Thread: Can't open California Digital Library pdfs on older Kindle
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Old 09-06-2017, 08:38 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by MarjaE View Post
MacOS uses Quartz to render images, and to create pdfs.

Preview has a number of filters for graphic effects and one overly-aggressive filter for compression. Some pdf tools include a range of filters for compression, at 300 dpi, 150 dpi, 72 dpi, etc.

Older versions of Quartz sometimes removed the text layers. Newer ones tend not to.
I'm not overly familiar with OSX. How do you (1) create a PDF in OSX, and (2) change the quartz settings?
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