Re: Saving as PDF creates a very large file

From the Inkscape wiki:

http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Current_PDF_Support

> At this time, it looks as if Inkscape only outputs uncompressed PDF
> output. Once you export a PDF, look at its file size. If it is too large
> for your application, then you have different options:
*
> epstopdf
*
> Export the exact same file to EPS (encapsulated postscript) and then use
> epstopdf to convert the file to PDF. This will make a compressed PDF.
> 
> [...]

epstopdf comes for example with a MikTeX installation; I found mine in
MikTeX installation folder \miktex\bin\x64.

Then use  in a command line; see also
https://superuser.com/questions/599666/how-to-convert-eps-to-pdf-in-windows
It may take some time; like 20 seconds or so.





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