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When I print to a PDF from Acrobat 8 I get a file size that is slightly larger than the original PDF file size. Example a 1.6 mb file becomes a 1.7mb file. When I print the same file in Acrobat 9 with the same settings (to my Knowledge) (setting = High Quality Print) I get a file that 36.1mb.
The reason we would print the file in the fist place is that we need to create a PDF that is ether slightly larger or slightly smaller (say 98%) of the original size. Can anyone help us figure out why our upgraded version 9 would do this? We also use 7 and between 7 and 8 there are no defenses but 9 makes the file ~21X the original file size. Please see that attached JPEG for a screen shot of the file sizes.
Thank you, -Dan

Thank you for the quick response. We are able to get some results through the Optimizer however they are not the same. Also we would like to keep from adding an extra step into the process. Especially a step that adds a lot of time to the process as the Optimizer does. In versions 7 and 8 we did not have run the Optimizer (we also did not have to do this in version 5 back in the day). Why would 9 have to add this step? I am really looking for a way to keep the same workflow steps. -Dan

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Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 20:30:55 -0600
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