How to extract images from a pdf and reduce their size

  1. Extract the images into a temporary folder. Twiddle with the quality value to reduce the size.

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    convert \
    -verbose \
    -density 150 \
    -trim \
    source-pdf-file.pdf
    -quality 50 \
    -sharpen 0x1.0 \
    image-prefix.jpg

  2. Create the pdf back from all the images.

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    convert *.jpg output-file.pdf
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