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Re: PDF files and dh_compress



* Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de> [2006-05-09 20:05]:

> #include <hallo.h>
> * Yaroslav Halchenko [Tue, May 09 2006, 01:15:54PM]:
> > Dear Developers,
> > 
> > I've raised this discussion at -mentors first [1] but I think it is worth
> > asking on a devel list since no definite decision was reached and I
> > could not find similar discussion in the archives.
> 
> I am strongly against compressing PDFs if the compression ratio is
> miserable, which is IMO the case for most PDFs nowadays. Take our policy
> document for example - compression saves less than 30 percent and throws
> unneeded stowns in the way of potential readers.
 
How about compressing all generated pdf with eg pdftk instead of gzip?
That would save on space without troubling potential readers.

yours Martin
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