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Using GhostScript to optimize PDF file size while maintaining full texts
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pdf_optimize_script.sh
#!/bin/sh
# /screen can be changed to the following:
# /screen selects low-resolution output similar to the Acrobat Distiller (up to version X) "Screen Optimized" setting.
# /ebook selects medium-resolution output similar to the Acrobat Distiller (up to version X) "eBook" setting.
# /printer selects output similar to the Acrobat Distiller "Print Optimized" (up to version X) setting.
# /prepress selects output similar to Acrobat Distiller "Prepress Optimized" (up to version X) setting.
# /default selects output intended to be useful across a wide variety of uses, possibly at the expense of a larger output file.
# from https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.54.0/VectorDevices.htm
# Script copied and modified from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10450120/optimize-pdf-files-with-ghostscript-or-other
gs -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/screen -sOutputFile=output.pdf $1
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