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Re: Reducing size of vector EPS / PDF output [message #91466 is a reply to message #91456]

Fri, 17 July 2015 01:54

Fabzi
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Registered: July 2010

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On 07/16/2015 08:38 PM, Craig Markwardt wrote:
>> Do you know of any way to tell IDL's postscript to reduce the precision
>>> of the vectorized output? Or, as a workaround, any external tool that
>>> could do the job?
> Probable the most portable way to do it, is convert to PDF. PDF includes compression.
>

Hi Craig,

thanks! I forgot to mention that the eps file is 22Mb large, and PDF
manages to reduce it to a more handable 6Mb.

I guess I have no other way as suggested by David: reduce the precision
of my vectors *before* plotting. sigh...

Fabien

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		Reducing size of vector EPS / PDF output By: Fabzi on Thu, 16 July 2015 02:39
		Re: Reducing size of vector EPS / PDF output By: Craig Markwardt on Thu, 16 July 2015 11:38
		Re: Reducing size of vector EPS / PDF output By: Fabzi on Fri, 17 July 2015 01:54
		Re: Reducing size of vector EPS / PDF output By: David Fanning on Thu, 16 July 2015 18:53
		Re: Reducing size of vector EPS / PDF output By: Fabzi on Fri, 17 July 2015 02:19
		Re: Reducing size of vector EPS / PDF output By: David Fanning on Fri, 17 July 2015 05:59
		Re: Reducing size of vector EPS / PDF output By: Fabzi on Fri, 17 July 2015 06:31

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