: Shrink (not compress) a PDF file using free software After designing a document in Adobe Fireworks (I know, not made for it, but hey, legally buying software is expensive) I am able to export

@Caterina889

You can use ghostscript (if you are not afraid of the commandline). This answer presented the basic command:

gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dFitPage -dFIXEDMEDIA -sPAPERSIZE=a4
-o fixed.pdf
fireworks.pdf


Unfortunately, the command will reprocess embedded images, possibly introducing artefacts. According to this answer, you can use the following options to keep the original images:

gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dFitPage -dFIXEDMEDIA -sPAPERSIZE=a4
-dColorConversionStrategy=/LeaveColorUnchanged
-dDownsampleMonoImages=false
-dDownsampleGrayImages=false
-dDownsampleColorImages=false
-dAutoFilterColorImages=false
-dAutoFilterGrayImages=false
-dColorImageFilter=/FlateEncode
-dGrayImageFilter=/FlateEncode
-o fixed.pdf
fireworks.pdf


Check out the original answer for more information and alternative options.

Note for other use cases: Both commands do not seem to preserve PDF-Forms.

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@Si6392903

I think the short answer is no. You can set up your Fireworks document with a canvas size of 21cm x 29cm (A4) and a resolution of 300pdi. However the Adobe Acrobat viewer appears to display (and print) all your document's 300pdi image resolution but at screen resolution, hence the apparent increase in size. The image resolution is only relevant when you print the document, so in the print dialogue box if you choose the 'Fit' or 'Shrink oversize pages' option, you will be printing your 300dpi images at the maximum resolution your printer is capable of - no matter what size paper you are printing to. Tip: for maximum image quality click the export options button and turn off or reduce compression...

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