Compress PDF archives that mix vectors and pasted screenshots

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Annual reports with charts plus screen grabs shrink unevenly—still worth one optimization pass.

Hybrid PDFs contain crisp vector lines and chunky raster inserts. Compression may hollow out screenshots slightly while tightening vector streams.

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If file size barely moves, the raster portions dominated entropy already.

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