Any suggestions for shrinking a PDF file?

Question

We\'ve got a .net 2.0 web system that dynamically builds pdf files. Some of these files can get pretty large - 12MB+. While processing time isn\'t a factor, really, the size

Answer 1

Aside from using another library, your best bet is to get your library working right. Some suggestions on your other post - I'm not sure of any 'post process' that you would want to run to compress down the file.

As an aside, does your webserver allow HTTP gzipped content? Transparent to the end user!

(That being said, short PDF files should be pretty impervious to most compression methods - images should be compressed during rendering (and JPEG >> ZIP in this case) - but if you have a lot of text, gzip can help)