On 01/19/2010 09:16 AM, Tom Connolly wrote: > It was suggested PDFtoPS then pstopdf creates a much leaner pdf than PDF2ps, > etc. I know how to use the latter, but I can't find any instruction for how > to use PDFtoPS. Is it a Linux only app? I am using Windows Vista. I've only > very rarely used command line stuff. I do a newsletter that winds up 48MB > via Scribus export to PDF. I need to get it under a meg, if possible. Thanks > This workaround may work better, and is certainly easier:
Open the PDF in Adobe Reader, then print to a file, which will create a PS file. Then take that file and use ps2pdf (which is part of ghostscript). This is also a workaround for flattening transparency for a PDF 1.3 file. Greg
