Compress scanned PDF
Make bulky scanned documents manageable for storage.
Reducing the Size of Bulky Scanned Documents
Scanned PDFs are essentially a collection of high-resolution images wrapped in a PDF container. These files are notoriously large, often reaching 50MB for just a few pages. Our local compression engine downsamples the images within the PDF to make them manageable for storage and sharing.
Best Practices for Document Scanning
If your document is primarily text, consider converting it to grayscale before compression. This can further reduce the file size by up to 40% compared to color scans. Our tool maintains the structural integrity of the PDF, ensuring that multi-page documents remain in the correct order.
Scanned Document Size Reduction Insights
A typical 300 DPI text document of 25 pages can be reduced from 12.5MB to around 3.1MB. For high-resolution color scans at 600 DPI, the savings are even more dramatic, often bringing a 45MB file down to under 10MB without losing the clarity of the original scan.