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I have several PDFs that are quite large (one is 80+ MB). Is there a free way to compress that PDF to a smaller size?

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Is there a way to do it from a command line in Linux? – jva Oct 4 '10 at 12:08
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There is also Free PDF Compressor. It gives you the option of using the Flate or RunLength compression algorithms as well as different compression levels.

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it doesn't support PDF 1.6 or higher. – Molly7244 Dec 18 '09 at 20:39
Being made a year after the freeware version of PDF compress, I think it's safe to say it will support newer PDFs than the freeware PDF compress at least. I've had no problems with it. – John T Dec 18 '09 at 21:08
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Reduce the actual size of PDF files by compressing text and graphics with PDF Compress.

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Version 1 is freeware, Version 2 is shareware.

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Yes, you can try PrimoPDF, many people use it, it's really good.

Check it out on www.primopdf.com

You have to print a document (to a "Primo PDF" printer) in order to see the results in Pdf!

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