We're having issues with PDF file sizes for filing and any help is appreciated. We're using a color, text searchable PDF with text and graphics that is 1.29 meg is size to use a test document. I've printed it out and am tying to scan it back to PDF and at least get close to the same file size in black & white and text searchable.
Best I can do (with VERY poor resolution) is 3.8 meg. I think we should be able to get close in file size, but I've tried optimizing, redicing, scanning at 150dpi and they all result in large PDF's or very poor images.
Any tips or hints using Acrobat Pro 9. (I upgrade from 7 Standard and recall getting better results with 7 on the same scan job.)
1 - if you e-file a brief, you should print (aka 'publish' in WordPerfect) the brief to PDF from the word processor. this will create the smallest (in KBs) PDF file.
2 - if you must scan a document, do the scan at 300 dpi, black/white (aka monochrome), never in color.
3 - the application of OCR to a color image (likely JPEG) virtually never yields reliable results.
4 - printing and rescanning will never! yield improvement.
5 - always apply the 'reduce file size' tool.