[pdftex] pdftex & file size...

[Hans Hagen]

At 06:54 PM 11/12/2001 +0100, Thierry Bouche wrote:
>Thierry Bouche a écrit :
> >
> > 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?)
>
>a way to prevent this is to ask for acrobat 3 compatibility, I didn't
>find any other way. As a result, my 30 K EPS makes a 10 K PDF...
>
>Uf!
>
>What is quite puzzling is that PDF consultant reports _no_ figure
>alternates on these PDF generated by distiller. Something is broken
>somewhere...

from the snippet that you showed it does not look like an alternate since 
the alt entry should be in the resource dict of the main graphic,

[btw: isn't it strange that an alternative can only be a bitmap?]

Hans

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