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On how double precision numbers are encoded in a pdf file

Imagine the following tikz/pgfplots code: % compile as: lualatex --jobname=figname-f1 figname.tex \documentclass[10pt]{book} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=1.6} ...
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Why does TeX Live's pdflatex produce smaller PDFs than MiKTeX's pdflatex?

When building my master thesis, I've found that the size of the produced PDF differs if I use Tex Live on Ubuntu compared to MiKTeX on Windows; for the latter, the size is about 50% greater (from ...
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Is it possible to reduce pdf file size by optimizing images in texniccenter? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to make the PDFs produced by pdflatex smaller? I have some images in PNG. Those are large in size. I am editing using texniccenter, utilizing this pdflatex.exe. ...
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Get a smaller pdf file out of pdflatex [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to make the PDFs produced by pdflatex smaller? I'm using the moderncv package to create my CV. Now I was wondering if there is a way to get a smaller output, ...
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How to include PDF as graphics and as attachment without using extra file space [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Attach displayed image to the PDF without storing it twice Is it at all possible to include a PDF as a graphic in the document and also as an internal attachment to the ...
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pgfplots and final size of the externalized pdf image

I have the following piece of code: % command: pdflatex --jobname=try-f1 try.tex \documentclass[12pt]{book} \usepackage{tikz,pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=newest} \pgfrealjobname{try} ...
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PDF printer decreases filesize of pdflatex output considerably. Why?

This is probably not exactly a TeX question, but I assume many people concerned with TeX might also have ideas about this issue. If I compile the following "minimum" example with pdflatex on Windows, ...
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How to make the PDFs produced by `pdflatex` smaller?

I feel that the PDFs produced by pdflatex are too huge. So for example my 50 page book with no illustrations is 500KB. I feel it should be more like 50K or even less. The .tex files together are just ...
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pdftex reduce PDF size: reduce image quality? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to make the PDFs produced by pdflatex smaller? I wrote my thesis in LaTeX and so far I always compiled with pdflatex. The thesis is 150 pages with many pictures and ...