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Compress PDF files freely with PDFLab
Authored by: abadgersf on May 11, '06 09:39:13AM

I tested several methods using a 4.9MB Pages file with many graphics. The results for me were:
Original Pages doc: 4.9 MB
PDFLab: 2.4 MB
Print> Compress PDF option: 3.5 MB
Print> ColorSync Reduce File Size option: 1.3 MB
Adobe Acrobat Pro Reduce File Size: 956 KB

The images on the smallest file were very slightly blurred when printed on a color laser. Otherwise, there was virtually no difference between the prints.

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iMac G5 / PowerBook G4 Ti



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Acrobat Pro has lots of options
Authored by: hamarkus on May 11, '06 10:59:42AM

In Acrobat Pro you can finetune pdf compression by going to Advanced -> PDF Optimizer. There are a great number of options, from image compression over font inclusion to the removal of transparency.



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