[pdftex] PDF File Size

[Heiko Oberdiek]

On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 11:49:17PM -0400, Victor Ivrii wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Kip Warner <kip at thevertigo.com> wrote:
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > I just took a look through the man page for pdftex and I can't seem to
> > find any option to set the compression level of the generated PDF that
> > is output. Any suggestions?
> >
> > --
> > Kip Warner -- Software Engineer
> > OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred
> > http://www.thevertigo.com
> >
> 
> \pdfminorversion=6

\pdfminorversion=5 % lowest version with compressed object streams

> \pdfobjcompresslevel=3

\pdfobjcompresslevel=2 % info dictionary remains uncompressed

> \pdfcompresslevel=9

The default settings in TeX Live 2010 are (pdftexconfig.tex):

\pdfcompresslevel=9
\pdfminorversion=5
\pdfobjcompresslevel=2

Yours sincerely
  Heiko Oberdiek
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