Thanks for the links. I tried the running this:
pdf2ps -dLanguageLevel=3 myfile.pdf but when the output ps reached around 2GB it crashed with the following error: Error: /ioerror in --showpage-- Operand stack: 1 true Execution stack: %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1862 1 3 %oparray_pop 1861 1 3 %oparray_pop 1845 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 14 1 125 --nostringval-- %for_pos_int_continue --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 1745 0 9 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- --nostringval-- Dictionary stack: --dict:1153/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:1/20(G)-- --dict:75/200(L)-- --dict:75/200(L)-- --dict:106/127(ro)(G)-- --dict:285/300(ro)(G)-- --dict:22/25(L)-- --dict:4/6(L)-- --dict:22/40(L)-- Current allocation mode is local Last OS error: 27 GPL Ghostscript GPL Ghostscript 8.708.70: : Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 I'm wondering if pdf2ps doesn't have a limit of some sort and 2GB was too big for it? On 7 September 2010 14:53, Gregory Pittman <gregp_ky at yahoo.com> wrote: > 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 >
