[scribus] Reducing the size of PDFs

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The method of reducing the size of Scribus generated PDFs is generally
described as; (See http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Web_optimised_PDF)

    [scribus]
        |
    file.pdf
        |
    [pdftops]
        |
     file.ps
        |
   [ps2pdf14]
        |
        V
    final.pdf

This process has been written as a Scribus script
http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Reduce_the_size_of_Scribus_generated_PDFs

Some Notes:

Only works with Linux.
Works with 1.3.3, but not 1.3.5 for reasons I am not sure of yet
Not all pdfs are reduced
The script provides a backup copy of the original
Even small PDFs can take "a long time" to convert. 

Please feel free to enhance

You can copy and paste the wiki script or download it from;
http://members.pcug.org.au/~rcook/scribus/reducepdf.py.gz 



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