[xep-support] Please tell us how to decrease pdf file size

[Brian J. Butler]

Open XEP.XML and set the COMPRESS line as shown below:

    <!-- Backend options -->
    <generator-options format="PDF">
      <option name="COMPRESS" value="true"/>
      <!-- <option name="PDF_VERSION" value="1.3"/> -->
    </generator-options>

Using compression greatly increases the amount of memory used.  If you 
have a large document, it might be better to create an uncompressed PDF 
and then compress it with Adobe Acrobat.  With Acrobat, simply open the 
document and Save As another file after setting the compression options.

We create a document that is about 2.7GB before compression and about 
80MB after compression using this technique.

BJB


Jörg Drescher wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Please help us urgendtly. We have ordered XEP and are getting no email 
> support at all.
>
> How to get XEP-PDFs (tagged) compressed. We thought compressing PDF 
> would be on by default.
>
>     <generator-options format="PostScript">
>       <!-- <option name="LANGUAGE_LEVEL" value="2"/> -->
>       <!-- <option name="CLONE_EPS" value="true"/> -->
>     </generator-options>
>
> But:
> - If we are zipping the XEP-PDFs the compression factor is still very 
> high (25% of original xep-pdf file size).
> - The JPGs are still very small (10% of original xep-pdf file size)
>
> Do we need to zip XEP-PDFs???
>
> With kind regards
>
> Jörg  Drescher
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