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Created December 8, 2018 18:20
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PFD quality conversion on linux
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pdf-quality.sh
# From https://askubuntu.com/questions/113544/how-can-i-reduce-the-file-size-of-a-scanned-pdf-file/256449#256449
gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite \
-dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 \
# -dPDFSETTINGS=/screen lower quality, smaller size. (72 dpi)
# -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook for better quality, but slightly larger pdfs. (150 dpi)
# -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress output similar to Acrobat Distiller "Prepress Optimized" setting (300 dpi)
# -dPDFSETTINGS=/printer selects output similar to the Acrobat Distiller "Print Optimized" setting (300 dpi)
# -dPDFSETTINGS=/default selects output intended to be useful across a wide variety of uses, possibly at the expense of a larger output file
-dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook \
-dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH \
-sOutputFile=output.pdf \
input.pdf
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