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Compress PDF for Nurse Referrals: Keep Files Under Portal Caps

Reduce scanned referral PDFs to under 5 MB with GekiPDF's free compressor. No signup, no watermark, files deleted after one hour.

    Runs the same engine as our Compress PDF tool.

    Clinical staff often hit portal size caps when uploading referral documents. A single scanned page at 300 DPI can be around 1.2 MB; a 16-page scan may exceed 20 MB. Use GekiPDF's compress tool with the Recommended preset (~150 DPI) to bring most scans under 5 MB while keeping text legible for review.

    Upload your PDF (up to 50 MB), choose Light (~200 DPI), Recommended (~150 DPI), or Extreme (~96-120 DPI). The tool rewrites the file, drops metadata, and keeps the text layer—so searchable text stays intact. Processing takes about 1 second for a 16-page scan. Files are deleted after one hour, and you get up to 40 conversions per hour.

    Frequently asked questions

    Will compressing make my referral hard to read?

    The Recommended preset at ~150 DPI is suitable for text-heavy clinical documents. For charts or images with fine detail, use Light at ~200 DPI; it yields larger files but retains more clarity.

    What if my file is bigger than 50 MB?

    GekiPDF accepts files up to 50 MB. If yours exceeds that, split the PDF into smaller parts using the split-pdf tool, compress each part, then merge them back together.

    Does compression remove any patient data?

    No, it only removes metadata like author and timestamps. The visible content and embedded text layer remain unchanged, so patient details stay intact.

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