How to · ThriftyPDF
Compress a scanned PDF
Scans are pictures of pages—exactly what our compressor handles well. Expect meaningful savings when you lower quality slightly.
Try it here
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Honest limits: we re-render pages as JPEG. Best for scans/image-heavy PDFs. Text-only files may get larger or look softer.
Steps
- Drop the scanned PDF.
- Try quality 0.7 and scale 1.0 first.
- If still large, drop scale to about 0.85.
- Confirm fine print is readable.
FAQ
OCR afterward?
Raster compress does not add OCR text.
Color vs grayscale?
We keep color as rendered; auto grayscale is not available yet.
Multi-hundred pages?
May hit browser memory—split first.