It is always a better option to save your PDF rather than reprint it. If the solutions in this article did not help you, please first contact for assistance with your files. This should be attempted only as an absolute last resort and when all other avenues have failed. It is never a good idea to print a PDF to PDF as it usually creates more problems than it solves. Image quality will be impacted when these values are reduced. If the file size is still too large then reduce the values in the dpi text boxes in the dialog box above and/or change the values in the Quality dropdown menus and try again. Click Save Changes, then click Close Edit and optimize the file again. Ensure all check boxes are selected for data considered non-essential in terms of quality and change the compression format to bicubic for all image formats:ħ. Click All Options in the Optimize Document section:ĥ. The Tool Actions Sequence for the Optimize PDF Tool will open.Ĥ. Right-click the Optimize PDF Tool and click Edit. If the file is still too large then adjust the compression settings as follows:ģ. Select the file to be optimized and click Open. Click the Optimize PDF category and then double-click the Optimize PDF Tool:ģ. The most effective method to reduce the size of files in PDF-Tools is to use the Optimize PDF Tool:Ģ.

If the file size is still too large then reduce the values in the pixels per inch text boxes and try again. Click the Graphics tab and use the dropdown menus to change the downsampling method to Bicubic Downsampling for High Color/Grayscale Images, Indexed Images and Monochrome Images: The second method is to adjust the Graphics settings:Ĥ. The JPEG quality can be reduced further than 50% in order to reduce the file size further, but this will have an impact on quality. This process should significantly reduce the file size in cases where files contain images.

Click the Compression tab and reduce the JPEG quality to 50%: Right-click PDF-XChange Standard and select Printing preferences. The Printing preferences dialog box will open.Ĥ. The first method is to adjust the Compression settings:ģ. There are two methods that can be used to reduce the file size in PDF-XChange Standard. This is Exclusive to PDF-XChange Standard, included in the PDF-XChange PRO bundle.

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