Re: How to reduce pdf file size with open source software?
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:15:46 -0700
Amit Uttamchandani <atu13439@csun.edu> wrote:
> > IIUC, a pdf made out of an image will just be some kind of wrapper
> > around the image (assuming you haven't first converted the image to
> > text via OCR). How big was the original .png? You should probably
> > resize that rather than the enclosing .pdf. Why do you even want to
> > convert the png to pdf?
> >
>
> Thanks for the quick response.
>
> You are right, the pdf is just a wrapper around the image file. The size of the png image is around 1.6 mb, the pdf file is around the same size as well.
>
> This is for a hw assignment and the prof. only accepts files in pdf format. When using the convert command, the png image is automatically converted to an 8.5 by 11 sized pdf document.
>
> I guess I'll have to reduce the size of the png image first and then convert it as pdf?
Sounds good to me, but I'm no image guru.
> Amit Uttamchandani <atu13439@csun.edu>
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