On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:37:10 -0700 Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey guys, > > I am currently using Etch and I'm loving it! > > Today I had to scan several documents from a Windows machine (not a good > experience). The output files were of png format. I then transferred these > files into Debian and used ImageMagick's "convert" utility to convert the png > images into pdf. However, the pdf file sizes were around 1.6MB each. At this > point, I I couldn't figure out how to reduce the file size. I searched the > aptitude repositories and google but I couldn't find a proper solution. > > In the end, I had to transfer the files to Mac OS X and use "Preview" to > reduce the image size. > > How is this done in debian? I am sure there are utilities out there but I > just couldn't find them. > > Thank you! IIUC, a pdf made out of an image will just be some kind of wrapper around the image (assuming you haven't first converted the image to text via OCR). How big was the original .png? You should probably resize that rather than the enclosing .pdf. Why do you even want to convert the png to pdf? > Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
