It depends entirely on the content of the PDF file in question. Without being able to see it, there's no way to be sure.
--Mark Storer Senior Software Engineer Cardiff.com import legalese.Disclaimer; Disclaimer<Cardiff> DisCard = null; > -----Original Message----- > From: Jade [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 9:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [iText-questions] shrinking the size of bloated PDF files? > > We have some pdf files that are very large for the number of > pages and illustrations that they contain. For example, one > bloated PDF file is only 307 pages long (it contains 7 > illustrations) but it's 175.6MB. We don't have the original > document so we can't generate a new pdf file. > > We tried to use itext to compress the document, but it only > shrunk it down to with compression level of 9. Does anyone > have any suggestions of how to shrink the size of the bloated > PDF file? > > Thank you, > > Jade > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 > supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, > and DOM L2 & L3. > Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time > creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta > today http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > > Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered > with a reference to the iText book: > http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list > before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
