Clean up & reduce file size of book scan to pdf

I scanned a 129-page book to PDF. Ran optimizer. File is now almost 150 MB. I see that the shading of the pages is all still there, which I don't need. There are some charts, no photos. I'm perfectly happy to have the text appear on a white page.
I tried Optimize Scanned PDF. It sliced away a thin section of the image in the middle, a problem reported over two years ago:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3384621#3384621
I then tried printing the document to a PDF, a suggestion I found somewhere. I got the progress window, "Printing page X," updating for each page # all the way to the last page. Took a nice long time. The window closed and there was no file created. I tried it with one page and it worked.
The printed PDF just appeared seemingly out of nowhere when I wrote the last sentence, I think at least 20 minutes after I printed it.
So now I have an 18 MB file. The shading on the pages is still there, and I lost the OCR text recognition I ran before. The text looks more pixellated now. It would be really nice if the Optimize Scanned PDF worked, because it had settings that purported to clean up the page background, etc. My main priority is to be able to make the text look better.
Does anyone have any suggestions or updates on the Optimize Scanned PDF bug? thanks.

As mentioned by "apangasa", the image slicing issue is known and fixed in AX. For the other issue, i.e better looking text, try the "Text Sharpening" filter which uplifts text color to make it look darker. "Text Sharpening" filter control resides under the Filters section. Please let us know if these suggestions help you.

Similar Messages

How to set option in Scanning for Reduced File Size

I am scanning from a Fujitsu 6230 scanner in Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.4.1. My scanning options are Color, 300DPI,Letter, High Quality, with Optimization options of Custom Settings of JPEG for Color/Grayscale. The scanned files are very large...1852KB per page. After using the Reduce File Size option and selecting Acrobat 8 and later, the file size is reduced to 187K. Is there a way to preset the Acrobat 8 or later setting....rather than having to do the two-step?
Also, if I use Fujitsu's scanning interface I get far higher quality pdf's, with small file sizes, and lower scanning resolution......but without the option to append to a pdf, an option I use frequently. Apparently their program for converting the scanned image to a pdf is more robust than Adobe's. Is there a way to use their image->pdf engine within Acrobat?

Hi Boatseller,
I will put this in simple way.
Can we set properties in biztalk wcf_custom adaptor like
1. <security authenticationMode="UserNameOverTransport"
2. enableUnsecuredResponse="True"
or
includeTimestamp="false"
3. <textMessageEncoding
messageVersion="Soap11"/>
<httpsTransport/>
I am unable to find these properties in BizTalk wcf_custom adaptor properties. It will be great help if you could guide me in right direction . My problem is to receive response message into orchestration which is not having header. But the response is coming
from web service. I saw that in fiddler.
Also, If there is any steps to make these properties available in machine config, please share
Thanks in advance
Vivek

Issues in Reducing file size on Acrobat 9.3.1

The text has been merged or split on Acrobat 9.3.1 Pro by using the option "Reduce File Size" or "PDF Optimizer". There is no issue in the earlier version of Acrobat (7.0 & 8.0). We are using the Mac OS between 10.4.11 to 10.6.2. I have attached screenshots for your reference; please look at the Word "Issues" has been split after reducing file size on Acrobat 9.3.1. Is there any other way to do Hi-Res PDF to Low-Res PDF without any issue? Kindly help me out to sustain the best process in future.

I found a similar problem with text styled for small caps. It was fine in the original PDF, but became lowercase in the reduced file. The reduction process probably throws away characters from fonts that Acrobat decides are unnecessary.
I was able to partially solve the problem by combining multiple PDFs (book chapters) and selecting the smallest file size icon at the bottom of the page. Alternately, I chose a web-quality preset, which also worked. The file size might not be quite as small, but the files were good.

Reducing file sizes of multiple PDF's

Hello everyone,
I just got hired at a structural engineering company, and we are trying to go "paperless". I am in charge of scanning tons and tons of our old record drawings. We have an old scanner and the PDF's it creates are anywhere between 10,000Kb to 70,000Kb. After I scan every sheet, I am supposed to use the "Reduce file size" option in Adobe Acrobat. I am using Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional and I always make the files compatible with 5.0, which reduces the file size by 1/6 - 1/10. I've only been able to reduce 1 sheet at a time, which again, is time consuming. Is there a way I can reduce multiple files at once? I looked online and found an article here: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Standard/WS65C0A053-BC7C-49a2-88F1-B1BCD2524B68.w. html, saying that in Adobe Acrobat 9.0, I can select "Apply to multiple" to reduce multiple files. Is there a way I can do it without upgrading?
Thank you in advance.

Unfortunately, it's not possible if you're using Acrobat XI. In previous
versions you can tell an Action to ignore non-PDF files but this feature
was removed in XI. Also, 35,000 files is way too much for Acrobat to
process. You need a more robust application for such a batch processing
task.

Reducing File Size

I have a 39 page document scanned from an HP color printer that is 13MB. I'd like to reduce the file size by eliminating the color but not by reducing the resolution of the black text. There are no images. It is not clear to me how to use PDF Optimizer to reduce the size. "Reduce File Size" does nothing. I'm using Acrobat 9 Pro 9.1.0.

That's good to know. Could you make a suggestion on how to use Preflight for this purpose? There are many options available.

What do I loose with "Reduce File Size" to Acrobat 8.0 compatability?

When scanning documents using the Acrobat interface in 9.0, I find that the file sizes are very large...about 1.5MB per page. If I then select the "reduce File Size" option from the Document tab, and select Acrobat 8.0 and later compatibility, the file size is reduced by 10 fold....to something approaching 150 KB per page. I don't see degradation of the scanned image on my screen....but am I loosing image quality?

I tried it at home & I used the optimize pdf thing. It went from 17MB to 12MB so I re-optimized it & got it down to 3MB. It's as good as it is going to get. The big problem is that the .pdf that I have was scanned on a copier machine.
I printed the 3MB pdf on the color printer & it came out okay, but then I printed it on the black & white printer & it barely had any ink on the page....
I am just going to not bother with it anymore. Not much I can do with a scanned document & it's not even my job to begin with!
Thanks Bill.
Jules

Can using "Reduce File Size" in Acrobat Standard 9 effect DPI

I'm sure the answer is no to this question, but before I wholeheartedly recommend this fantastic tool for use throughout our firm, I need to know if there is the possibility of a PDF's functional DPI being reduced in a scanned PDF by using Reduce File Size. What I mean, I guess, by functional DPI, is the DPI in the PDF after running the tool. Courts require 300 dpi on scanned PDFs, which is our standard, but once in a PDF it's impossible to determine (as far as I can tell) DPI in a file. I notice no reduction in quality when using this tool, but want to make sure that we aren't circumventing court guidelines when using it to help reduce the size of files scanned at 300 dpi.

Hi Anoop,
I can share the graphic file, but not the pdf which contains it (as it contains confidential information) - thanks!

Reduce File Sizes

Our HP copier scans to PDF. The resulting file sizes are quite large, since we scan in color. How can I use Acrobat 9 Pro to reduce a 26MB color document to a much smaller file size black and white document without reprinting it to a PDF?

If your starting point is Color, converting to Grayscale might produce more acceptable results than converting to Black and White.
To Convert colors, try: Advanced>Preflight>PDF Fixups>Convert to Grayscale
To reduce the size of a scanned document (either the original color, or bw/grayscale) try Document>Optimize Scanned PDF

Reducing File Size in Pages

I have a book I have written in Pages. It has lots of photos. When I make a pdf, it's about 380 Megs and is larger still in the pages format--nearly 500 megs.
The publishing company online has a maximum size limit of 400 megs for the pdf file. The book is in Spanish, but I'm making a bilingual version which will double the size. Obviously that will be too big in the end.
I've used the Pages reduce file size feature but while it reduces it WAY down, the photos inside are kind of blurry.
Is there a way to reduce LESS? It's all for nothing and your pages file goes from 500 or so to 11 or so megs.
Can I reduce the file's size but not so much?
Thanks,
Tom in Arizona

1. Make a schedule of the image sizes from the Graphic inspector. Use TextEdit or the like. Alternatively hand write it on a print out or as a Text box label over.
2. Gather up your images in an Images folder. Helps if you dupe and tag the images according to Fig No. or page number at the beginning of the file name (so they fall in order).
3. Work your way systematically through the images:
     a. Trim the image as it appears in Pages
     b. Change its resolution to 300dpi at size (for commercial printing)
          DO NOT SCALE UP.
     c. Color Correct and add sharpening as needed
4. Make a duplicate of the file (for safety) and drag back the edited images into their locations. Hopefully you have made the images placeholders.
5. Use this .pages file to print from if your Printer will accept it, otherwise Print to .pdf so it maintains its resolution.
7. If keeping the file size down is important, Use Pages '09 not Pages 5 and use as much vector artwork/font artwork as possible in place of bitmap photos.
Thinking ahead and being systematic pays off on any large project.
Peter

I use Adobe Acrobat Pro XI (11.0.08) When performing "Save as" "Reduced file size pdf" Adobe processes for a while then completely stops, and has to close down. Just started doing that today.

I use Adobe Acrobat Pro XI (11.0.08) When performing "Save as" "Reduced file size pdf" Adobe processes for a while then completely stops, and has to close down. Just started doing that today.

I have Windows 8.1, and when I right click on the Windows flag (bottom left), the menu gives me a "Search" option. When I enter "%temp%", it goes to " "my username"/ appdata/temp" which is a list of file 1718 file folders. Many are empty but I did a small sample. Is that the right place to delete? I tried Windows- Disk Clean, but that did not help.

Optimize/Reduce File Size

I'm working with a PDF that I did not create but have been asked to try to reduce the size of. It was created in InDesign CS4 (don't know if it was Mac or Windows). It is a large book (600 pages) but entirely text, other than one graphic on the cover. A similar book that I had worked on produced a PDF of about 2.8 MB. The one in question is over 6MB. Using the Reduce File Size command and using the Optimizer both increase the file size.
Auditing the space usage shows that 86% of the space is "Structure Info." I believe the InDesign file was done by someone not very versed in the ways of InDesign, and that there were many places where text was threaded in strange ways, with lots of overlapping text boxes. I don't know if that would have anything to do with the "structure info" in the PDF. "Structure Info" isn't even listed in the audit results of the normal PDFs I'm comparing this one to. The InDesign file was actually several InDesign files, and I don't know how the PDFs of the individual files were combined, but that's another piece of information.
Given the above facts and the little I know about how the PDF was really exported and assembled, does anyone have any ideas about actually making the file smaller? Based on the other PDFs we've done of simlilar books, it should be somewhere around 2.5 to 3MB in size, not the 6 to 8 it currently is.

Auditing the space usage shows that 86% of the space is "Structure Info."
It would appear that the PDF is a Tagged output PDF.
As discussed in ISO 32000-1, Tagged PDF facilitates content use/consumption by:
--| users of AT for Accessibility
--| users of mobile devices (reflow)
--| content export with format/layout information
--| simple copy/paste
If the PDF is, in fact, a well-formed Tagged PDF then the author actually has commendable competency with InDesign.
Oh yes, using Acrobat Pro you can use either Optimizer or a Preflight to remove all structure. This would help reduce the PDF's size.
Be well...
Message was edited by: CtDave

Reduce file size not working

I have Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional. I scanned an 868 page text only document using two different professional scanners at my work, Xerox Docucolor and Canon DR-6030 Scanner.
The scanned settings were 300 dpi, black and white, duplex. No photos, not even line art.
1. The result was a 32 mb file. I don't know why it's so big. It should be no more than 4-6 mb.
2. Furthermore, the file size remained unchanged after I used the reduce file size command.
I am baffled, any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.

Try the PDF Optimizer. You could also try a ClearScan OCR. If you did OCR, but did not do ClearScan, then you are simply looking at pictures of your scan. The ClearScan will replace photos of text with actual text and a text file. You have left a lot out of what you have done in the scan. Also, scanners or the translations often give you a 24-bit graphic file even if it is really only B&W. Often the best results for OCR are gotten from a Gray Scale form in my experience. So, the structure of your PDF may be the issue. The PDF Optimizer also has an audit feature to show where most of the memory is being used.

Reducing file size #2...Preview, Quartz Filter vs Adobe Pro Optimize

Questions on reducing a pages to pdf file…I will post each question seperatly.
2) I read that you can reduce file size of a pdf in preview with a quartz filter. I created my own filer and it worked as expected. But, I also have Adobe Acrobat Pro, with save as PDF Optimized. The pro seems to have much more capability than the quartz filters.
Is one better that the other to use? The adobe optimize (standard settings) took it from 20 to 6 megs.
THanks, Bob

The Adobe Acrobat settings you chose are probably using .jpeg to reduce the file size.
.jpegs are lossy. ie You lose detail and sharpness the more you compress the image.
The Quartz filters are usually of very high quality, but they are a black box and you need to understand what the settings are in each one. Quartz filters are extremely powerful, fast and as I said usually high quality but I suggest you experiment and see if they meet your needs.
Peter

Adobe Acrobat Pro XI 11.0.06 when I reduce file size or try to optimize, I get this error: The document could not be saved. A number is out of range. I do the exact same thing every month and it works. I did it a few days ago and it worked. I receated the

Adobe Acrobat Pro XI 11.0.06 when I reduce file size or try to optimize, I get this error: The document could not be saved. A number is out of range. I do the exact same thing every month and it works. I did it a few days ago and it worked. I receated the pdf, I renamed it. tried to do it before I imported more pages. no go. the 16 mg pdf will normally reduce to 5 or 6

Hi,
Are you facing the issue with any pdf file?
Please try updating Acrobat to 11.0.7 and check.
You might also want to repair Acrobat and see.
Regards,
Rave

Reduce File Size in Acrobat Pro (9.5.5) Corrupts Graphics in PDF Documents - shows up as black image

Whenever I use Reduce File Size in Acrobat Pro (9.5.5), sometimes some of the images (not all) get corrupted and show up as a black image in the new document.
Actually, the new reduced document looks okay when viewed in Acrobat, but the problem shows up when viewed in the Preview application on the Mac.
I'm using Acrobat 9.5.5 with Mac OS 10.8.6
I've tried re-importing the graphic into a new graphic box, which didn't work. Thinking there may be some type of corruption with the actual graphic file, I then tried viewing the graphic, then taking a screenshot of it to create a completely new file, and then re-importing the new graphic file into the original document (created in Adobe In Design 5.0.4). I then export the new document as a pdf, and brought it into Acrobat Pro to do the Reduce File Size. Same thing happens - black box appears where the graphic was.
I then tried using the Reduce File Size within the Save As function of the Preview application on the Mac - while the graphic remains intact, many of the other graphics in the document are "reduced" too much, to the point where the image quality is seriously degraded, and therefore not usable.
Any other ideas?

Hi Anoop,
I can share the graphic file, but not the pdf which contains it (as it contains confidential information) - thanks!

Clean up & reduce file size of book scan to pdf

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for