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Linux commands to reduce size of PDF files
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ConvertPDFSizeReduce.md

Linux commands to reduce size of PDF files

This requires ImageMagick packages to be installed.

  • Reduce quality and remove color:
% convert -colorspace GRAY -density 150x150 -quality 80 -compress jpeg LargeSize.pdf SmallSizeGray.pdf
  • Reduce quality, preserve color:
% convert -density 150x150 -quality 80 -compress jpeg LargeSize.pdf SmallSize.pdf
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