PDFs exported from programs can also retain a lot of metadata or embedded fonts that increases the size of a PDF. The better programs should expose some of those knobs. But, as indicates, there's a bunch of knobs to tune as well around image compression and the like. I'm surprised there's that much variance around Bullzip, Cutepdf, and PDFCreator - I'd have expected them all to rely on Ghostscript to do the heavy lifting. PDFCreator did not need internet on to complete installation. Bullzip needed to install dependency programs (Ghostscript Lite, PDF Power Tool, and Xpdf). From my cloudy memory, I think only Bullzip required internet access during installation to fully install.
I put my computer in airplane mode when I installed Bullzip, Cutepdf, and PDFCreator to prevent adware installs. A majority of the time, though, PDFCreator creates a smaller file size. My experience over the years in Firefox is that sometimes, Firefox's built-in pdf printer creates a smaller file size compared to PDFCreator. As a result, Windows' built-in pdf printer is inadequate for me. Microsoft Print To PDF has always produced file sizes that are too large in Outlook and Firefox.
Here are my unscientific results:įirefox built-in Save To PDF ~ 96 KB (has clickable links)Įdge built-in Save To PDF ~ 286 KB (has clickable links)Ĭhrome built-in Save AS PDF ~ 239 KB (has clickable links)
I decided to try a handful of pdf printers to see which created the smallest file size using default settings.
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