pdftk compress cat pdfs

[The_Hat]

I am using pdftk to burst a 400 some page pdf into seperate pages which I then search the text of and concatenate certain pages into groups to be emailed.. Everything works great.. The only problem is, since I burst those pages each seperate pdf then needs a copy of the embedded images etc,,, so when I catentenate all the remaining pages that werent picked up previously into one the file size is much MUCH larger than even the first uploaded pdf was.. IS there a way with pdftk to have it ditch all unnessasary copys of embedded files?

Please help..

[eelixduppy]

You figure this out yet, The_Hat? I'd be interested in knowing the solution if you found one.

[The_Hat]

No, it was decided that for my application neither the grouped pdfs nor the final "remaining pages" pdf's final sizes were outside of what was manageable, so I quit pursuing this line of exploration.