Hi, i agree with Michael - reducing the image size is the key. We had this problem once with huge TIFF files which can (after scanning) easily have a size of 50MB or bigger. With the java image io we converted those pics into TIFF-G4 standard which are greatly reduced in size (kb level).
Afterwards also our pdfs were much smaller. If you own Adobe Acrobat you can try the effect of reducing the image quality / adding compression. Go to Advanced/PDF-Optimization ... Regards, ToM 2011/5/3 Giuseppe Briotti <g.brio...@gmail.com> > > > 2011/5/3 Giuseppe Briotti <g.brio...@gmail.com> > >> >> >> 2011/5/3 Michael Rubin <mru...@thunderhead.com> >> >>> If you aren't bothered about image quality, then (albeit not knowing >>> what format the image is currently) can you not use something like high JPEG >>> compression on the graphics? This will dramatically reduce the image size >>> and therefore the PDF size. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> -Mike >>> >> > > Well, it seems that my message was sent without content. I agree with > Pascal: you can avoid to load the color profile. If this is not enough, you > can try to process all the images via batch. There are several tools that > can allow that. Try for example Image Magick... > > > G. > > -- > > Giuseppe Briotti > g.brio...@gmail.com > > "Alme Sol, curru nitido diem qui > promis et celas aliusque et idem > nasceris, possis nihil urbe Roma > visere maius." > (Orazio) >
