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Subject:RE: lowering PDF resolution From:Jimmy Breck-McKye <jb527 -at- hotmail -dot- co -dot- uk> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 16 Mar 2011 02:17:35 +0000
AFAIK, PDFs don't have defined resolutions, just dimensions and DPIs for *images*.
The simplest way to change a PDF is to install a PDF printer like Bullzip. You can configure Bullzip, just like any other printer, to print to certain media sizes. Open your original PDF and re-print.
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> From: "Erika Yanovich" <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com>
> To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 5:25 AM
> Subject: lowering PDF resolution
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> Is there a [possibly free] tool that can lower the resolution of a
> press-optimized PDF?
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