[pdftex] pdftex & file size...

[Hans Hagen]

At 06:00 PM 11/12/2001 +0100, Thierry Bouche wrote:

>alternative rasterized version (323 K)
>
>there is a stream like this which occupies most of the file:
>30 0 obj
><< /N 4 /Alternate /DeviceCMYK /Length 321237 /Filter /FlateDecode >>
>
>So, in the first place, it seems that distiller puts things I didn't ask
>for (& really don't see where to modify this, maybe is this a feature
>associated to web optimization?) and, in the second place, pdftex
>doesn't select the right object but just copies the whole thing.

that's crazy behavior of distiller i guess; it can probably be turned off 
with raw ps code; this record seems recognizable so maybe there is a way to 
remove the reference to it

is there some magic %%PleaseAddThisCrap line at the beginning of the EPS file?

[it's too large for a thumbnail]

Hans
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