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by fcochard
Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:27 pm
Forum: LyX
Topic: Lyx document - smaller PDF file ?
Replies: 3
Views: 5752

Lyx document - smaller PDF file ?

Hello all,

I finally found a simple way, using ghostscript to optimize file size.
The command is :
gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=out.pdf fichierAComprimer.pdf
The result is a file 5x smaller than original one, without visible quality decrease.

I hoped to find a way to ...
by fcochard
Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:09 pm
Forum: LyX
Topic: Lyx document - smaller PDF file ?
Replies: 3
Views: 5752

Re: Lyx document - smaller PDF file ?

Hi Stefan,

Many thanks for your quick reaction !

But... I tried, in vain:
- If I put the given commands in the Lyx preamble, I've an error message : \pdfminorversion cannot be changed after data is written.
- If I put the commands in my class file (.cls file), I've no more error, but the result is ...
by fcochard
Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:38 am
Forum: LyX
Topic: Lyx document - smaller PDF file ?
Replies: 3
Views: 5752

Lyx document - smaller PDF file ?

Hello all,

I'm wirting a technical documentation with Lyx, and I'm facing a problem: when I generate the PDF file, it is huge (more than 50Mo for 70+ pages). This is due to the high number of pictures, but also to the resolution of the PDF file - I guess 600 dpi. However, I've not been able to find ...