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Use Ghostscript with the following options: | Use Ghostscript with the following options: | ||
:> gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=OUTPUT.pdf INPUT.pdf | :> gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=OUTPUT.pdf INPUT.pdf | ||
More advanced | |||
:> gs -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dPDFSETTINGS=/printer -sOUTPUTFILE=newPDF.pdf -f PDF.pdf | |||
Quality options by order from smallest resolution to highest : | |||
* /screen screen document (image 75 dpi) | |||
* /ebook low resolution image de 150dpi (basse) | |||
* /printer printing resolution 300dpi | |||
* /prepress professional quality for printing, conservation des couleurs (300 dpi) | |||
* /default similar to /screen | |||
=== Converting Eps to Pdf === | === Converting Eps to Pdf === | ||
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:> epstopdf plot.eps | :> epstopdf plot.eps | ||
=== Removing blank parts | === Removing blank parts around a Pdf === | ||
Useful for figures. | |||
Use [http://pdfcrop.sourceforge.net/ pdfcrop] under linux | Use [http://pdfcrop.sourceforge.net/ pdfcrop] under linux | ||
:> pdfcrop plot.pdf | :> pdfcrop plot.pdf | ||
=== Cutting and merging pdf files === | === Cutting and merging pdf files === | ||
Latest revision as of 15:08, 9 December 2020
Tips for Pdf
Reducing the size of a pdf file
Use Ghostscript with the following options:
:> gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=OUTPUT.pdf INPUT.pdf
More advanced
:> gs -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dPDFSETTINGS=/printer -sOUTPUTFILE=newPDF.pdf -f PDF.pdf
Quality options by order from smallest resolution to highest :
- /screen screen document (image 75 dpi)
- /ebook low resolution image de 150dpi (basse)
- /printer printing resolution 300dpi
- /prepress professional quality for printing, conservation des couleurs (300 dpi)
- /default similar to /screen
Converting Eps to Pdf
Use epstopdf under linux
:> epstopdf plot.eps
Removing blank parts around a Pdf
Useful for figures. Use pdfcrop under linux
:> pdfcrop plot.pdf
Cutting and merging pdf files
The desired software is pdftk. For further information
:> man pdftk
Examples:
- Join in1.pdf and in2.pdf into a new PDF, out1.pdf
:> pdftk in1.pdf in2.pdf cat output out1.pdf
- Remove page 13 from in1.pdf to create out1.pdf
:> pdftk in.pdf cat 1-12 14-end output out1.pdf
- Rotate the first PDF page to 90 degrees clockwise
:> pdftk in.pdf cat 1E 2-end output out.pdf
- Rotate an entire PDF document to 180 degrees
:> pdftk in.pdf cat 1-endS output out.pdf
Pdftk is available on Windows and Mac too