Reducing pdf size

[born2print]

If we can't fix it, we won't®

The prepress motto

[pspdfppdfxhd]

 

[born2print]

[madbugger]

If we can't fix it, we won't®

The prepress motto

If I can fix it but don't want to, I won't®

My motto

[scottrsimons]

I can fix most things but my boss has complained because I've been taking too much time on jobs. So, I've stopped fixing things.

Problems solved.

[abc]

Flatten Transparency
Convert to RGB
Subset Fonts
Downsample (not too low)
Lose any ICC Profiles/Output Intents
Crop images to their clip box (no rebate),
if it's online the probably only want the trim box
Remove metadata
Get rid of any objects outside the trim box
Change compression to squeeze it more, just watch for artifacts.
and always 'save as', never 'save'

Acrobat Audit usage tells you where the size is

[Slappy]

Duh, make the physical size of the pages 20% of their original measurement. Problem - SOLVED!!

[Joe]

Duh, make the physical size of the pages 20% of their original measurement. Problem - SOLVED!!

Brilliant! Would probably fit on a 5.25" floppy. WINNING!

[born2print]

Convert the pdf to metric, then put it on a 133.35mm floppy

[pspdfppdfxhd]

Duh, make the physical size of the pages 20% of their original measurement. Problem - SOLVED!!

The owner of our company actually suggested that. You know, make it a midget edition. Hmmm... was he on to something?

[pspdfppdfxhd]

No offence to midgets, just an expression.

[(Pre)PressingMyLuck]

"Lightly edit" the file for brevity and clarity. Probably needs it anyway.

[pspdfppdfxhd]

Flatten Transparency
Convert to RGB
Subset Fonts
Downsample (not too low)
Lose any ICC Profiles/Output Intents
Crop images to their clip box (no rebate),
if it's online the probably only want the trim box
Remove metadata
Get rid of any objects outside the trim box
Change compression to squeeze it more, just watch for artifacts.
and always 'save as', never 'save'

Acrobat Audit usage tells you where the size is

I believe i had exhausted all of the above. What is Acrobat Audit?

[abc]

Open the file in Acrobat
Go to 'Save as Other' > 'Optimized PDF'

then when that opens in the top right hand corner of the panel is a button 'Audit Usage'

that will analyze the file and tell you what is generating the size.

Share the results if you can, that will help find a solution (or not)

[Joe]

Scare the results if you can, that will help find a solution (or not)

Also after you scare the results also SHARE the results.