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I have been scanning and receiving a bunch of PDF files recently and noticed that the file sizes were bigger than they ought to be. One option was to open a PDF in Preview and then Export with a Quartz filter applied, but it didn’t have the quality compression I was seeking.
\nSo I wrote this simple PDF file reducer as a service. Right click on the selected PDF(s) and choose the compression type. I generally go with the 150dpi standard. I noticed about a 80% reduction in color PDFs.
\nTo re-create this OSX service. Open Automator in your Applications folder.
\nSelect New Service<\/em>.
\nAt the top field, select Service receives selected PDF files<\/strong> in Finder.app<\/strong><\/em>.
\nAdd a Duplicate Finder Items<\/strong> by dragging it from the menu on the left and dropping it in the main window.
\nAdd an Add Text<\/strong> item with whatever you want to append to the file names to indicate that these will be lower resolution copies. I used _low<\/em> and selected after name<\/em> from the drop down.
\nAdd an Apply Quartz Filter to PDF Documents<\/strong> item. In that item, click options and then select Show this action when the workflow runs if you want to be able to select the quality when you run the service.
\nSave the service, calling it whatever you like, I called it ReducePDF<\/em>.
\nTry selecting a PDF in the finder and right clicking on it. You should see ReducePDF<\/em> in the contextual menu.<\/p>\n

Your service should look something like this in Automator.
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