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PDFs

JPEG, PNG, and PDF default to lossless tools.

Lossless

Install filerepack[pdf] so pikepdf can walk embedded JPEG / JPEG 2000 / Flate image streams, then qpdf rewrites the file. Without pikepdf, only qpdf runs.

pip install 'filerepack[pdf]'
filerepack repack report.pdf

Encrypted or digitally signed PDFs skip stream replacement; lossless qpdf may still run.

Adobe Illustrator .ai uses the same path when the file is a PDF wrapper.

Lossy (scans)

--lossy uses Ghostscript /ebook (150 dpi) so scanned pages actually shrink. --pdf-profile prepress restores print-quality Ghostscript. --jpeg-quality sets Distiller QFactor for images inside PDFs.

filerepack repack scan.pdf --lossy
filerepack repack scan.pdf --pdf-profile printer --jpeg-quality 75
filerepack repack scan.pdf --pdf-profile prepress

--lossy / --pdf-profile / --jpeg-quality skip pikepdf and use Ghostscript instead.

Ghostscript Distiller presets: screen, ebook, printer, prepress, default.