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Authored by: onyx2 on Feb 18, '03 07:03:29PM

I agree with erikzred though - there needs to be a OS X native script that can do "Purpose PDf for Screen" and "Purpose PDF for Web". The PDFs OS X make are HUGE!

Using a third party app (i.e. PDFShrink) to shrink them shouldn't be an option - especially when they cost $100+!!! - it should be native and built into OS X as an option.

mclbruce - do you know something we don't know??!! :)

Go here for a little more info:

http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/CoreTechnologies/graphics/Printing/PDF_Workflow/pdfwf_intro/index.html



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other 3rd party apps
Authored by: mclbruce on Feb 18, '03 10:42:29PM

I see PDF Press, PDFCompress, and PDFshrink on version tracker. They are all in the $20 to $35 range. There is another app there that will convert PDF to JPEG. Throw an alias of that in the PDF Services folder and you could end up with a JPEG instead of a PDF.

I suspect that all of the people working on these various compression utilities will modify them for use in the PDF Services folder.



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More info.... (PStill)
Authored by: Stone_Design on Feb 19, '03 09:36:32AM
PStill has been in development for over 10 years - at $69, with free upgrades for life, it does way more than "shrink" PDF:
  • convert any PS, EPS, and other conforming PostScript to PDF
  • watched folders for server-style work flow
  • repurpose & redistill PDF
  • combine any number of PDFs, PS's, EPS or images into one document
  • instantly make huge tiled posters
  • preference sets and much, much more!

Also - we let you download the app, and try it at full strength for 30 days!



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More info.... (PStill)
Authored by: mikerose on Feb 21, '03 06:16:18AM

PStill is a great buy, especially if you compare to the full Acrobat
package (with, at 5.0.5, no Carbonized distilling functionality). Works
very very well, much less to worry about than setting up Ghostscript --
recommended.

(If you take the time to get Ghostscript working, it does the job as well.)



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More info.... (PStill)
Authored by: bluehz on Feb 22, '03 10:09:48AM

I have tried every version of PStill ever released - and never once have I produced a usable PDF. And I am familiar with teh process - have been dealing with PDF's for well over 10 years now. Just not reliable if you ask me...



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More info.... (PStill)
Authored by: david-bo on Feb 22, '03 05:34:01PM
Yeah right you have.

Acrobat has not been around for ten years yet.

http://forum.planetpdf.com/archive/67100.htm

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