On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Gordon Messmer <yiny...@eburg.com> wrote:

> On 12/27/2012 06:17 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>
>> I need to reduce the file size of my PDF in Fedora.
>>
>
> As others have noted, your ability to do so depends on the specifics of
> your file, which you haven't shared.
>
> You could use ghostscript to reduce quality (resolution) and size:
> http://www.ubuntugeek.com/**ubuntu-tiphowto-reduce-adobe-**
> acrobat-file-size-from-**command-line.html<http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-tiphowto-reduce-adobe-acrobat-file-size-from-command-line.html>
>
> You can also try removing embedded fonts.  Examples are included here:
> http://stackoverflow.com/**questions/10450120/optimize-**
> pdf-files-with-ghostscript-or-**other<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10450120/optimize-pdf-files-with-ghostscript-or-other>
>
> All of ghostscripts options are documenTed here:
> http://ghostscript.com/doc/**current/Ps2pdf.htm<http://ghostscript.com/doc/current/Ps2pdf.htm>


I have occasionally found that converting to postscript and then back to
pdf will result in a smaller file size, particularly when there are images
involved.  (In my case, lots of receipts mailed to me that were
photographed rather than scanned, and then converted to giant .pdfs.)

Doing a pdf2ps filename.pdf (which will result in filename.ps) and then
ps2pdf filename.ps newfilename.pdf usually does the trick for me without
having to dive into lots of options and flags (though they are available).
 It's quick and dirty, but gets me what i need most of the time.

-robyn


>
>
> Finally, you could build pdfsizeopt.  There isn't a fedora package, as far
> as I can tell:
> http://code.google.com/p/**pdfsizeopt/<http://code.google.com/p/pdfsizeopt/>
>
>
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