Python Compress PDF File: A Beginner Guide – Python Tutorial

By | August 29, 2020
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In this tutorial, we will introduce how to compress a pdf file in python. The best way to compress a pdf file is use other application to compress pdf file using python. For example: Use python call ghostscript.

Python Compress PDF File

How to use python to compress pdf file?

We can use pdf_compressor.py, You can download it in here.

This python script use python to call ghostscript to compress pdf file.

How to use pdf_compressor.py to compress pdf file?

You can use compress() function to compress.

power can be:

quality = {
        0: '/default',
        1: '/prepress',
        2: '/printer',
        3: '/ebook',
        4: '/screen'
    }

where

/default
/prepress: 300dpi
/printer: 300dpi
/ebook: 150dpi
/screen: 72dpi

For example:

compress("source.pdf", 'compressed.pdf')

4 thoughts on “Python Compress PDF File: A Beginner Guide – Python Tutorial”

  1. Siraj Ahmed

    Hi,

    I have saved the code to a directory with a file pdf_compressor.py now in the same directory I have a pdf file which I need to compress say abc.pdf I am trying to run the module/file from IDLE but it throws me some error. Can someone please guide me how to use this file to execute ?

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    1. admin Post author

      You should import pdf_compressor model, then use compress().

      import pdf_compressor
      pdf_compresser.compress("source.pdf", 'compressed.pdf')

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  2. Umidjon Sadatov

    When I use compress() function, FileNotFoundError appears athough the files exists. How I can solve it? I prepare it is because Ghoscript is not installed in PC, how to install it in Windows10?

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