My favorite approach for PDF rasterization was to interop with a simple, custom Java console application that leveraged Apache PdfBox. This lasted until the lo

My favorite approach for PDF rasterization was to interop with a simple, custom Java console application that leveraged Apache PdfBox. This lasted until the log4j exploit, at which point we had to abandon it altogether due to our customers (banks) having a complete meltdown over it at the time. It's probably still a really good option. I would definitely go back to it in a different context.