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Optimize Scanned PDF Options

Jul 31, 2012 4:19 AM

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I am scanning large A1 documents as colour PDFs and I need to reduce the filesize and also clean up the image by removing all the background noise in the image but keeping the detail. I used the optimize pdf function on the old version of Acrobat I had which was 7. Now I am upgraded to 10 these options are no longer working for me. I am not getting a reduced filesize and I no longer get a nice white background when optimizing. It seems a few crucial options are missing from the settings in Acrobat 7. Background removal is set to high but it just isn't working. For now I am stuck with using the reduce filesize save option which doesn't reduce it enough or remove the background noise. Can anyone help?

 

Steve

1140 Views   3 Replies   Latest reply: reaktor24, Aug 2, 2012 3:34 AM
 
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    1. reaktor24,
    Jul 31, 2012 5:02 AM   in reply to reaktor24
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    These are the settings from Acrobat 7 I am trying to replicate:

     

    Images Tab: Nothing Enabled

     

    Scanned Pages Tab: Optimize compression of pages - Ticked (Full High Quality Setting)

    Deskew - Automatic

    Background Removal - High

    Edge Shadow Removal - Cautious

    Despeckel - Medium

    Descreen - Automatic

    Halo Removal - On

     

    Fonts Tab: Nothing Enabled

     

    Transparency Tab: Flatten Transparency - NOT Ticked

     

    Discard Objects Tab: Discard All Alternate Images - Ticked

     

    Clean Up Tab: Object Compression Options - Compress Document Structure selected

    Use Flate to encode streams that are not encoded - Ticked

    In streams that use LZW encoding, use Flate instead - Ticked

    Remove invalid bookmarks - Ticked

    Remove invalid links - Ticked

    Remove unreferenced named destinations - NOT Ticked

    Optimize the PDF for fast web view - Ticked

     
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    Jul 31, 2012 5:05 AM   in reply to reaktor24
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    Also 'Make compatible: with Acrobat 6.0 and later' was selected.

     
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    3. reaktor24,
    Aug 2, 2012 3:34 AM   in reply to reaktor24
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    Turns out it was just a scanner issue. After I recalibrated my scanner the optimizing issues have now been resolved.

     
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