Date:         Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:26:37 +1200
Reply-To:     Tom Robinson <barefootguru@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Tom Robinson <barefootguru@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: PDF file size in SAS 9.2
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On 2010-07-21, at 09:49, Vijayan Sundaram wrote:

> We create PDF files using SAS and burn them on a DVD.
> Earlier with SAS 9.1.3, the files used to fit in a DVD. Now we upgraded to
> SAS 9.2 and the each individual file has become 3 times larger and hence
> does not fit into a DVD. I tried using different fonts, compress option, no
> table of contents and other things to reduce the file size, but nothing
> worked. The nofontembedding option does reduce the file size dramatically
> but when I open the pdf on a computer which does not have SAS, I just see
> bunch of dots. It does look ok on my machine which has SAS.
>
>
> I did ask SAS support and they asked me to change the registry setting in
> the following path.(Specifically the version registry key to 3)
> CORE\PRINTING\PRINTERS\PDF\ADVANCED
> This change also did not reduce the file size.
>
> Any ideas how to reduce the file size?
>
> Thanks,
> Vijay

Embedded fonts are the first thing to work on to reduce the file size.  If nofontembedding is returning the files to their pre-9.2 size then you just need to fix the display of them:  check you're only using the standard 14 fonts:

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pdf#Standard_Type_1_Fonts>

Check both in your SAS code and the resulting PDF.  In Adobe Reader this is File > Properties > Fonts.

Cheers