Claas Jäger wrote: > I have a PDF file wich, if converted that way, has an enormous size (> > 80MB). I figured out that the elements that make th PS so huge are 1.) a > pattern used on the page to simulate grey background on a certain area > and 2.) a transparent layer above that pattern.
Is there no way to prevent that these patterns are added? Maybe if you change something earlier in the workflow, you can avoid this problem. > Now I am trying to remove th 2 objects from the PDF file using iText. My > problem is that 1.) i am not possible to find these objects using iText > and What if you compare the bytes? You have those bytes in Pattern_only.pdf If the pattern is identical for all PDFs, then you could try to find that pattern in a stream in the other PDFs. > 2.) since i do not know which is the object to remove i can't do it. Once you know where to find that pattern. Use killIndirect (maybe you'll have to replace the object with a smaller stream). It's probably possible to achieve what you want with iText, but it will demand plenty of programming. -- This answer is provided by 1T3XT BVBA http://www.1t3xt.com/ - http://www.1t3xt.info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php
