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.TH compress-pdf 1 "09 July 2014"
.SH NAME
compress-pdf \- Compresses PDF files using Ghostscript
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B compress-pdf
[\fIOPTION\fR] \fIINPUTFILE\fR [\fIOUTPUTFILE\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Compresses PDF files using Ghostscript with various compression level options.
Essentially runs the following command:
.IP
\fBgs\fR \-sDEVICE=pdfwrite \-dUseCIEColor \-dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 \-dPDFSETTINGS=[\fILEVEL\fR] \-dNOPAUSE \-dQUIET \-dBATCH \-sOutputFile=[\fIOUTPUTFILE\fR] [\fIINPUTFILE\fR]
.PP
where [\fILEVEL\fR] is determined by the user given level. Default [\fILEVEL\fR] is \fI/default\fR.
.PP
If the compression is successful, displays the input and output files sizes
and the compression rate.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-\-level\fR=\fIN\fR
Specifies the compression level. \fIN\fR is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; larger \fIN\fR
means more compression. The values of \fIN\fR set -dPDFSETTINGS to the
following:
1: \fI/default\fR
2: \fI/prepress\fR
3: \fI/printer\fR
4: \fI/ebook\fR
5: \fI/screen\fR
.SH AUTHOR
Ayberk \[:O]zg\[:u]r \- <[email protected]>