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Is there a way to optimize a PDF using Python?

I am exporting hundreds of .mxds - that works fine with a loop. But the file size of each is large. Right now my option is to manually open each and save as optimized. I would like to run this process monthly, so I need a better solution than that.

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  • This is probably a better fit for stackoverflow - there are a few threads there relating to PDF optimization!
    – Simbamangu
    Commented Apr 7, 2014 at 7:28

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On the assumption that you are using ArcGIS Desktop 10.0 SP1 (or later), my quick research turned up an ArcGIS Discussion Forum posting entitled Help - Large file sizes exporting to PDF using ArcPy that looks to be relevant.

[At 10.0] SP1, with ExportToPDF and ExportToEPS, we added Adaptive and JPEG compressions. We also added the {jpeg_compression_quality} parameter.

These optional parameters are described in the ArcGIS Help for ExportToPDF.

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