Re: Imported PDF bloat

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas,

Dumb question du jour! What exactly are in those placed PDF files?
If those drawings are very complex vector diagrams as opposed to 
images, you aren't going to get any compression from the image 
downsampling options.

        - Dov


At 7/27/2004 05:34 AM, Thomas Michanek wrote:
>I have a little problem...
>
>I have an FM document in which I have imported a number
>of PDF files showing drawings. These are imported into
>anchored frames in the same way as an EPS file would
>have been, but I must use PDF files in this case.
>
>When I generate a PDF for the document, the size of the
>PDF file becomes too large (more than 3 MB). No matter
>what Distiller options I try, I cannot reduce the size.
>I've tried not including any fonts, downsampling all
>graphics to 100 dpi, etc. The thing is that all of the
>PDF graphics still print out at the highest resolution.
>I guess this is the reason for the "bloated" PDF.
>
>Are imported PDFs somehow unaffected by the job options,
>in particular downsampling of graphics? Are they "passed
>through" without being compressed by the Distiller?
>
>Using FM 6.0p405 on Windows 2000, Acrobat 5.05,
>Print to PS file followed by manual Distilling.
>
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