pdfopt(1)

PDFOPT(1)               Ghostscript Tools               PDFOPT(1)

NAME

     pdfopt - Ghostscript PDF Optimizer

SYNOPSIS

     pdfopt [ options ] input.pdf output.pdf

DESCRIPTION

     pdfopt uses gs(1) to convert  the  Adobe  Portable  Document
     Format  (PDF) file "input.pdf" to a so-called optimized form
     in "output.pdf".  Optimization puts the elements of the file
     into  a more linear order and adds "hint" pointers, allowing
     Adobe's Acrobat(TM) products to display individual pages  of
     the file more quickly when accessing the file through a net-
     work.

     Note: input.pdf and output.pdf must not  be  the  same.   If
     they  are,  the  file  will  probably  be destroyed.  pdfopt
     currently does not check for this.

FILES

     Run "gs -h" to find the location of  Ghostscript  documenta-
     tion on your system, from which you can get more details.

SEE ALSO

     "Linearized  PDF"   in   Adobe's   PDF   reference   manual,
     http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/acrosdk/DOCS/pdfspec.pdf

VERSION

     This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 7.07.

AUTHOR

     L. Peter Deutsch <ghost@aladdin.com>

7.05               Last change: 22 April 2002                   1