[Framers] FM19-to-PDF generation results in a PDF that is double the size the second time I generate it from identical FM files.

Tue Jun 23 09:32:01 PDT 2020

Yes, the FM files were resaved before the PDF was regenerated the second time.
Thanks for your response.

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From: Framers <framers-bounces+barry.meislin=nuvoton.com at lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf Of Peter Gold
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Subject: Re: [Framers] FM19-to-PDF generation results in a PDF that is double the size the second time I generate it from identical FM files.

Wild guesses:

One clue might be that 5kb growth is not much, IMO. Is it possible that the second PDF is storing information about its generation history? Perhaps a utility that compares the internals of the files has the answer.

Are the FM files changed or resaved before generating the second PDF?

On Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 10:26 AM <Barry.Meislin at nuvoton.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
> I've encountered an aggravating phenomenon that I need a fix for:
> The second time I create a PDF from the same FM19 book, the PDF comes
> out at about twice the size as the first time I do it.
> Details:
> Using FM19, I create a PDF by printing a book to a PS file and then
> distilling the PS file using Adobe Distiller XI, "Professional version"
> 11.0.0779, with the "Compatibility" setting set to "Adobe 5.0 (PDF1.4)".
> (Note that the "Compatibility" dropdown menu lists several
> Compatibility options----up to "Adobe 8.0 (PDF1.7)".
> The first time I do this I end up with a PDF that is (in this case)
> about
> 5.5 KB.
> The second time I do it (using the same files) the PDF size is about 11 KB.
> Note that in both case, I perform a "save as" operation on the PDF to
> try to reduce its size.
>
> I have no idea what causes this doubling in size and I really need the
> smaller-sized files.
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> Best wishes,
> Barry Meislin
>
>
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