On 09/07/2010 05:39 AM, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: > Am 06.09.2010 22:57, schrieb Gregory Pittman: >> On 09/06/2010 04:04 PM, Rudolf Vavruch wrote: >>> Submitted on 09/06/2010 >>> Submitted by anonymous user: [10.1.5.224] >>> >>> Submitted values are: >>> >>> Name: Rudolf Vavruch >>> Email Address: vavruch at gmail.com >>> Subject: Making PDF smaller >>> Message: >>> Hi, I'm sending this from the contact form on scribus.net. >>> >>> My friends and I are making an online magazine, you can view the first >>> issue here: exhibitmag.co.za. The second issue is complete but for one >>> problem - as a PDF it's too big. I've tried various methods of exporting >>> it but nothing gets it looking good unless it is around 400MB. My friend >>> took this PDF opened it in Illustrator and when closing it, it asked him >>> if he wanted to remove superfluous data (or something similar), >>> bookmarks and other things. It then compressed the file down to 40MB! >>> But I've noticed one problem, occasionally some of the text is messed >>> up. >>> >>> Is there anyway I can compress the generated PDF without dropping image >>> resolution and keeping all the text as is? >>> >>> I am using ScribusNG 1.3.5 - that comes with Linux Mint 8 Helena. >> >> Hi Rudolf, >> >> Try these: >> >> http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Shrinking_a_PDF_from_the_command_line >> http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Web_optimised_PDF >> >> What these involve is conversion to PS then back to PDF. >> >> Greg >> > > Just thought I'd try that first one, but this is what came out: > > myfile.pdf: 2660277 > myfile.ps: 354513891 > myshrunkenfile.pdf: 72428732 > > That means, the "shrunken" file is actually bigger than the original one. > > Any idea?
It means you need to try the other way. I've noticed the same thing sometimes -- I think this page needs editing. Greg
