It works best with flattened images, standard fonts and limited colors but will also work with other settings too.
It is an excellent resource if you often work with PDF documents. As well as file shrinking, there are a range of PDF-related tools on the website, all available for free. We use our own freely available PDF Tools which is a hassle-free way to shrink PDF files without compromising quality too much. There are a few websites that will compress a PDF file for you for free. Shrink the size of a PDF file using a PDF compression website You can use Adobe Acrobat, you can use a freeware PDF file compressor, you can use a website that will do the same thing or you can use the PDF Preview built into Mac OS X. There are actually a few ways to shrink the size of a PDF file. All shrink the file size without reducing image quality, blurring special text or fonts or otherwise compromising quality. If you can get both, all the better and that’s exactly what these techniques achieve.
There is a balance that needs to be struck between shrinking the file size enough to be convenient and maintaining document quality.