pdf file size of moderncv too large

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When I pdflatex my moderncv.tex I obtain a file size of 150 kB. This seems too big since I don't include any picture yet. And in fact after

gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH \
-sOutputFile=small.pdf moderncv.pdf

the file size is only 50 kB.

So how can I obtain a similar file size right away with pdflatex?

I have already tried adding

\pdfminorversion=5
\pdfobjcompresslevel=3 
\pdfcompresslevel=9

But this only reduced the file size by about 1%.

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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This extensive answer includes the most up-voted solution:

Many solutions exist ranging from the use of gs to pdfsizeopt. By Ghostscript (gs) to optimise and compress the PDF after its creation with pdflatex.

The suggested solution:

 gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH -sOutputFile=foo-compressed.pdf foo.pdf

providing up to 60/70% in size reduction.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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answered Jan 30 '16 at 15:31

Georges

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@ georges I know this answer but unfortunately it doesn't answer my question. – Frank Breitling Jan 30 '16 at 15:42
This is essentially a link-only answer, and would be better suited as a comment. – sodd Feb 18 '16 at 13:01
Not enough reputation to reply directly by comment. Edited the answer. – Georges Feb 18 '16 at 13:35

pdf file size of moderncv too large

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