Wild guesses: One clue might be that 5kb growth is not much, IMO. Is it possible that the second PDF is storing information about its generation history? Perhaps a utility that compares the internals of the files has the answer.
Are the FM files changed or resaved before generating the second PDF? On Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 10:26 AM <barry.meis...@nuvoton.com> wrote: > Greetings, > I've encountered an aggravating phenomenon that I need a fix for: > The second time I create a PDF from the same FM19 book, the PDF comes out > at about twice the size as the first time I do it. > Details: > Using FM19, I create a PDF by printing a book to a PS file and then > distilling the PS file using Adobe Distiller XI, "Professional version" > 11.0.0779, with the "Compatibility" setting set to "Adobe 5.0 (PDF1.4)". > (Note that the "Compatibility" dropdown menu lists several Compatibility > options----up to "Adobe 8.0 (PDF1.7)". > The first time I do this I end up with a PDF that is (in this case) about > 5.5 KB. > The second time I do it (using the same files) the PDF size is about 11 KB. > Note that in both case, I perform a "save as" operation on the PDF to try > to reduce its size. > > I have no idea what causes this doubling in size and I really need the > smaller-sized files. > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > Best wishes, > Barry Meislin > > > > =========================================================================================== > The privileged confidential information contained in this email is > intended for use only by the addressees as indicated by the original sender > of this email. If you are not the addressee indicated in this email or are > not responsible for delivery of the email to such a person, please kindly > reply to the sender indicating this fact and delete all copies of it from > your computer and network server immediately. Your cooperation is highly > appreciated. It is advised that any unauthorized use of confidential > information of Nuvoton is strictly prohibited; and any information in this > email irrelevant to the official business of Nuvoton shall be deemed as > neither given nor endorsed by Nuvoton. > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com