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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ First (non-optimal) solution
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 At first, I tried to optimize the PDF using [GhostScript][gs]. I
-[[use-ghostscript-to-convert-pdf-files|already wrote]] about how GhostScript’s
+[[already wrote|use-ghostscript-to-convert-pdf-files]] about how GhostScript’s
 `-dPDFSETTINGS` option can be used to minimize PDFs by redering the pictures to
 a smaller resolution. In fact, there are [multiple rendering modes][gs-ps-pdf]
 (`screen` for 96 dpi, `ebook` for 150 dpi, `printer` for 300 dpi,
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ and `prepress` for color-preserving 300 dpi), but they are pre-defined, and
 for my 200 dpi images, `ebook` was not enough (I would lose resolution),
 while `printer` was too high and would only enlarge the PDF.
 
+[gs]: http://ghostscript.com "Ghostscript homepage"
 [gs-ps-pdf]: http://milan.kupcevic.net/ghostscript-ps-pdf/#refs "Ghostscript PDF Reference & Tips"
 
 
@@ -333,6 +334,13 @@ in X and Y direction, which was the resolution at which the images were scanned:
 
     $ convert image*jpg -density 200x200 document.pdf
 
+*Update:* You can also use the [`-page` parameter][page] to set the page size
+directly. It takes a multitude of predefined paper formats (see link) and will
+do the pixel density calculation for you, as well as adding any neccessary
+offset if the image ratio is not quite exact:
+
+    $ convert image*jpg -page A4 document.pdf
+
 With that approach, I could reduce the size of my PDF from 250 MB with
 losslessly compressed images to 38 MB with DCT compression.
 
@@ -367,5 +375,6 @@ document.
 [scan-to-pdfa]: http://blog.konradvoelkel.de/2013/03/scan-to-pdfa/ "Konrad Voelkel: Linux, OCR and PDF: Scan to PDF/A"
 [pdf-stream-objects]: http://blog.didierstevens.com/2008/05/19/pdf-stream-objects/ "Didier Stevens: PDF Stream Objects"
 [pdf-tools]: http://blog.didierstevens.com/programs/pdf-tools/ "Didier Stevens: PDF Tools"
+[page]: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/command-line-options.php#page "ImageMagick: Command-line Options"
 
 [[!tag PDF note_to_self howto ImageMagic convert file_formats reference longpost]]