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== Reduce the size of a PDF file consisting of scanned images ==
== Reduce the size of a PDF file consisting of scanned images ==
It is wise to scan documents at the highest resolution possible as downsampling can be done at any point. The fastest way I found so far the tools of the ImageMagick suite or with GhostScript.
It is wise to scan documents at the highest resolution possible as downsampling can be done at any point. The fastest way I found so far the tools of the [http://imagemagick.org/ ImageMagick] suite or with GhostScript.


Assuming we have a PDF with images scanned at 600dpi and I want to downsample it to 150dpi and use JPEG compression at a ratio of 80% for sending it via mail.
Assuming we have a PDF with images scanned at 600dpi and I want to downsample it to 150dpi and use JPEG compression at a ratio of 80% for sending it via mail.

Revision as of 21:34, 25 April 2012

Reduce the size of a PDF file consisting of scanned images

It is wise to scan documents at the highest resolution possible as downsampling can be done at any point. The fastest way I found so far the tools of the ImageMagick suite or with GhostScript.

Assuming we have a PDF with images scanned at 600dpi and I want to downsample it to 150dpi and use JPEG compression at a ratio of 80% for sending it via mail.

 convert -density 150x150 -compression jpeg -quality 80 INPUT.pdf OUTPUT.pdf

Convert images to PDF documents

Assuming you have a few images laying around that need to be converted to a PDF with a paper size in DIN A4.

convert -page A4 -density 150x150 -compress jpeg -quality 80 INPUT01.tif INPUT02.tif INPUT03.tif  OUTPUT.pdf