Hi All,
I am looking for a method and guide to reduce my pdf file size from 100MB to 2MB or 3MB maintaining and preserving its original page size. I do not mind image resolution to be deteriorated drastically. Thanks in advance.
Reduce and downsize pdf
2010-11-30 19:57:58
My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows
2010-12-08 18:13:59
#2
Hi Dimitri,
I have got the below method:-
Selected Printer Adobe PDF, under Adobe PDF Document Properties Menu, I picked Adobe PDF Setting tab. Then I editted the Default Settings as below:-
I managed to reduced the original size from 92MB to 3.6MB, however, the images were downsized tremendously.
http://img.ihere.org/uploads3/6571067d81.jpg
I have got the below method:-
Selected Printer Adobe PDF, under Adobe PDF Document Properties Menu, I picked Adobe PDF Setting tab. Then I editted the Default Settings as below:-
I managed to reduced the original size from 92MB to 3.6MB, however, the images were downsized tremendously.
http://img.ihere.org/uploads3/6571067d81.jpg
2010-12-22 09:26:11
#3
Dimitri,
We need to batch process numerous pdf files (over 200,000 in our archive)by
1.) text indexing each file for search purposes
2.) downsizing the file (only b&w images, no jpg's involved)
3.) resaving the file
{We have licensed Acrobat Pro ver.9}
If command line parameters would do it, I could programatically "call" an exe (Acrobat?) with the file name and command line parameters specified as similar to:
Call "c:\program files\adobe\acrobat.exe ;
/open:filespec.pdf ;
/index:filespec.pdf ;
/optimize:filespec.pdf ;
/save:filespec.pdf"
How could I/should I approach this need for batch processing these files?
Harold Alexander
alex [at] 225603624 [dot] com
225-603-6124
We need to batch process numerous pdf files (over 200,000 in our archive)by
1.) text indexing each file for search purposes
2.) downsizing the file (only b&w images, no jpg's involved)
3.) resaving the file
{We have licensed Acrobat Pro ver.9}
If command line parameters would do it, I could programatically "call" an exe (Acrobat?) with the file name and command line parameters specified as similar to:
Call "c:\program files\adobe\acrobat.exe ;
/open:filespec.pdf ;
/index:filespec.pdf ;
/optimize:filespec.pdf ;
/save:filespec.pdf"
How could I/should I approach this need for batch processing these files?
Harold Alexander
alex [at] 225603624 [dot] com
225-603-6124
2010-12-22 14:43:30
#4
Harold,
You could run an Acrobat Batch Sequence to perform OCR of the PDFs using the Sequence "Recognize Text Using OCR".
Looking over the configuration settings associated with supported image file formats could be helpful.
These effect the compression method(s) Acrobat would use.
n.b., also establish filtering settings (via scan profile setup)
Direct use of command line "control" (as it where) of Acrobat is problematic.
There is not alot that is available there.
Worth a look: The post by Leonard Rosenthol (Adobe System's PDF Standards Architect) at http://printplanet.com/forums/adobe/22933-automating-adobe-acrobat-batch-sequence
You could review the Acrobat SDK to see what programmatic interfaces are available.
Alternatively, there are software houses, such as Evermap, that have developed Acrobat plug-ins that may help.
(e.g., Evermap's AutoBatch plug-in).
Another approach might be to utilize a server based product.
This might be best considering the population of the PDFs to process.
If you end up using the installed Acrobat 9 Pro it'd be best to park the PDFs on the local machine's HDD.
You could run an Acrobat Batch Sequence to perform OCR of the PDFs using the Sequence "Recognize Text Using OCR".
Looking over the configuration settings associated with supported image file formats could be helpful.
These effect the compression method(s) Acrobat would use.
n.b., also establish filtering settings (via scan profile setup)
Direct use of command line "control" (as it where) of Acrobat is problematic.
There is not alot that is available there.
Worth a look: The post by Leonard Rosenthol (Adobe System's PDF Standards Architect) at http://printplanet.com/forums/adobe/22933-automating-adobe-acrobat-batch-sequence
You could review the Acrobat SDK to see what programmatic interfaces are available.
Alternatively, there are software houses, such as Evermap, that have developed Acrobat plug-ins that may help.
(e.g., Evermap's AutoBatch plug-in).
Another approach might be to utilize a server based product.
This might be best considering the population of the PDFs to process.
If you end up using the installed Acrobat 9 Pro it'd be best to park the PDFs on the local machine's HDD.
These tutorials provide some good guidance on that-
http://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/optimize-pdf-files-better-results
http://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/cleaning-your-pdf-documents
Hope this helps,
Dimitri
WindJack Solutions
www.pdfscripting.com
www.windjack.com
Dimitri Munkirs
WindJack Solutions
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