Hey all, I’ve got a 30-page scanned report that came out around 25 MB, and my email provider bounces anything over 20 MB. I’m sending it to a client in the morning and I’m on my laptop at home, so I’d rather not mess around too long. Anyone know how to shrink it down so it’ll go through?
I agree, hitting an attachment limit is annoying. Honestly, zipping the file usually won’t shrink a scanned PDF much, because the page images are already compressed. What I would try is uploading it to OneDrive or Google Drive, then emailing the share link instead of the 25 MB file. To be fair, the link method is quickest, and your client still gets the full resolution report.
Scanned pages are just big images, so resampling usually fixes this. Easiest on a laptop is an online compressor like Smallpdf or iLovePDF, pick the medium option and it should drop well under 20 MB. If the client needs it readable, try printing to PDF at 150 dpi instead, that wont blur the text.