I have a customer who sends us pdf files for posters we are to print.
Each file can contain hundreds of 70x100 cm posters (heavily compressed images) and if I drop one of those files into our workflow or on GMG Color Server it will bring the system to a halt, so I created a flow that will split the pdf file into single pages, color match each individual page and the re-assemble the pages into one file. However... If I send a 2 Gb pdf to Split PDF (the obvious choice) it will crash with a time out error after about 20 minutes, so I started looking at the Adobe Acrobat Professional configurator instead and it worked nicely with a 12 page file @ 150 Mb, but it too will crash after a while when I send a file of 1-2 Gb to it.
Any ideas on how to solve this issue?
Thanks in advance
Splitting PDF files
Splitting PDF files
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Re: Splitting PDF files
Thing that comes to my mind is try Pdftk, but I doubt it will work.
Another thing is maybe to try to split file in two, than those two in 4, etc.. again, not sure if it would help.
If you post the file, maybe someone can try different approach?
Another thing is maybe to try to split file in two, than those two in 4, etc.. again, not sure if it would help.
If you post the file, maybe someone can try different approach?
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Re: Splitting PDF files
Take a look at your preferences and make sure you are not timing out after x minutes.
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Re: Splitting PDF files
Hi Lars,
pdftk can do this for you with the command "burst"
Try in the Terminal,
you can add _page_%04d to the end of the filename to get the page number added to the filename.
pdftk can do this for you with the command "burst"
Try in the Terminal,
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pdftk A="your huge posterfile" burst output "path to where you want them single page files"
Re: Splitting PDF files
Thanks beastridge! The time out is set to 20 minutes, so I guess I'll either have to increase that value or try the solution suggested by Jan.beastridge wrote:Take a look at your preferences and make sure you are not timing out after x minutes.
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Re: Splitting PDF files
Thanks Jan. I'll try to find the time to look at Pdftk.jan_suhr wrote:Hi Lars,
pdftk can do this for you with the command "burst"
Try in the Terminal,you can add _page_%04d to the end of the filename to get the page number added to the filename.Code: Select all
pdftk A="your huge posterfile" burst output "path to where you want them single page files"
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Re: Splitting PDF files
I would try Callas PdfToolbox called from CLI or using Switch configurator (a bit complicated approach).
I’m posting this answer cause You know, themore choices the better!
Regards
Shim
I’m posting this answer cause You know, themore choices the better!
Regards
Shim
Re: Splitting PDF files
Thanks Shim.
The more the merrier as they say...
The more the merrier as they say...
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