Question:
I want to use PDF Compressor to compress 100,000 single page TIFF scans and apply optical character recognition (OCR). Do you think a PC with Windows XP™ and a 1.8 GHz Dual-Core CPU with 2 GB is sufficient? What do you recommend for optimum performance?

Answer:
PDF Compressor clearly benefits from a fast CPU, so preferably use a machine with more than 2 GHz. Additionally, it helps if few other applications run on that CPU at the same time.

On a multi-core computer PDF Compressor will only use the number of processor cores it is licensed for. For your Dual-Core system you can buy either a Single-Core or Dual-Core license. With a Dual-Core license two compression jobs can run in parallel, effectively almost doubling the throughput.

2 GB of main memory should suffice for your compression task, unless other applications occupy a lot of memory. We recommend 2 GB per licensed processor core for PDF Compressor.

Moreover, as each project is unique, I suggest you download a trial of PDF Compressor and test its performance with your documents.

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