There's no way that a PDF created by iText from scratch will reduce 50% just by doing a "Save As" in Acrobat. If that's the case I would like to see the before and after PDF. My post was about using the "PDF Optimizer" as I think the OP was refering to.
Paulo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard Rosenthol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Post all your questions about iText here" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [iText-questions] how come itext pdf are a lot better than if iresave them in adobe? > Just so folks don't get the wrong idea... > > When you do a Save As in Acrobat - it is a completely LOSSLESS series > of optimizations - along the lines of what Bruno mentioned in his > email (duplicate entry elimination, etc.). Image resampling, etc. > only takes place if the user explictly chooses to "Reduce File Size" > or run the "PDF Optimizer". > > Leonard > > On Jul 6, 2008, at 8:29 AM, Paulo Soares wrote: > >> I bet the pdf has images. If you feed iText the resampled, resized >> images, it will also result in a smaller pdf. Make sure you're >> comparing >> apples with apples when making such statements. >> >> Paulo ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Do you like iText? Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php Or leave a tip: https://tipit.to/itexttipjar
