Reducing PDF file size using Ghostscript on Linux didn't work
I have about 50-60 pdf files (images) that are 1.5MB large each. Now I don't want to have such large pdf files in my thesis as that would make downloading, reading and printing a pain in the rear. So I tried using ghostscript to do the following: gs \ -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH \ -sDEVICE=pdfwrite \ -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 \ -dPDFSETTINGS="/screen" \ -sOutputFile=output.pdf \ L_2lambda_max_1wl_E0_1_zg.pdf However, now my 1.4MB pdf is 1.5MB large. What did I do wrong? Is there some way I can check the resolution of the pdf file? I just need 300dpi images, so would anyone suggest using convert to change