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How yo reduce PDF file size on a Unix system with GhostScript

gs -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/screen -sOutputFile=output.pdf input.pdf

The following parameters for -dPDFSETTINGS can be edited with:

  • /screen – Lowest quality, lowest size
  • /ebook – Moderate quality
  • /printer – Good quality
  • /prepress – Best quality, highest size
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