ActiveX Control To Compress and Resample PDF Files

Does anyone know of a control that will resize and compress pdf files (from
say 300dpi to 150 dpi) and convert it to black and white to get the most
compression possible (for transferring via the internet)? I found one
product but it is very expensive (about 5K).

Thanks,
Mike

Jan
Fri Jun 29 00:52:37 CDT 2007

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use any ZIPping tool to compress it, than transfer and decompress it agai=
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MikeA
Fri Jun 29 01:06:31 CDT 2007

Here's the thing: zip is "lossless" so if I have a pdf file at say 300 dots
per inch black and white and say it is 5 megs. When zipped I get it reduced
on average about 10% (since pdf already has compression). So, the resulting
file is about 4.5 megs. But, if I can downscale it to say 150 dpi and with
better compression technology then it can be reduced to as little as 300K or
more than 90% compression. So, I need an ActiveX control or a dll.

Mike

"Jan Bucek" <bucek.jan@post.cz> wrote in message
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If you only want to compress and transfer it without showing it on web,
use any ZIPping tool to compress it, than transfer and decompress it again.

MikeA napsal(a):
> Does anyone know of a control that will resize and compress pdf files
> (from say 300dpi to 150 dpi) and convert it to black and white to get the
> most compression possible (for transferring via the internet)? I found
> one product but it is very expensive (about 5K).
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>

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Jan Bucek
17. listopadu 2657
544 01 Dvùr Králové n. L.
www.bucek.info

Olaf
Fri Jun 29 09:48:46 CDT 2007

would printing out the pdf as a new pdf help perhaps?
Then you'd just need to look for a pdf print driver
capable to adjust dpi and reduce color to b/w.

Bye, Olaf.

MikeA
Fri Jun 29 11:28:18 CDT 2007

I'm looking for an ActiveX control to do this programmatically. The one I
found is very expensive so I was looking to see if there were others.

Thanks,
Mike

"Olaf Doschke" <b2xhZi5kb3NjaGtlQHNldG1pY3MuZGU@strconv.14.de> wrote in
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> would printing out the pdf as a new pdf help perhaps?
> Then you'd just need to look for a pdf print driver
> capable to adjust dpi and reduce color to b/w.
>
> Bye, Olaf.
>

Olaf
Mon Jul 02 04:32:40 CDT 2007

> I'm looking for an ActiveX control to do this programmatically.
Well, you can print programmatically...

ShellExecute with Action "print".

Bye, Olaf.

MikeA
Fri Jul 06 12:43:51 CDT 2007

Doesn't help me to print. I found one control to read in a pdf and write it
back out at a different resolution in black and white. It's $5000 so I'm
still looking but I may not have a choice.

Mike


"Olaf Doschke" <b2xhZi5kb3NjaGtlQHNldG1pY3MuZGU@strconv.14.de> wrote in
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>> I'm looking for an ActiveX control to do this programmatically.
> Well, you can print programmatically...
>
> ShellExecute with Action "print".
>
> Bye, Olaf.
>