Pdf's: Blurry when compressed

When I make a pdf (usually using Preview), it makes a large
file size. (For example, if it's 5 document pages, it might be 3MB; if it's
5 photos, it might be 20MB.) When I use the Quartz
Filter to compress the pdf, the result is too blurry
to read the documents without significant effort...or significantly
blurry photos. Often I am sending to people with free, small
mailboxes, and large files create a problem for them. What is the
answer to this? Thank you!!
- Robert

Hi Robert Arnold5;
Any time you are too aggressive with compression you risk loose of detail. If you are not able to get the size reduction you require without losing detail, you are going to have to find some other method to send the files that will accept larger file such as placing the files on a web server. Then emailing the user the location where the file is. This method will usually allow for the transfer of much larger files.
Allan

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