deillustrate.pl - Remove Adobe Illustrator metadata from a PDF file
deillustrate.pl [options] infile.pdf [outfile.pdf]\n"; Options: -o --order preserve the internal PDF ordering for output -v --verbose print diagnostic messages -h --help verbose help message -V --version print CAM::PDF version
Adobe Illustrator has a very handy feature that allows an author to embed special metadata in a PDF that allows Illustrator to reopen the file fully editable. However, this extra data does increase the size of the PDF unnecessarily if no further editing is expected, as is the case for most PDFs that will be distributed on the web. Depending on the PDF, this can dramatically reduce the file size.
This program uses a few heuristics to find and delete the Illustrator-specific data. This program also removes embedded thumbnail representations of the PDF for further byte savings.
CAM::PDF
See CAM::PDF
To install CAM::PDF, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm CAM::PDF
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install CAM::PDF
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.