actions | Move up, Move down, Rotate 90° right, Preview, Remove. |
| File name | One combined PDF is named after the first image. With One PDF per image, each PDF is named after its image. |
| ZIP | With One PDF per image and two or more PDFs: images-pdf.zip. It includes a 17tool-results.json list with each file's name, status and settings. |
What other top results cover
This summary is based on the first three pages of Google results for "jpg to pdf" (hl=en, gl=us), saved on 23 September 2026. Ads, videos and image blocks are not counted. Each of the top ten organic results is an online converter page: iLovePDF, Adobe Acrobat, Smallpdf, JPG2PDF, PDF24, Canva, Drawboard, CamScanner, CloudConvert and Dpdf. Most of them say in the title or snippet that the conversion is free, and the top three say it takes seconds. Other points they mention are combining several images into one PDF, page orientation, margins and page size, and reordering or rotating pages. Further down, results 11 to 30 also include app store listings, a Reddit guide, and pages that stress there is nothing to install.
Frequently asked questions
What page size does JPG to PDF use?
A4 by default. You can choose Letter, F4 or Same size as image in Page settings.
Can I combine several images into one PDF?
Yes. One combined PDF is the default. The pages follow the order you added the images. Drag a card, use Move up and Move down, or click Sort by file name to change it.
Can I get one PDF per image?
Yes. Choose One PDF per image in Page settings. With two or more images, Download all N PDFs (ZIP) gives you a ZIP. With one image, Download PDF gives you the PDF itself.
Which image formats can I use?
JPG and PNG. HEIC, WebP, GIF, BMP and TIFF aren't supported yet. Convert them to JPG first.
Do I have to click anything after changing a setting?
No. When the PDF is ready and you change a setting, the order or a rotation, the PDF is made again automatically. The exceptions: after you stop, or after One combined PDF couldn't be written, these changes don't make a new PDF by themselves.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up, and no option is locked behind an account or a payment.
Can I make the images smaller or change their quality?
No. There is no quality or compression setting: Page settings only change the page size, orientation, margins and output. If you need a smaller file, compress the images first, then add them.
Why wasn't my image added to the PDF?
Look in the list of Files not added to the PDF: each file there shows the reason and an error code. The cause can be a format other than JPG or PNG, a JPG encoding this tool doesn't support, an empty or damaged file, or a file over a limit. Fix that file, for example by saving it again as a regular JPG, then add it again. The other images are not affected.
Sources and references
- MDN Web Docs: Image file type and format guide · Accessed 2026-09
- W3C: Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification (Third Edition) · Accessed 2026-09
- ITU-T Recommendation T.81: Digital compression and coding of continuous-tone still images (JPEG) · Accessed 2026-09
- Adobe: What is a PDF? Portable Document Format · Accessed 2026-09