"J. Roeleveld" writes: > On February 22, 2017 11:12:01 PM GMT+01:00, k...@aspodata.se wrote: >>Thelma: >>> I have scaned pdf file (88-page) 23MB in size (downloaded this way). >>> Trying to reduce the size of the file I [...] >> >>Why don't you extract the images with pdfimages from the pdf and >>compress them with xv or convert (imagemagic) and maybe gimp can >>comress them also. Don't know how to get them back into a pdf though. >> >>Regards, >>/Karl Hammar > > If I remember correctly, you can merge images into a PDF using convert: > # convert image1.jpg image2.jpg .... output.pdf > > I use this technique when I find some images need turning or resorting after > scanning bigger documents.
When going through that route, it is my experience that img2pdf does a much better job than imagemagick because it deals with the .jpg compression losslessly. -- Alberto
