Re: [NTG-context] Huge PDFs

On 29-12-2011 13:45, luigi scarso wrote:

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Hello,

lots of my images are huge 200x250mm. I reduce their size with: \externalfigure[cow][width=20mm, heigth=25mm]

After generating the PDF, the pdf is very huge.

1. Can't Context put the reduced image into the PDF? 2. How can I generate one PDF version for printing (300dpi) and one for the screen (72dpi)?

I am using Context mk-IV. no, you need something like ghostscript. In this case (if you have not problems of space and time) it's better to transform the pdf in ps with

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Jan Heinen wrote: pdftops yourfile.pdf and then apply ghostscript to the final ps (see the documentation about ghostscript)

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